There seems to be no escaping violence, physical or otherwise, for many poor Filipino women, especially in rural areas. At the age of 12, Excel Buqueg escaped from an abusive and violent stepfather ...

FILIPINO women are the most dependable borrowers in the country’s microfinance sector, according to industry leaders at a forum hosted by the Asian Institute of Management Wednesday. At a panel at the ...

BOISE, Idaho — A pageant celebrating Filipino culture just crowned its first winner. The Mrs. Maharlika Idaho pageant aims to honor Filipino women and their culture. Pageant contests also happen to be ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Riverbed®, The Digital Performance Company™, today announced that Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation (NWTF), one of the Philippines’ oldest and largest microfinance ...

Rural women form the backbone of the agricultural labour force across much of the developing world. Globally, more than a third of the female workforce is engaged in agriculture, while in regions like ...

A nonprofit microfinance institution in the Philippines, Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation (NWTF), deployed Riverbed SD-WAN to improve its infrastructure and connectivity to further its mission.

During the 2006-2008 food crisis, international prices for staple foods rose dramatically, pushing more people worldwide into hunger and undernourishment than ever before. Prices declined in the ...

As the Philippines celebrates Women’s Month this March 2025, the spotlight turns to the silver screen, where Filipino women—both behind and in front of the camera—have long been weaving tales of ...