IDB3 Gender and Politics

is a slippery term with many definitions, depending on who is

talking about it, and on the context in which it is used.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Governance refers to decision-making by a range of interested people (or ̳stakeholders‘) including those in positions of power and ̳ordinary‘ citizens.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Gender and politics is NOT interdisciplinary field.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Before 1920, women did not have a national right to vote in the United

States.

• FALSE

• TRUE

A large percentage of Filipino women had experienced domestic violence in their life time.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Women‘s suffrage took a back seat to the Civil War and

Reconstruction, but America‘s entry into World War I re-initiated a vigorous

push.

• TRUE

• FALSE

the first female Supreme Court justice in the United States.

• Sandra Day O‘Connor

• Ronald Reagan

• Elena Kagan

• Sonia Sotomayor

The gender situation in the Philippines is characterized by sharp

contradictions.

• TRUE

• FALSE

asserts that "The State recognizes the role of women in nation-building and shall ensure the

fundamental equality before the law of women and men."

• Article XIII-Labor: Section 14

• Declaration of Principles Article II Section 14

"The state shall protect working

women by providing safe and healthful working conditions taking into account

their maternal functions, and such facilities and opportunities that will enhance

their welfare and enable them to realize their full potential in the service of the

nation".

• Article XIII-Labor: Section 14

• Declaration of Principles Article II Section 14