PRISMATIC MOVEMENT

BLATANT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST LGBT COMMUNITY IN REGARDS TO JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND HEALTH CARE

1. LGBTQ+ inclusion in the workplace means respecting the rights of LGBT+ people to work, and to work with dignity and with their human rights valued.

2. In the Philippines, LGBTQ+ Organizations have collaborated with the CHR and the PHRC, to mainstream human rights for LGBTI people within the broader human rights agenda.

3. Social stigma and insensitivity of LGBTQ issues are stressors with profound mental health consequences, resulting in low self-esteem, suicidal ideation, depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and feelings of powerlessness and despair.

References:

Staff, O. (2018, October 16). 30% of LGBT Filipinos report workplace discrimination because of their SOGIE. Retrieved May 06, 2020, from https://outragemag.com/30-of-lgbti-filipinos-report-workplace-discrimination-because-of-their-sogie/

Filipino companies are not accepting of LGBTQ+. (n.d.). Retrieved May 06, 2020, from https://cnnphilippines.com/life/culture/2018/11/14/Filipino-companies-not-accepting-LGBTQ.html

Responding to LGBT Health Disparities. (2012, August). Retrieved from https://www.issuelab.org/resources/15397/15397.pdf

INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE

1. Boys who witness domestic violence are 2 times as likely to abuse their own partners and children when they become adults.

2. In 60% to 80% of intimate partner homicides, no matter which partner was killed, the man physically abused the woman before the murder.

3. Intimate partner  violence is a pattern of controlling behaviors that one partner uses to get power over the other. Including: physical violence or threat of physical violence to get control, emotional or mental abuse and sexual abuse.

4. 74 percent of all murder-suicides involved an intimate partner (spouse, common-law spouse, ex-spouse or boyfriend/girlfriend). Of these, 96 percent were women killed by their intimate partners.

5. One in five female high school students reports being physically and/or sexually abused by a dating partner

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References:

Do something Org. (n.d.) “11 facts about domestic and dating violence”  https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-domestic-and-dating-violence

American Psychology Association (n.d.) “Intimate Partner violence”  https://www.apa.org/topics/violence/partner

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SEXUAL ABUSE

1. Evidence that a child has been sexually abused is not always obvious, and many children do not report that they have been abused

2. Fewer than 10% of victims are abused by strangers.

3. Evidence that a child has been sexually abused is not always obvious, and many children do not report that they have been abused.

4. The way a victim’s family responds to abuse plays an important role in how the incident affects the victim.

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References:

  Facts about Sexual Abuse. (n.d.). Retrieved May 06, 2020, from https://sexualabuse.org.nz/resources/facts-about-sexual-abuse/

LGBT RIGHTS

1. The mental health of LGBT victims from being discriminated has been increasing by half of the LGBT people. 52% of the LGBT community have experienced depression and as of bisexuals, bi women experienced 72 % and 56% for bi men. 

2. 11% of the LGBT community have experienced domestic abuse and 18% experienced homelessness.

3. Fear of discrimination marked the LGBT rights to be reprimanded from societies. 14 % have avoided healthcare treatments, 35% of workers, 42% of students, and 30% of bi men, and 8% of bi women hid their identity.

4. A quarter of the world’s population believes that being LGBT should be a crime. Starting with challenging the constitutionality of 377A in Singapore even in 2018 and 2019 by provisioning Gay sex as a crime.

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References:

Stonewall. (2020, April 24). LGBT facts and figures. Retrieved May 05, 2020, from https://www.stonewall.org.uk/media/lgbt-facts-and-figures 

LeDoux, P. (2020, April 15). Gay Sex Still a Crime in Singapore Thanks to Dubious Legal Rulings. Retrieved May 05, 2020, from https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/04/14/gay-sex-still-crime-singapore-thanks-dubious-legal-rulings

CHILD MARRIAGE

1.  An estimation of at least 750 million females, globally, have been married off before they have reached the legal age of 18.

2. While child marriage happens in different parts of the world, it is most prevalent in South Asia where 45% of 20-24 year old women were married off before turning 18. 

3. “Child marriage violates children’s rights and places them at high risk of violence, exploitation, and abuse.”

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References:

Gender equality and women's empowerment. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/gender-equality/

Child marriage. (n.d.). Retrieved May 04, 2020, from https://www.unicef.org/rosa/what-we-do/child-protection/child-marriage

WAGE GAP

1. The UN recently reported that the worldwide wage gap will take 70 years to close at the rate at which it is currently closing. One year after graduation, it was found that women earned 82 percent of what the men earned, with similar education and experience as their male counterparts. 10 years after graduation, those women were only earning 69 percent of what the men were earning.

2. 15 of the 20 highest-paying jobs are dominated by men. While 14 of the lowest-paying jobs are dominated by women. Women with bachelor’s degrees working full time are paid 26% less than their male counterparts.

3. Women with children also make less than men with children or women without children. This is often called the motherhood penalty or the childbearing penalty.

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References:

National Organization For Women. (n.d). The Gender Pay Gap - Myth vs. Fact. Retrieved on May 05, 2020 from, https://now.org/resource/the-gender-pay-gap-myth-vs-fact/

AAUW Org. (n.d). Fast Facts: The Gender Pay Gap. Retrieved on May 05, 2020 from, https://www.aauw.org/resources/article/fast-facts-pay-gap/

Pay Scale. (n.d). The State of the Gender Pay Gap 2020. Retrieved on May 05, 2020 from, https://www.payscale.com/data/gender-pay-gap