Philippines
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Vicente C.
Sotto III
(Male)
Year of birth
1948
Additional information
Elected on 21 May 2018, re-elected on 22 July 2019.
Secretary general
Secretary General
Myra Marie D.
Villarica
(Female)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Elected on 29 May 2018.
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
17
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Age
Average age of all members
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Emmanuel "Manny" D. Pacquiao (Male)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
74
Oldest member
Richard J. Gordon (Male)
Total number of MPs, 45 years of age or younger
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
Total per sex
Total of male
Total of female
Total per age interval
91 and over
Number of members, by age
| 18 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 - 40 | 41 - 45 | 46 - 50 | 51 - 60 | 61 - 70 | 71 - 80 | 81 - 90 | 91 and over | Totals per gender | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals per age interval | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total <= 45: 4 | Total >= 46: 20 | ||||||||||
| Male | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Female | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
Voluntary political party quotas.
Elections > Election results
Results
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
0
Women Indirectly Elected
0
Women Appointed
0
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940
1946
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1937
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Notes
Suffrage: Additional Notes on right of suffrage
Prior to independence, under US administration, women were granted the right to vote on 30 April 1937 by the Plebiscite Law, Commonwealth Act No. 34. This right was confirmed at independence.
Women’s right to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1937
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
Notes
Stand for Election: Additional Notes on right to stand for election
Prior to independence, under US administration, women were granted the right to vote on 30 April 1937 by the Plebiscite Law, Commonwealth Act No. 34. This right was confirmed at independence.
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1941
First woman speaker
Year of first woman speaker
Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
2018