Posts Tagged ‘violation of human rights’
Special Child Discrimination case against Cebu Pacific Air
Recently, a certain Marites Alcantara complained that her special child John Arvin is being forced to off a Manila-bound flight last December 23, 2009. The mother said that the purser and cabin crew of the Cebu Pacific plane kept repeating that her son is banned from the plane because he was mentally-ill.
Yesterday, another mother by the name of Stella Santos told told ABS-CBN’s Umagang Kay Ganda that her son Harvy who is also a special child, suffered the same humiliating situation. Apparently, the two instances occurred on the same day in the same Cebu Pacific flight.
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Battered Wives: Not Just a Problem of Physical Abuse

I believe I don’t need to present statistics for us to realize that the number of battered wives is increasing everyday. This global problem of women from their husbands is getting worst than we can ever imagine, considering that a lot of them are not taking any action. Some of them are ignoring the issue, and are just hiding their problems.
One of the primary reasons may be due to poverty, and the fear of losing the sole provider of the family. In addition, some women fear that they are the weaker sex especially if they have a lower education than their husbands. I may have tackled before on how to know if you are a potential battered wife, but it is different when it is already happening. Read the rest of this entry »
How to know if You are a Potential Battered Wife

Domestic violence is around the world and unfortunately, not all battered wives have the courage to report their husbands to the police. Although there are brave ones who fought back and send their husbands to jail, it is more important to know if you will be a potential battered wife someday.
In this way, future wives can somehow prepare or better yet do something before anything worst happen. Here are some early signs that you should be aware of. Read the rest of this entry »




