THE enactment of the absolute divorce law will enable the Philippines to improve its ranking in the Global Gender Gap (GGG) Report of the World Economic Forum, according to its principal author, Albay First District Rep. Edcel Lagman.

In the 2024 GGG Report, the Philippines dropped nine rungs from 16th to 25th place. The country got its highest rating at sixth place in 2006 when the report first launched in 2006.

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