Dimensions of Poverty and Women's Rights

Mary Wollstonecraft called for the betterment of women's status through political change

Mary Wollstonecraft is best known for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Jean Jacques Rousseau believed that women should be educated to please men

Poverty is considered to be a one-dimensional concept

Each dimension of poverty encompasses income, health, education, empowerment, and working conditions

Until the late 20th century, Mary Wollstonecraft's personal life received more attention than her writing

Martin Heidegger is a German philosopher associated with phenomenology and existentialism

The Philippine government supports persons with disabilities (PWDs) to find employment

The National Statistic Office estimated that about 1.44 million Filipinos have some form of disability in the employable 15-64 years old age bracket

Executive Order No. 417 directs the implementation of the Economic Independence Program for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs)

The General Appropriations Act explicitly provides funding mechanisms for programs and projects of PWDs from at least one percent (1%) of the total yearly budget of all National Government Agencies and Instrumentalities including Government Financial Institutions and Government-owned and controlled corporations

Proclamation No. 240 on the Philippine Decade of Disabled Persons 2003-2012 instructs all Heads of Departments, Chiefs of Bureaus, Offices, Agencies, and Instrumentalities of the National Government, Local Government Units to implement plans, programs, and activities geared towards the development of PWDs

The National Anti-Poverty Action Program and the Administration's 10-Point Legacy Agenda target the delivery of services to and the development of marginalized basic sectors, such as PWDS

She suggests that both men and women should be treated as rational beings and imagines a social order founded on reason

PWDs face barriers in finding a job, including inaccessibility of transportation in the workplace, discrimination, and a negative perception of their capacity

Martin Heidegger identifies human kind as conversation which is more than an idle talk but dialog