CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—Men far outnumber women in Northern Mindanao (Region 10), according to the head of the National Statistical Coordination Board of the region (NSCB-10).
“Based on the 2007 census, there are 104 men for every 100 women in the region and there are more men than women until you reach the age of 64,” said Linnito M. Pascual, NSCB-10 OIC regional division head.
Pascual said that while it was true in the ‘80s that there are more women than men in Northern Mindanao, this is no longer true at present as shown in the 2000 and 2007 censuses; giving hope to single women to find a partner in life.
“There are more single men in Region 10 than there are single women (10 years and above),” he said, adding that there are “120 single men for every 100 single women” in the region.
According to Pascual, the greatest disparity between men and women is in public office.
Based on the 2007 elections, men holding public/elective office far outnumber the women at 84.3 percent.
Of the 12 congressional representatives in Northern Mindanao, only two are women, namely: Rep. Marina Clarete and Herminia Ramiro of the first and second congressional districts, respectively, of Misamis Occidental.
Misamis Oriental’s two legislative districts have men: Rep. Danilo Lagbas (deceased, 1st district) and Rep. Yevgeny Emano (2nd district); Lanao del Norte’s two legislative districts are represented by Rep. Vicente Belmonte and Rep. Abdullah Dimaporo; Camiguin’s lone legislative district has Rep. Pedro Romualdo; while all the three legislative districts of Bukidnon are dominated by men: Rep. Candido Pancrudo (1st district), Rep. Teofisto Guingona III (2nd District) and Rep. Jose Maria Zubiri III (3rd District).
All the five governors of Northern Mindanao are men: Oscar Moreno of Misamis Oriental, Loreto Leo Ocampos of Misamis Occidental, Jose Maria Zubiri of Bukidnon, Jesus Jurdin Romualdo of Camiguin and Mohammad Khalid Dimaporo of Lanao del Norte.
Only one of the region’s five governors is a woman, Irma Ali of Lanao del Norte.
Of the entire region’s 46 Sangguniang Panlalawigan members, only two are women; 72 of the 93 mayors are men and 79 of the 93 vice mayors are men, said Pascual.
Aside from politics, men also dominate the labor force and employment in the region.
“Of the October round of the Labor Force Survey (2008) posted 1.38 million men over 1.34 million women,” he said, adding: “Men have higher labor force participation rate of 83.2 percent with a 95.8 percent employment rate, whereas women only have 59.7 percent participation rate and 95.7 employment rate.”
Pascual said that the only sector where women outnumber the men is in government employment.
“The 2008 CSC Inventory of Government Personnel showed that there are 13,691 women, 13,393 men and 321 whose gender not indicated in Government service in Northern Mindanao,” he said.
However, “the women’s share is declining in comparison to 2003 CSC report which showed that there are 34,848 women and 26,015 men in Government Service in Region 10,” he added. (Bong D. Fabe)
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