BAGUIO CITY, Philippines – A private sector representative of the Cordillera Regional ... officials in the region after an improvement in the level of all the provinces’ economic classification.

It was the only region that resisted ... in the Philippines, and the Cordillera is an example. According to PCIJ’s estimates, women make up less than 20% of candidates for elective positions in these ...

According to estimates by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, women make up less than 20% of ... are women, and Cordillera provinces have the highest number of women.