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With a vote of 21-0-0, the Senate approved on third and final reading a bill authored and sponsored by Senator Robin Padilla, declaring Feb. 1 as the National Day of Awareness on the Hijab and other Traditional Garments and Attire. Padilla thanked his colleagues for their support for Senate Bill 1410, which he said will […]
The House of Representatives approved on second reading a consolidated bill that seeks to declare February 1 of every year as National Hijab Day. Under House Bill 3725, a proposed measure consolidated with HB 1363, the government will direct all its institutions, the private sector, and schools to commemorate the importance of the hijab, a […]
The House Committee on Muslim Affairs chaired by Lanao del Norte First District Representative Muhamad Khalid Dimaporo approved the committee report on the substitute measure declaring every first day of February of every year as National Hijab Day and promoting an understanding of the Muslim tradition of wearing a hijab. The bill substituted House Bill […]
Senator Francis Tolentino, during the public hearing of the Senate Committee on Cultural Communities and Muslim Affairs, stated his strong support for the bills establishing a National Hijab Day in the Philippines. Senate Bill No. 1272 and Senate Bill No. 805, presented before the Committee, both seek to declare the first day of February of […]
The House committee on Muslim Affairs approved a substitute bill which seeks to declare the first day of February of every year as “National Hijab Day”. The bill expressly recognizes the role of women in nation-building, and shall ensure the fundamental equality before the law of women and men. Moreover, the free exercise and enjoyment […]
The House committee on Muslim affairs chaired by Rep. Sitti Djalia Turabin-Hataman (Party-list, AMIN) approved House Bill 968 which seeks to declare the first day of February of every year as “National Hijab Day.” Turabin-Hataman, also the author of the bill, said the wearing of hijab is every Muslim woman’s right. “It is not […]