No information on the treatment of divorced women could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Philippine Human Rights Update [Quezon City]. January-February 1998-No. 1, 1999.

WIN News [Lexington, Mass.]. Autumn 1997-Winter 1999.

Electronic sources: IRB databases, LEXIS/NEXIS, WNC, Internet search, including APC Women's Networking Database, Association for Women in Development, Oneworld.net, Virtual Sisterhood and Women's Human Rights Resources.

Three Philippine women's organizations contacted, no reply received.