21.   The law also recognizes marital rape.

22.   The Philippine Congress failed Thursday to approve a proposed new law against rape after several members of the House of Representatives strongly objected to a provision recognizing marital rape.

23.   Women can file rape charges against their husbands under a new law approved Friday that makes marital rape punishable by up to five years in jail.

24.   Offences such as marital rape were eventually excluded from the final cut but even that toned-down act has now been stonewalled.