POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES Sta.

Mesa, Manila College of Economics, Finance and Politics Department of Political Science and Public Administration

July

, 2011

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Dear Sir/Madam:

Warmest greetings! The following undersigned are senior students at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Sta. Mesa, Manila taking up Bachelors Degree in Political Science Major in International Relations and presently conducting a research entitle Perceptions on the Performance of Women in Politics: Basis for Gender Empowerment, and we need your help to realize our objectives. In view of this, we would like to request your participation by answering our questionnaire and rest assured that all information derived herein will be treated with utmost confidentiality. Thank you very much and God bless.

Respectfully yours, Ann Paula M. Ajito Glenda Marie H. Asinas Diane G. Bihasa Kimberley Joy R. Gustilo Georgia May G. Malicdem

Noted by:

_________________________ Dr. Ernest Vera Cruz Professor