Complex sentence: Even if education flourished in the country (and the literacy rate increased), gender parity was not successful and the women of that time were still abused and bound by the expectations of society.
Split into simpler sentences: Even if education flourished in the country (as the literacy rate increased), gender parity was not successful. The women in the Philippines at that time were still arguably "not free" as they remained bound in and limited by the expectations of society.