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State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:Bosnia & HerzegovinaBosnia & HerzegovinaRegional groupEEGIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:27th Session May 2017Status:AcceptedContents:Continue with strategies and programmes to put an end to violence against vulnerable groups, particularly women and children, ensuring child protection both online and offline. -
State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:NetherlandsNetherlandsRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
Type:RecommendationSession:27th Session May 2017Status:AcceptedContents:Strengthen the fight against human trafficking in all forms, including by strengthening inter-agency coordination to combat cybersex in the community and by securing cooperation from the private sector to prevent and respond to child online abuse. -
State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:SwedenSwedenRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Age of consent
Type:RecommendationSession:27th Session May 2017Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Amend the age of sexual consent from 12 to 16 years.ExplanationNoted. -
State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Abortion
Type:Review DocumentationSession:27th Session May 2017Status:Reference AddressedContents:AI stated that due to the ban on abortion, clandestine abortions remained widespread, resulting in maternal mortality and morbidity and disability of women. JS7 recommended decriminalizing abortion and ensuring that women and girls have access to humane, non-judgmental and quality post-abortion care. [Para 97] -
State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Age of consent
Type:Review DocumentationSession:27th Session May 2017Status:Reference AddressedContents:The CEDAW recommended expediting the amendment of the Anti-Rape Law incorporating lack of consent as a primary element in the definition of rape and raising the minimum age of sexual consent, which was set too low, at 12 years, to at least 16 years. [Para 76] -
State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
Type:Review DocumentationSession:27th Session May 2017Status:Reference AddressedContents:The Committee on the Rights of the Child expressed concern that there was insufficient engagement with and regulation of the private sector to prevent and combat child sex tourism. The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women was concerned at the increasing incidence of online sexual exploitation and abuse of children. In that regard, the United Nations country team referred to relevant supported recommendations and stated that the Philippines had been drafting a strategic national response plan to prevent online child sexual exploitation for the period 2016-2020. [Para 46]
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State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:SwedenSwedenRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
- Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
Type:RecommendationSession:13th session, June 2012Status:AcceptedContents:Intensify efforts to meet the MDG5 on maternal mortality, including by ensuring universal access to SRHR and to information, education and counselling.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 11) As of December 2016, CCT provided 4.39-million eligible poor household beneficiaries with health and education cash grants, conditional to the children’s attendance in school and receipt of regular immunization, the mothers’ availment of health care services, and the beneficiary’s attendance to family development sessions. Under the 2017 budget, CCT beneficiary-families are provided a rice allowance
Para 28) Our government budget supports the Department of Health (DOH) in deploying health professionals to the barrios, expanding the immunization program for children, and strengthening the efforts to lower maternal and infant mortality rates, among others. As of June 2016, the National Health Insurance Program covers 92.62 million principal members and dependents.
Para 29) The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health (RPRH) Act of 2012 empowers DOH and local government units to ensure that reproductive health becomes universally accessible. To ensure availability of supplies and the training of providers in new contraceptive technologies, DOH has convened the National Implementation Team for the RPRH law.
Para 65) The DOH executed the first “full” implementation of the RPRH Law in 2015 and appropriated PhP 21.74 billion, almost double the budget in the previous year, to support the implementation of various RPRH programs, like the Family Planning Program and the National Safe Motherhood Program.
Para 66) Through RPRH Law, 80% of total live births were covered by DOH facilities. Maternal mortality ratio went down from 221 deaths per 100,000 deliveries in 2011 to 114 per 100,000 deliveries in 2015.
Para 67) In 2016, GPH hit its target of ensuring that 90% of pregnant women were attended to by a skilled health professional. Contraceptive use in the country increased since 2012, with the Contraceptive Prevalence Rate at 33.26% increasing to 46.87% in 2015. Moreover, women’s life expectancy also increased from 72.9 years in 2016 to 74.3 years in 2017.
Para 68) In spite of the two-year temporary restraining order limiting the full implementation of RPRH Law, President Duterte signed EO No. 12 on 9 January 2017 for the purpose of “Attaining and Sustaining Zero Unmet Need for Modern Family Planning Through the Strict Implementation of the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act.” The EO provides funds from government sources and encourages support from the private sector.
UN Compilation:
Para 65) There had been hardly any change in the maternal mortality rate over the previous three decades.
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Para 7) CHRP stated that the law on reproductive health had not being uniformly implemented and expressed alarm at the withdrawal of contraceptives in the City of Sirosogon. Furthermore, there had been challenges in the delivery of reproductive health services due to religious and cultural resistance.
Para 24) JS4 stated that the Reproductive Health Law and its corresponding programmes did not cater for the reproductive health needs of lesbian, transgender and intersex persons, who experienced discrimination due to the non-recognition of same-sex partnerships.
Para 93) AI referred to relevant supported recommendations, and stated that the Philippines had taken positive steps, including adopting the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act, the Domestic Workers Act and the Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act. However, the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act had suffered from inconsistent implementation across the country, and there was no mechanism to monitor the implementation of the Act
Para 94) AI stated that repealing the provisions of the the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act which the Supreme Court had ruled to be unconstitutional, would be inconsistent with the international obligations of the Philippines, including Article 12 of CEDAW and Article 12 of ICESCR. JS20 stated that the Act required the consent of male spouses in order for women to access reproductive health procedures and prohibited minors from availing of modern methods of family planning without parental consent, both of which defeated the purpose of addressing teenage pregnancy and empowering women to uphold their sexual and reproductive health rights.
Para 96) JS7 stated that despite legislative guarantees of contraceptive information and services, there were two executive orders in Manila which banned modern contraceptives in all public health care facilities.
Para 130) JS20 stated that indigenous women had been adversely affected by the “No Home Birthing Policy” as they had no access to birthing facilities.
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State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:NetherlandsNetherlandsRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Family planning
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
Type:RecommendationSession:13th session, June 2012Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Provide complete and accurate information and access to all methods of family planning irrespective of sex or religion and embed this policy in a legal framework with the adoption of the pending Reproductive Health Bill.ExplanationThe State implements a comprehensive maternal-newborn-child health and nutrition program which includes information and services on family planning. The State has already integrated reproductive health into its Family Health Programs implemented by the Department of Health, a shift from a stand-alone family planning focused programme to one that is more strategic, dynamic, and comprehensive.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 29) The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health (RPRH) Act of 2012 empowers DOH and local government units to ensure that reproductive health becomes universally accessible. To ensure availability of supplies and the training of providers in new contraceptive technologies, DOH has convened the National Implementation Team for the RPRH law.
Para 65) The DOH executed the first “full” implementation of the RPRH Law in 2015 and appropriated PhP 21.74 billion, almost double the budget in the previous year, to support the implementation of various RPRH programs, like the Family Planning Program and the National Safe Motherhood Program.
Para 68) In spite of the two-year temporary restraining order limiting the full implementation of RPRH Law, President Duterte signed EO No. 12 on 9 January 2017 for the purpose of “Attaining and Sustaining Zero Unmet Need for Modern Family Planning Through the Strict Implementation of the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act.” The EO provides funds from government sources and encourages support from the private sector.
UN Compilation:
Para 64) Referring to the relevant supported recommendations, UNICEF noted that the Philippines had adopted the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act, which guaranteed universal access to maternal health, family planning and sex education ... The Committee was concerned that Sorsogon City had adopted Executive Order No. 3 in February 2015, which had resulted in the withdrawal of modern contraceptives from city and community health facilities.
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Para 7) CHRP stated that the law on reproductive health had not being uniformly implemented and expressed alarm at the withdrawal of contraceptives in the City of Sirosogon. Furthermore, there had been challenges in the delivery of reproductive health services due to religious and cultural resistance.
Para 94) AI stated that repealing the provisions of the the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act which the Supreme Court had ruled to be unconstitutional, would be inconsistent with the international obligations of the Philippines, including Article 12 of CEDAW and Article 12 of ICESCR. JS20 stated that the Act required the consent of male spouses in order for women to access reproductive health procedures and prohibited minors from availing of modern methods of family planning without parental consent, both of which defeated the purpose of addressing teenage pregnancy and empowering women to uphold their sexual and reproductive health rights.
Para 96) JS7 stated that despite legislative guarantees of contraceptive information and services, there were two executive orders in Manila which banned modern contraceptives in all public health care facilities.
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State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Intersex persons' rights
- Violence on the basis of gender identity
Type:Review DocumentationSession:41st session, November 2022Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:JS5 stated that discriminatory policies coupled with social stigma had translated into acts of violence against gender-diverse children. Intersex children had continued to be at risk of forced medical interventions which aimed to align their body with normative definitions of ‘male’ and ‘female’. [Para 100]
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State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:NetherlandsNetherlandsRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
Type:QuestionSession:1st session, April 2008Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:In 2006, CEDAW urged the State to take concrete measures to enhance women's access to health care, in particular to sexual and reproductive health services. The Government's report (para 77/78) does not indicate the extent to which CEDAW's request has been given follow-up. Could you brief the committee on this issue? -
State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:13th session, June 2012Status:NeglectedContents:... CRC recommended that the Philippines inter alia mainstream the Girl Child Plan and strengthen its implementation; and revise its domestic legislation, so as to give children born out of wedlock the right to equal treatment, including their right to inheritance. [Para 15] -
State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Trafficking in women and / or girls
Type:Review DocumentationSession:13th session, June 2012Status:NeglectedContents:JS 11 stated that protection and rehabilitation of the substantial number of trafficked women was jeopardised by lack of resources. It made recommendations which included the effective implementation of the Anti-trafficking in Persons Act and the allocation of sufficient funds in this regard. [Para 67] -
State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Age of consent
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
- Other
Type:Review DocumentationSession:1st session, April 2008Status:N/AContents:In cognizance of the provisions of the CRC, legislative gaps and issues requiring review, reform and enactment have been identified in the 2005 UN Committee on the Rights of the Child Concluding Observations. The issues include ... b) minimum age of sexual consent ... e) discrimination against children born out of wedlock, f) use of children for pornography ... [Para 142] -
State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:1st session, April 2008Status:NeglectedContents:AITPN considered the policy of some schools dismissing unmarried female students (but not their male partner) if they got pregnant as being highly discriminatory against girls. [Para 7] -
State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:New ZealandNew ZealandRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Gender perspective in policies, programmes
Type:RecommendationSession:1st session, April 2008Status:AcceptedContents:To continue to develop a gender-responsive approach to issues of violence against women and continue to build supportive environment for women and children within the judicial system; this environment should take into account the special needs for rehabilitation and post-conflict care of women and children in vulnerable situations and conflict areas.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 75) The Philippine Government further strengthens the implementation of laws against violence against women and children through individual agency and inter-agency initiatives such as the following:
-The Department of Interior and Local Government directed the Philippine National Police to set up Women's and Children's Desks at police stations and at all levels in the country. As of February 2011, 1,829 desks, staffed by 2,977 police officers, 2,957 of which are well-trained female officers, have been made operational in these stations.
-A Joint Memorandum Circular issued on 9 December 2010, by the Department of Interior and Local Government, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Department of Education, Department of Health, and the Philippine Commission on Women, in line with provisions of the Magna Carta of Women provided for the creation of Violence against Women (VAW) Desks in barangays, or villages. The Circular also provides for Barangay Protection Orders for VAW victims and calls for local governments to allocate funds to sustain the VAW Desks. As of 31 October 2011, 26,981 barangays have VAW Desks.
-The Philippine Commission on Women spearheaded the inter-agency development of the Performance Standards and Assessment Tools for Services Addressing VAW, which benchmarks the quality and effectiveness of services provided to VAW victim-survivors, including trafficked victims, ensuring gender-sensitiveness and needs responsiveness. The agencies involved are the Philippine National Police for investigatory services or procedures; Department of Health for medical or hospital- based services; Department of Social Welfare and Development for psychosocial services; Department of Justice for legal/ prosecution services; Department of Interior and Local Government and local government units for anti-VAW services at the barangay, municipal, city and provincial levels.
-The Inter-Agency Committee on the National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, led by the Office of the Presidential Advisor on the Peace Process, harmonizes national efforts and aligns the same to ensure responsiveness of the national programs to the needs of women in armed conflict.
Para 76) Affirmative measures:
- Amending RA 7877 to further strengthen the Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995;
- Amending Revised Penal Code provisions on adultery and concubinage;
- Amending RA 8505 (Rape Victim Assistance and Protection Act of 1998) to broaden the current law's mandate of operating crisis centers in every province and city exclusively for rape victims, instead to cover other victims of unfortunate circumstances, such as prostitution and sexual exploitation, domestic violence, abuse and battery, rape, incest, sexual abuse, harassment or molestation, and others;
- Declaring November 25 of every year as National Consciousness Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women;
- Amending RA 6949, to make National Women's Day observed in March 8 of every year as a Non-Working Holiday.
Para 77) The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao passed its own Gender and Development (GAD) Code on 31 January 2011, taking into account the 2006 CEDAW recommendation for intensified dialogue with Muslim community in order to remove discriminatory provisions from the Code of Muslim Personal Laws, particularly on early marriage, forced marriage and polygamy.
Para 78) The Committee on Gender Responsiveness in the Judiciary, the over-all committee in charge of the GAD Program of the Supreme Court, spearheaded in March 2010 the National Summit on Family Courts, in partnership with the Philippine Judicial Academy and the Philippine Judges Association, with the theme "Strengthening the Multi-Sectorial Framework for the Protection of Family, Women and Children". Participants in the Summit included selected family court judges, clerks of court, interpreters, social workers, prosecutors, representatives from the Public Attorney's Office, the Senate and the House of Representatives, other government agencies, civil society and media. Three areas of concern were addressed, namely: regularization of family courts, codification of rules on women and children, and law reform.
Para 79) The Summit was the culmination of the Regional Conferences conducted in 2008 and 2009 where various sectors comprising and assisting the Philippine Judiciary were consulted to identify problems, explore possible solutions, and develop a workable consensus on how to improve people's access to justice in family courts.
UN Compilation:
Para 21) CRC welcomed the Anti-Violence against Women and their Children Act. However, it expressed concern at the increasing number of cases of domestic violence, and at the fact that they went mostly unreported. CRC also reiterated its concern at the alleged cases of sexual abuse of children in religious institutions.
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Para 119) Joint Submission 7 (JS 7) called on Philippines to comply with its obligation to promote and protect the human rights of its IPs. JS 7 referred to accepted Recommendation 1 and stated that sexual violence and sexual exploitation of indigenous women and girls by the military persisted amidst State sanctioned counter insurgency campaigns. It recommended stronger protective complaints mechanisms, and effective and speedy investigations, prosecutions and verdicts. -
State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:ArgentinaArgentinaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
- Discrimination based on gender identity
- Violence on the basis of sexual orientation
- Violence on the basis of gender identity
Type:RecommendationSession:41st session, November 2022Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Advance in the creation of a legislative framework and public policies that allow all people, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity, access to health, education, work and social security, free from discrimination and violence.
ExplanationNoted. Those with claims that are moored on less than solid premises or are not in line with the Filipino people’s cultural values, religious beliefs, and national identity. On the latter, the GPH respects cultural rights in accordance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the human right to freedom of religion under Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). ... Those that relate to legislative or parliamentary actions that must be informed by multi-stakeholder and multi-sector consultations, the results of which may not be aligned with the recommendations. The GPH fully respects the Filipino people’s right to participative governance as qualified by Article 21 of the UDHR and Article 25 of the ICCPR.
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State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:EcuadorEcuadorRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
Type:RecommendationSession:41st session, November 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Intensify efforts to face human trafficking, in particular the online trafficking, abuse and sexual exploitation of minors.
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State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:SingaporeSingaporeRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANCommonwealthIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:41st session, November 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Continue its efforts to make education accessible for all, especially girls and others in vulnerable situations.
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State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:EcuadorEcuadorRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:41st session, November 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Promote public policies to protect and promote the rights of persons with disabilities, and prevent discrimination faced by women and girls with disabilities.
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State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:CubaCubaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:27th Session May 2017Status:AcceptedContents:Ensure that laws, policies and programmes aimed at protecting the human rights of women ... are effectively implemented. -
State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:IraqIraqRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:27th Session May 2017Status:AcceptedContents:Continue efforts to eliminate trade in men, women and children in order to exploit them in forced labour. -
State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:TunisiaTunisiaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFIssue:
- Women's participation
- Empowerment of women
Type:RecommendationSession:27th Session May 2017Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Work towards the economic empowerment of women and their enhanced presence in decision-making positions.ExplanationNoted. -
State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Discrimination based on gender identity
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
Type:Review DocumentationSession:27th Session May 2017Status:NeglectedContents:JS13 called for the prosecution of alleged violations of the rights of LGBT persons, which were fuels by conservative religious beliefs. [Para 26] -
State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:27th Session May 2017Status:NeglectedContents:The CEDAW was concerned at the widespread exploitation and abuse of Filipino women migrant workers working abroad, in particular domestic workers, and the insufficient support provided to reintegrate returning women migrant workers. [Para 92] -
State Under Review:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANSource Of Reference:Brunei DarussalamBrunei DarussalamRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANOICCommonwealthIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:13th session, June 2012Status:AcceptedContents:Maintain the momentum in actively pursuing efforts to further protect the rights of women and children, especially through the enactment of legislation.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 58) The World Economic Forum’s 2016 Global Gender Gap Report ranks the Philippines as seventh in the world’s most gender-equal society. In 2013, the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) finalized the Women’s EDGE Plan that serves as guide for agencies and LGU to properly implement and enforce the Magna Carta for Women (MCW). The EDGE plan provides direction in identifying interventions and strategies addressing various gender issues.
Para 60) GPH provides strong budgetary support for Gender and Development (GAD). The PhP 105.75 billion budget for GAD in 2015 was almost twice the PhP 57.73 billion of 2013. The number of agencies complying with the minimum 5% GAD budget allocation has also increased from a mere 25 in 2014 to 137 in 2017.
Para 61) To ensure gender mainstreaming and implement MCW, the Philippine Framework Plan for Women outline efforts for gender-responsive governance. As of March 2017, women occupy 43.5% of third level positions in government. Six out of 10 women occupying Career Executive Service positions are Career Officials.
Para 63) GPH continues to work on improving the social condition of women through various rehabilitative and protective programs for Women in Especially Difficult Circumstances (WEDC). In 2016, DSWD assisted a total of 355,133 cases of WEDCs. Women-Friendly Spaces were also set up in LGU evacuation camps to ensure a systematic, organized and gender-responsive ways of delivering services to victims of natural or manmade calamities.
Para 64) The second leg of the Gender Responsive Economic Transformation of Women Project builds on the results and lessons of the 2006-2013 leg. It is a PhP 334.9 million project developed to provide a timely opportunity to improve sustainability, productivity, and competitiveness of women’s micro-enterprises and to continue enhancing the enabling environment for their economic empowerment.
Para 69) The PCW regularly formulates a Women’s Priority Legislative Agenda (WPLA), a set of proposed bills that seek to amend or repeal the discriminatory provisions of existing laws and moves for new legislations that promote women’s empowerment and gender equality. Included in the WPLA are bills amending the Anti-Rape Law, increasing maternity leave to 100 days, enacting the Anti-Prostitution Bill, and amending certain provisions of the Family Code and the Revised Penal Code.
UN Compilation:
Para 12) Referring to the relevant supported recommendations, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) stated that police officers assigned to the Women and Children Protection Centre within the police had received human rights training.
Para 38) The United Nations country team referred to a relevant supported recommendation and stated that the Philippines had made good efforts to increase gender sensitivity in the courts. However, women with disabilities and from marginalized groups experienced discrimination in the formal and informal justice systems
Para 71) The United Nations country team referred to the relevant supported recommendations and stated that there had been limited progress in ensuring that legislation conformed to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and other human rights instruments.
Para 72) The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women noted that the harmonization of national legislation with the Magna Carta of Women remained pending, including amendments to the Family Code, the Penal Code, the Anti-Rape Law, the Anti-Sexual Harassment Act and the Code of Muslim Personal Laws.
Para 73) The same Committee noted with concern the delay in the adoption of a bill to repeal a provision of the Family Code recognizing the supremacy of a husband’s decision over that of his wife in respect of community property, the exercise of parental authority and guardianship over a child
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 107) JS20 stated that women had always been at the bottom of development priorities. From 2006 to 2012, poverty incidence among women had been pegged at 26 percent, clearly indicating absence of economic progress among most women.