Administration/Year | Gender Strategy/Policy | Action Agenda |
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Marcos |
Presidential Decree No. 633 |
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Aquino (Corazon) |
1987 Constitution |
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Ramos |
Philippine Plan for Gender Responsive Development 1995 – 2015 Passage of the Gender and Development Budget in annual General Appropriation Act |
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Ejercito-Estrada |
Executive Orders 208 and 268 |
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Macapagal-Arroyo |
Support in the poverty alleviation agenda Republic Act 9710 (Magna Carta of Women (2009)) Magna Carta of Women Implementing Rules and Regulations (2010)
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Aquino (Benigno III) |
Joint Philippine Commission on Women and National Economic Development Authority Memorandum 2011-01 and PCW Memorandum Circular 2014-01 Submission of Policy Issuances on the Creation, Reconstitution and or Strengthening of the Gender and Development Focal Point System (GFPS) and Updated Directory of GFPS Members Joint Philippine Commission on Women-Department of Interior and Local Government-Department of Budget and Management-National Economic Development Authority Joint Memorandum Circular 2013-01 PCW Memorandum Circulars on the preparation of FY2012-2016 budgets and Gender and Development Accomplishment Reports Republic Act 10354 (The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012) PCW Memorandum Circular No. 2014-06 Promoting the Use of Gender Sensitive Language in the Drafting and Review of Legislative Measures PCW Memorandum Circular 2014-02: Implementation of the Women’s Empowerment, Development and Gender equality plan 2013-2016 (Women’s EDGE Plan) |
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- Chapter IV of the Magna Carta of Women include the following Rights and Empowerment: Right to protection from violence including those committed by the state; incremental increase in the recruitment and training of women in fields that provide services for women victims of gender related offices; protection and security in situations of armed conflict and militarization; mandatory human rights and gender sensitivity training for all government personnel involved in the protection and defense of women against gender based violence; establishment of VAW desk in every barangay; right to protection and security in times of disasters, calamities, and other crisis situations especially in all phases of relief, recovery, rehabilitation and construction efforts including protection from sexual exploitation; right to participation and representations including in the civil service, development councils, planning bodies, international bodies, political parties, private sector, and other policy and decision-making bodies; right to equal treatment before the law; right to equal access and elimination of discrimination in education, scholarships and training; right to equal participation in sports, non-discriminatory and non-derogatory portrayal of women in media and film; right to non-discrimination in employment in the field of military, police and other similar services; right to health –comprehensive health services and education on all aspects of women’s health; right to special leave benefits; right in all matters relating to marriage, family relations; Rights of Marginalized Women-right to food security and productive resources; right to localized, accessible, secure and affordable housing; right to decent work; right to livelihood, credit, capital and technology; right to representation and participation in policy-making and decision-making bodies; right to access to information regarding policies on women, including programmes, projects and funding outlays that affect them; right to social protection; recognition and preservation of cultural identity and integrity; and peace and development.