lead agency for women prepares for greater presence in lgus
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Lead agency for women prepares for greater
presence in LGUs
A September 14, 2012, press release from the Philippine Commission on Women There is no task too big or too small for the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW), the primary
policy-making and oversight body for gender equality and women’s empowerment concerns of the
government. Operating under the Office the President, PCW is gearing up for full swing
implementation of the Magna Carta of Women (MCW, RA 9710) to build on and sustain
achievements.
“We will focus on helping local government units (LGUs) implement national laws and policies
addressing gender issues and concerns of women and men in their communities by sharing all our
knowledge, experience, tools and skills,” PCW Chairperson Remedios I. Rikken said. The agency
presented its proposed P50.9-million budget for 2013 to the Senate and House of Representatives
this week.
Promoting implementation of MCW in the LGUs also intends to help speed up the country’s
achievement of the United Nations (UN) Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of gender equality,
ending poverty and hunger, child health, maternal health, combating HIV/AIDS, environmental
sustainability and global partnership for development.
The MCW, a comprehensive women’s rights law enacted in 2009, mandates the State to institute
affirmative action measures for the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women, in public
and private spheres. These measures include empowerment of women within the Civil Service to
achieve a fifty-fifty (50-50) gender balance especially at the top levels of leadership; at least 40
percent women membership in all development councils; representation of women’s groups in
international, national, and local special and decision-making bodies, including participation of
grassroots women leaders in their respective sectors; incentives to political parties with a women’s
agenda; and, encouraging women’s leadership in the private sector in the form of incentives.
The MCW provides for specific women’s right to comprehensive health services, education and
scholarships, food security, shelter, decent work, equal treatment before the law, protection in times
of disaster and calamities or other crisis situations, participation in sports, leave benefits, equality
within marriage and the family, non-discrimination in employment in the military and police, non-
derogatory portrayal in media, among others.
PCW’s other program thrusts for next year include the integration of Gender and Development
(GAD) concerns in the basic education program (K-12) and increasing partnership with media
institutions.
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