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RA 9710 is a comprehensive women's human rights law that seeks to eliminate discrimination through the recognition, protection, fulfillment, and promotion of the rights of Filipino women, especially those belonging in the marginalized sectors of the society.
The Magna Carta of Women (MCW) is a comprehensive women’s human rights law that seeks to eliminate discrimination through the recognition, protection, fulfillment, and promotion of the rights of Filipino women, especially those belonging to the marginalized sectors of society.
In recent years, the Filipino government has addressed the rights of women under a multitude of legislative schemes including workplace discrimination, domestic violence, sexual harassment and human trafficking. [1] The Philippines has one of the smallest rates of gender disparity in the world.
Organizing women, educating them of their rights, promoting rights to pleasure and safety, and encouraging help-seeking behaviors while changing policies that increase vulnerability to VAW will foster women empowerment.
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) “Concluding Observations” on the Philippines released in 2023 welcomed the enactment of laws protecting the rights of women such as the Anti-Online Sexual Abuse Act.
Call for Nominations for the Philippine Women’s Rights Representative to the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children ….
The Magna Carta of Women (MCW) is a comprehensive women's human rights law that seeks to eliminate discrimination through the recognition, protection, fulfillment, and promotion of the rights of Filipino women, especially those belonging in the marginalized sectors of the society.
Despite a favorable policy environment – the Philippines is signatory to international human rights instruments and has successfully enacted policies and laws for the protection and promotion of women’s rights - the implementation of policies appears uneven and slow.
The Philippines has today launched the country’s fourth generation National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, coinciding with the 30th anniversary of women’s entry into the military and uniformed services.
Globally, some progress on women’s rights has been achieved. In the Philippines, 16.5% of women aged 20–24 years old who were married or in a union before age 18. The adolescent birth rate is 36.4 per 1,000 women aged 15–19 as of 2018, down from 39 per 1,000 in 2017.