Barrister Carl L.

Conde LLB-II
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women Article 1: Defines discrimination against women as any distinction, exclusion or restriction made on the basis of sex which has the effect or purpose of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or exercise by women, irrespective of their marital status, on a basis of equality of men and women, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural, civil or any other field. Article 2: Instructs States Parties to condemn discrimination against women in all forms and pursue its elimination by all appropriate means, including changing national constitutions and enacting legislation. Article 3: Mandates that States Parties take all appropriate measures in all fields to ensure the full development and advancement of women, for the purpose of guaranteeing them [equal rights]. Article 4: Allows States Parties to adopt temporary special measures to promote equality for women. Article 5: Requires that States Parties take all appropriate measures to modify social and cultural patterns of behavior to eliminate prejudices, practices and customs based on the 

Philippine Laws
Republic Act No. 6949 - "An Act to Declare March Eight of Every Year as a Working Special Holiday to be Known as National Women's Day"

State Report

Jurisprudence

Presidential Decree No. 633 - "Creating a National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women" (NCRFW)

Republic Act No. 7192 - "An Act Promoting the Integration of Women as Full and Equal Partners of Men in Development and Nation Building and for Other Purposes"

Commonwealth Act No. 647 - "An Act to Grant Maternity Leave to Married Women Who Are in the Service of the Government or of Any of Its Instrumentalities"

Presidential Decree No. 148 - "Amending Further Certain Sections of Republic Act Numbered Six Hundred Seventy-Nine as Amended, Commonly Known as The Woman and Child Labor Law"

Republic Act No. 1564 - "An Act Granting Maternity Leave to Women in Government Service Under Temporary Appointments Who Have Rendered Less Than Two Years of Service, by Amending Commonwealth Act

inequality of, or prejudices against, either of the sexes and to ensure that family education provides a proper description of the social function of motherhood and the common responsibility of both men and women in child rearing and development. Article 6: Mandates States Parties to prevent trafficking in women and exploitation of prostitution of women. Article 7: Instructs States Parties to end discrimination against women in political and public life, including providing women the right to vote in all elections, to run for public office and to participate in nongovernmental organizations and associations. Article 8: Obligates States Parties to provide women, on equal status with men, the opportunity to represent their country at the international level and to participate in the work of international organizations. Article 9: Declares that States Parties must provide women equal rights with men to acquire, change or retain their nationality and that of their children. Article 10: Mandates States Parties grant women equal rights with men in all aspects of the field of education. Article 11: Requires States Parties to prevent discrimination against women in all aspects of employment, including employment opportunities, hiring criteria, promotion, job security, benefits, remuneration, working conditions, and to protect these rights

Numbered Six Hundred and Forty-Seven as Amended"

Republic Act No. 2714 - "An Act to Establish in the Department of Labor a Bureau to be Known as Women and Minors Bureau"

Republic Act No. 6237 - "An Act Further Amending Republic Act Numbered Six Hundred Seventy-Nine, as Amended by Republic Act Numbered Eleven Hundred Thirty-One (re: Woman and Child Labor Law)"

Republic Act No. 6657 - "An Act Instituting a Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program to Promote Social Justice and Industrialization Providing the Mechanism for Its Implementation, and for Other Purposes"

Republic Act No. 6725 - "An Act Strengthening the Prohibition on Discrimination Against Women With Respect to Terms and Conditions of Employment, Amending for the Purpose Article One Hundred Thirty-Five of the Labor Code, as Amended"

Republic Act No. 7322 - "An Act Increasing Maternity Benefits in Favor of Women Workers in the Private Sector, Amending for the Purpose Section 14-A of Republic Act No. 1161, as Amended, and for Other Purposes"

Republic Act No. 7882 - "An Act Providing

in the event of marriage or maternity. Article 12: Instructs States Parties to provide women equal rights with men in all aspects of health care. Article 13: Declares that States Parties shall eliminate discrimination against women in all aspects of economic and social life, including family benefits, financial transactions such as loans and mortgages, and recreational and sporting activities. Article 14: Highlights the particular problems and contributions of rural women and instructs States Parties to ensure the provisions of the present Convention are applied to them. Article 15: Mandates that States Parties provide women equal status with men before the law, including with respect to contracts, the administration of property, the movement of persons, and choice of residence. Article 16: Instructs States Parties to eliminate discrimination against women in all aspects of marriage and family relations, including providing equal rights with men to enter into marriage, to choose a spouse, to dissolve a marriage, in matters of child rearing, in the number and spacing of children, in personal matters such as choosing a family name and profession, and for property ownership and management. 

Assistance to Women Engaging in Micro and Cottage Business Enterprises, and for Other Purposes" Republic Act No. 8042 - "An Act to Institute the Policies of Overseas Employment and Establish a Higher Standard of Protection and Promotion of the Welfare of Migrant Workers, Their Families and Overseas Filipinos in Distress, and Other Purposes"

Republic Act No. 8187 the Paternity Leave Act of 1996

 

Act No. 3753 - "Law on Registry of Civil Status" Executive Order No. 209 - "The Family Code of the Philippines"

Presidential Decree No. 1083 - "A Decree to Ordain and Promulgate a Code Recognizing the System of Filipino Muslim Laws, Codifying Muslim Personal Laws, and Providing for Its Administration and for Other Purposes"

Republic Act No. 8171 - "An Act Providing for the Repatriation of Filipino Women Who Have Lost Their Philippine Citizenship by Marriage to Aliens and of Natural-Born Filipinos"

Republic Act No. 8369 - "An Act Establishing Family Courts, Granting them Exclusive Original Jurisdiction over Child and Family Cases, Amending Batas Pambansa Blg. 129, as

amended, Otherwise Known as the Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980, Appropriating Funds Therefor and for other Purposes"

Republic Act No. 8972 -Solo Parents Welfare Act of 2000

Act No. 4112 - "An Act to Amend Section Four Hundred and Thirty-One of the Administrative Code, As Amended, By Granting the Right of Suffrage to the Women and Making Them Eligible to All Public Offices, and for Other Purposes"

Commonwealth Act No. 625 - "An Act Providing the Manner in Which the Option to Elect Philippine Citizenship Shall Be Declared by a Person Whose Mother is a Filipino Citizen"

Republic Act No. 7941 - "An Act Providing for the Election of Party-List Representatives Through the Party-List System, and Appropriating Funds Therefor"

Republic Act No. 3835 - "An Act to Establish the Women's Auxiliary Corps in the Armed Forces of the Philippines, to Provide the Procurement of its Officers and Enlisted Personnel, and for Other Purposes (As Amended by PD 1043)"

Republic Act No. 6955 - "An Act to Declare Unlawful the Practice of Matching Filipino Women for Marriage to Foreign Nationals on

Mail-Order Basis and other Similar Practices, Including the Advertisement, Publication, Printing or Distribution of Brochures, Fliers and Other Propaganda Materials in Furtherance Thereof and Providing Penalty Therefor"

Republic Act No. 7305 - "The Magna Carta of Public Health Workers"

Republic Act No. 7600 - "The Rooming-in and Breastfeeding Act of 1992"

Republic Act No. 7688 - "An Act Giving Representation to Women in the Social Security Commission, Amending for the Purpose Section 3(a) of Republic Act No. 1161, As Amended".

Republic Act No. 7875 - "An Act Instituting a National Health Insurance Program for All Filipinos and Establishing the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation for the Purpose"

Republic Act No. 8353 - "Anti-Rape Law of 1997")

Republic Act No. 8505 - "Rape Victim Assistance and Protection Act of 1998"

Republic Act No. 8551 - "Philippine National Police Reform and Reorganization Act of 1998"

Republic Act No. 9208- "AntiTrafficking in Persons Act of 2003"

Republic Act No. 9262 -Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children Act of 2004