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SOURCES OF MANDATE FOR WOMENS

EQUAL RIGHT TO EDUCATION

CEDAW
(Art.10)
BPfA

(p.69-79)

MDG
(Goal 3)

Phil.
Constitution
(Art. II,
Sec.14)

Magna
Carta
of
Women
( RA
9710 )

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CEDAW (Art. 10)

Same conditions and access for
diplomas at all levels
Same access, standard, teaching staff,
curricula, equipment
Elimination of stereotypes and revision
of textbooks
Same access to scholarships and study
grants
Same access to continuing education
Same opportunities for sports and
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BEIJING PLATFORM FOR

ACTION
Strategic objectives and actions to be
taken
(cf. CEDAW):
B.1- access to education
B.3-access to vocational training,
science and technology, and
continuing education
B.4- non-discriminatory education
and training
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MDGs
Goal 3: Promote gender equality and
empower women
Target 3A: Eliminate gender disparity in
primary and secondary education preferably
by 2005, and at all levels by 2015
Ratios of girls to boys in primary,
secondary and tertiary education
Share of women in wage employment in the
non-agricultural sector
Proportion of seats held by women in national
parliament[8]
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AGNA CARTA OF WOME

RA 9710

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Main Parts of the MCW (IRR)

Rule 1. General Provisions (title,
purpose,
construction, coverage,
declaration of
policy, principles of human
rights of
women)
Rule 2. Definition of terms
Rule 3. Duties related to the HR of
women
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Rule 4. Rights and empowerment

>education and training
>sports
Rule 5. Rights and empowerment of the
marginalized
sectors
>education and training
Rule 6. Institutional mechanisms
b.
GAD focal points
c. GAD planning and budgeting
Rule 7. Final provisions
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SELECTED MCW
SUBSTANTIVE
PROVISIONS
RELEVANT TO CHED

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RULE IV. RIGHTS AND EMPOWERMENT

SECTION 12. Protection from Violence

> Design of prescribed modules for

human rights, gender sensitivity and
gender-responsive training; to be
periodically reviewed to ensure
effectiveness.
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SECTION 16. Equal Access and Elimination

of Discrimination in Education, Scholarships,
and Training
gender-sensitive curriculum
gender-fair instructional materials
capacity building program on gender,
peace and human rights education for
education officials, faculty and nonteaching staff and personnel
partnerships in the education sector,
including the private sector, churches,
and faith groups
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 for advertising industry to provide free

use of space and installation of displays
for schools, colleges and universities for
campaigns to end discrimination and
violence against women; and
scholarship programs for marginalized
women and girls. Conditions such as
age, pregnancy, motherhood,
disabilities, or lack of consent of
husband shall not be grounds for
disqualification in the grant of
scholarships.
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Enrollment of women in non-traditional skills

training in vocational and tertiary levels
programs to increase the enrollment of women in
non-traditional skills training in vocational and
tertiary levels, and mechanisms for assessment and
monitoring of compliance such as sex-disaggregated
list of students, tracers of graduates and the like;
and
policies to ensure that all teachers and trainers,
regardless of sex, ethnicity, political, social,
economic and religious status and affiliations have
equal access to scholarships.
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 Monitoring compliance of educational

institutions to the following:
Women faculty who become pregnant
outside ofmarriage shall not be dismissed,
separated from work, forced to go on leave,
re-assigned or transferred.
No female student shall be expelled,
dismissed, suspended, refused or denied of
admission, or forced to take a leave of
absence in any educational institution solely
on grounds of pregnancy outside marriage
during her school term.
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Counseling and other support for

pregnant students while in school to
ensure their completion of their studies;
Prevention of VAW, and provision of
institutional mechanisms for complaints
Coordination with PNP, DOJ, CHR, DSWD,
and the LGU for appropriate assistance to
female faculty and students victims of
VAW and other discrimination.
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SECTION 17. Women in Sports.

F. PSC and GAB in coordination with the DepEd, CHED, SUCs,
LGUs, and other sports-related organizations shallensure:

more female coaches for girls and womens

teams;
sports clinics and seminars for potential female
leaders, coaches, teachers at least once a year;
equal incentives and awards for any
competition;
equal opportunities for scholarships and travel
grants for women leaders, coaches and athletes
with adequate support mechanism;
sufficient funds to support girls and women in
sports;
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form more girls and women's teams in

athletic leagues like the Palarong
Pambansa, University Athletic Association
of the Philippines, National Collegiate
Athletic Association, Private Schools
Athletic Association, and University
Games;
sex-disaggregated data in sports
participation;
partnerships with community-based
sports organizations; and
increase the participation of the elderly
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SECTION 20. Women's Right to Health.

CHED shall ensure that SUCs and HEIS:
integrate in their curriculum and in CHEDs
accreditation system GR, rights-based and culture
sensitive health education
conduct capacity building sessions, such as
gender-sensitivity and health and sexuality
education for school personnel and students;
expand health services and guidance counseling
on youth sexuality
promote and provide funds for and disseminate
research on gender issues and concerns.
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RULE V. RIGHTS AND EMPOWERMENT OF

MARGINALIZED SECTORS
SECTION 23. Food Security and Productive
Resources
Right to Resources for Food Production

All concerned agenciesincluding SUCs

and HEIs to allocate budget for basic and
applied research to develop and promote
women-friendly technologies
Provide trainings on marketing of
agricultural and forestry products, market
opportunity awareness, technology transfer
on processing, labeling, and packaging
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Section 31. Recognition and Preservation

of Cultural Identity and Integrity
The NCCA and NCIP in coordination with NCMF,
Regional Commission on Bangsamoro Women
(RCBW)Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
(ARMM), and other concerned agencies shall:
Collaborate with CHED and DepEd to integrate
in the educational curriculum the preservation
and respect of indigenous rights, cultures and
traditions, provided that they are not
discriminatory to women;
Coordinate with CHED and DepEd to ensure
functional literacy and numeracy programs for
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 SECTION 32. Peace and

Development
The peace process shall be pursued
with the following considerations:
Inclusion of the peace perspective in
the education curriculum and other
educational undertakings by DepEd,
CHED, SUCs, TESDA, Bureau of Cultural
Heritage (BCH)-ARMM and DSWD.
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Section 35. Protection of Girl-Children

Pursue measures to eliminate all forms of discrimination
against girl-children in education, heath and nutrition,
and skills development.
Provide equal access of Muslim and indigenous girlchildren in the Madaris, schools of living culture and
traditions, and regular schools;
Develop gender-sensitive, rights-based and culturesensitive curriculum, including legal literacy and books,
in the Madaris and schools of living culture and
traditions;
Ensure sensitivity of regular schools to particular Moro
and indigenous practices, such as fasting in the month
of Ramadan, choice of clothing (including the wearing of
hijab) and availability of halal.

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RULE VI. INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS

SECTION 37 . Gender Mainstreaming as a Strategy
for Implementing the Magna Carta of Women
Creation and/or Strengthening of the GAD Focal
Points (GFPs) All government departments
including SUCs, shall establish or strengthen
their GFP System to catalyze and accelerate
gender mainstreaming..
The head of agencies ..shall sign appropriate
issuances to institutionalize the creation of the
GFP..
The tasks and functions of the members of the
GFP shall form part of their regular key result
areas and shall be given due consideration in
their performance evaluation.
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 GAD Database All departments,

including SUCsshall develop and
maintain a GAD database containing
GAD information to include gender
statistics and age- and sexdisaggregated data that have been
systematically produced/gathered,
regularly updated to serve as inputs
or bases for planning, programing,
and policy formulation.
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Capacity development
Sec. 16.A.3 CHED, TESDA, DepEd shall ensure that educational institutions
implement a capacity building program on gender, peace and human rights
education for education officials, faculty and non-teaching staff and personnel
Sec. 37. GFPS shall ensure that all personnel of the agency/LGU/SUCs
including the auditors are capacitated on GAD
JC: 4.2 Capability building on Gender and Development: A clear
understanding of and appreciation of gender and development is a prerequisite for a successful GAD planning and budgeting. Agencies are required
to regularly undertake orientations and capacity development on gender and
development, gender equality and womens empowerment including GADrelated laws and commitments for their employees. Trainings should include
gender mainstreaming, gender analysis and gender-responsive planning and
budgeting.
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Understanding and Implementing GPB

(as a means to implement the MCW)
JC: 3.1 Agencies shall formulate their annual GAD plans and
budgets within the context of their mandate and overall plans
and programs including those that concern organizational
development.
-The annual GAD plan and budget shall be guided by the desired
outcomes and goals embodied in the MCW, PPGD 1995-2025,
Womens Empowerment and Development toward Gender
Equality (WEDGE 2012-2016) Plan and other term plans for
gender and development, the CEDAW and other relevant laws
and international commitments.
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Measuring Progress in
Implementation
PCW as the oversight agency for
monitoring implementation of the

Magna Carta of Women

Submit to Congress regular reports on
the progress of MCW implementation

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SEC. 41 PENALTIES

Sanctions under Administrative Law

Civil Service Law
Or other appropriate Laws
Person directly responsible and the Head of
Agency shall be held liable
If agents of State aggravating
If private entity or individual person
directly responsible shall be liable to pay
damages
Other remedies available under the Law
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SEC 42. INCENTIVES AND

AWARDS
PCW - GADtimpala Award
for NGAs

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MCW Gender Mainstreaming

Indicators
IMMEDIATE
SAMPLE INDICATORS
OUTCOME
STATEMENT

Increased
capacity of
NGAs, LGUs
and other
government
instrumentalit
ies in
enhancing
their GAD
competencies,
and in
developing
genderresponsive
Plans,

# of agencies (offices, bureaus, SUCs,

GOCCs), and other government
instrumentalities that formulated their
annual GAD plans, programs and
budgets
# agencies that constituted or
reconstituted their GFPs in accordance
with the provisions of the MCW
# of agencies that have undergone
capacity-building activities on gender
sensitivity, gender analysis, and of tools
such as the Harmonized Gender and
Development Guidelines (HGG).
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Women Empowerment Indicators

Immediate Outcome
Gender-sensitive curricula
(developed by DepEd, CHED
and TESDA) implemented
by public and private school
and other educational
institutions.

Sample Indicators
# of public schools with gender-sensitive
professional strategies, school counselling and
career education program.
# of private schools with gender-sensitive
professional strategies, school counselling and
career education program;

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AUDIT of GAD Funds

COA shall conduct an
Annual Audit on the use
of GAD Budget GAD Fund Audit

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THANK YOU!
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