Gender and Development
GAD Corner of the Department of the Interior and Local Government, Bicol Region
GAD Corner of the Department of the Interior and Local Government, Bicol Region
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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. It conveys a framework of rights for women based directly on international law.
The Magna Carta of Women establishes the Philippine government's pledge of commitment to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women's (CEDAW) Committee in its 36th Session in 2006 and to the UN Human Rights Council on its first Universal Periodic Review in 2009. It is the local translation of the provisions of the CEDAW, particularly in defining gender discrimination, state obligations, substantive equality, and temporary special measures. It also recognizes human rights guaranteed by the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).
Salient features of the law include:
In addition to guaranteeing substantive rights, the Magna Carta of Women establishes the responsibility of the government to take actions in order to end discrimination against women. It provides that the Philippines government must "ensure the substantive equality of men and women" and mandates the State to take steps to review, amend or repeal existing laws that are discriminatory towards women.
The Government, in its entirety, shall fulfill these duties through the development and implementation of laws, policies, regulatory instruments, administrative guidelines, and other appropriate measures. It shall also establish mechanisms to promote the coherent and integrated implementation of the Magna Carta of Women and other related laws and policies to effectively stop discrimination against Filipino women.
The Magna Carta of Women mandates all government offices, including government-owned and controlled corporations and local government units to adopt gender mainstreaming as a strategy for implementing the law and attaining its objectives. It also mandates (a) planning, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation for gender and development, (b) the creation and/or strengthening of gender and development focal points, and (c) the generation and maintenance of gender statistics and sex-disaggregated databases to aid in planning, programming and policy formulation.
The GAD Focal Point System leads gender mainstreaming in the agency.
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GAD Corner ng Department of the Interior and Local Government, Bicol Region
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Ang Magna Carta of Women (MCW) ay isang komprehensibong batas sa karapatang pantao ng kababaihan na naglalayong alisin ang diskriminasyon sa pamamagitan ng pagkilala, pagprotekta, pagtupad, at pagtataguyod sa mga karapatan ng mga Pilipinang kababaihan, lalo na ang mga kabilang sa marginalized na mga sektor ng lipunan. Naglalahad ito ng balangkas ng mga karapatan para sa kababaihan na direktang nakabatay sa international law.
Itinatakda ng Magna Carta of Women ang pangako ng gobyerno ng Pilipinas sa Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women's (CEDAW) Committee sa 36th Session nito noong 2006 at sa UN Human Rights Council sa una nitong Universal Periodic Review noong 2009. Ito ang lokal na pagsasalin ng mga probisyon ng CEDAW, lalo na sa pagtukoy sa diskriminasyon sa kasarian, mga obligasyon ng estado, substantive equality, at mga temporary special measure. Kinikilala rin nito ang mga karapatang pantao na ginagarantiyahan ng International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).
Kabilang sa mga pangunahing tampok ng batas ang:
Maliban sa paggarantiya sa mga substantive right, itinatakda ng Magna Carta of Women ang responsibilidad ng gobyerno na kumilos upang wakasan ang diskriminasyon laban sa kababaihan. Nakasaad dito na dapat tiyakin ng gobyerno ng Pilipinas ang "substantive equality ng lalaki at babae" at inaatasan ang Estado na gumawa ng mga hakbang upang suriin, amyendahan o ipawalang-bisa ang mga umiiral na batas na diskriminatori sa kababaihan.
Tutuparin ng buong Gobyerno ang mga tungkuling ito sa pamamagitan ng pagbuo at pagpapatupad ng mga batas, patakaran, regulatory instrument, administrative guideline, at iba pang naaangkop na hakbang. Magtatatag din ito ng mga mekanismo para itaguyod ang magkakaugnay at pinagsamang pagpapatupad ng Magna Carta of Women at iba pang kaugnay na batas at patakaran upang epektibong matigil ang diskriminasyon laban sa mga Pilipinang kababaihan.
Inaatasan ng Magna Carta of Women ang lahat ng tanggapan ng gobyerno, kabilang ang mga government-owned and controlled corporation at mga local government unit na gamitin ang gender mainstreaming bilang estratehiya sa pagpapatupad ng batas at pagkamit ng mga layunin nito. Inaatasan din nito ang (a) pagpaplano, pagba-budget, pagmo-monitor at pag-evaluate para sa gender and development, (b) ang paglikha at/o pagpapalakas ng mga gender and development focal point, at (c) ang pagbuo at pagpapanatili ng gender statistics at mga sex-disaggregated database upang tumulong sa pagpaplano, programming at pagbuo ng patakaran.
Nangunguna ang GAD Focal Point System sa gender mainstreaming sa ahensya.
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