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| Title |
Philippine Response to the 2003 UN CSW Questionnaire
on PFA Implementation |
| Author |
The National Comission on the Role of Filipino
Women (NCRFW) |
| Publication
Date |
September 2004 |
| Publisher |
The National Comission on the Role of Filipino
Women (NCRFW) |
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Short Summary |
This report contains highlights of progress in
implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action (PfA) (1995) and
outlines main interventions from 2001-2003 aimed at removing the main
obstacles to Filipino women's advancement. Challenges include the
destructive impact of globalisation and trade liberalisation on many
women workers, which has pushed them out of collapsed yet heavily
protected industries into the insecure informal economy; the vulnerable
living and working conditions of overseas migrant workers; and the
continuing gender-based discrimination in the legal system, particularly
in relation to sex-trafficking and violence against women. The government,
in response, formulated a medium-term Gender and Development Plan
called the “Framework Plan for Women” 2000-2004 to accelerate implementation
of the PfA; established a Task Force on Economic Empowerment to improve
the working and living conditions of women workers; set-up an on-site
overseas migrant workers desk, and assigned female social welfare
officers in countries with large populations of Filipino women workers;
passed the Anti-Trafficking and Anti-Violence Acts; and introduced
judicial reforms to facilitate the filing of cases on domestic violence
and the issuance of protection orders. The report ends with a section
on Philippine's vision for advancing the gender and development agenda
beyond 2004, which outlines continuing challenges and key areas for
follow-up by the National Women's Machinery. |
| Summary Source |
adapted from report |
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