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Highlights of the BPfA+25 Philippine Progress Report
SDC-Technical Board Meeting11 July 2019 - NEDA
2020: pivotal year for the accelerated realization of gender equality and e
mpowerment for ALL women and
girls.
Beijing Platform for Action (12 Areas of Concern)
1. Women and poverty
2. Education and training of women
3. Women and health
4. Violence against women
5. Women and armed conflict
6. Women and the economy
7. Women in power and decision-making
8. Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women
9. Human rights of women
10. Women and the media
11. Women and the environment
12. The girl-child
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (Targets under SDG 5)
5.1 End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere
5.2 Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls
5.3 Eliminate all harmful practices
5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work
5.5 Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels
5.6 Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights
5a. Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources
5b. Enhance the use of enabling technology in particular information and communications technology
5c. Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality
Gender-specific targets under the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development
No Poverty - 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1b
Zero hunger - 2.3
Good health and well-being - 3.7, 3.8
Quality education - 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4a
Decent work - 8.3, 8.5, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9
Reduced inequalities - 10.2
Sustainable cities - 11.7
Climate action - 13b
Peace, justice and strong institutions - 16.1, 16.2, 16.7
Partnership for goals - 17.18
Six Overarching Dimensions
1. Inclusive development,
shared prosperity and decent work
Women and
poverty
Women and the
economy
Human rights of women
The girl child
2. Poverty eradication,
social protection and social services
Women and poverty
Education and training of
women
Women and health
Human right of women
The girl child
3. Freedom from violence,
stigma and stereotypes
Violence against women
Human rights of women
Women and the media
The girl child
4. Participation, accountability and gender-responsive institutions
Women and power in decision making
Institutional mechanism
Human rights of women
Women and the media
The girl child
5. Peaceful and inclusive
societies
Women and the armed
conflict
Human rights of women
The girl child
6. Environmental
protection, conservation,
protection and rehabilitation
Human rights of women
Women and the
environment
The girl child
Methodology Distribution of survey
questionnaire to implementing national government agency partners, CSOs and other development partners (UN Guidance Note)
Consultations at the Sub-national level in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao and National Validation
Dissemination activities
Technical Working Groups
Technical Working Groups
Technical Working Groups
Technical Working Groups
Priorities and Achievements from 2014-2019
Accelerating progress from 2014 - 2019
Top Priorities
only Asian country in the top
10 most gender equal
countries
8th in the world
Overarching Dimension 1:Inclusive Development, Shared Prosperity and
Decent Work
Achievements in 2014 - 2019
Enactment and implementation of laws on decent work
Passage of laws on business and entrepreneurship
Achievements in 2014 – 2019 (cont.)
Inclusion of the following as indicators under the Inspection System for the compliance to the General Labor Standards of establishments:
Maternity Leave
Solo Parent Leave
VAW Leave
Special Leave for Women
Expanded Breastfeeding including lactation station
Anti-Sexual Harassment
Implemented labor-related laws and programs to improve the working condition of women in the formal sector
Issuance of DOLE Department Order No. 178, s. 2017 which addressed the occupational health and safety issues and concerns related to women wearing high-heeled shoes
Launched the Responsible Parenthood and Family Planning for Labor force Empowerment (RPFP4LFE) – a partnership project of Commission on Population and Development ant UNFPA that aimed to improve the access to quality FP information and services of women workers
Achievements in 2014 – 2019 (cont.)Implemented labor-related laws and programs to improve the working condition of women in the formal sector
Implemented the Self-Reliant Organization-Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Project (SRO-CARP) to strengthen the capacities of women agrarian reform beneficiaries and the women groups with the agrarian reform beneficiary organizations (ARBOs) to develop the 3-fold roles as owners, managers and entrepreneurs
Provided production inputs (seeds, planting materials farm equipment and machineries and livestock) through the Rice Program, Corn Program High Value Commercial Crops National Livestock Program, National Fishery Program and National Organic Agriculture
Achievements in 2014 – 2019 (cont.)Implementation of programs and services to improve the agricultural productivity of women small-holder farmers and food producers
Provided women-friendly farm machineries and equipment and post-harvest facilities for commercial use of women farmers, processors and small and micro-entrepreneurs by DA-Philmech
Issued policies on the promotion on the rights and protection of domestic workers DOLE Advisory No. 1 – provides the fundamental safety and
health principles, preventive measures to reduce exposures to hazard accident, injury or illness of household workers
Joint Memo Circular No. 2015-002 – provides guidelines and delineates the roles of NGAs involved in the rescue and rehabilitation of abused or exploited kasambahay, especially cases involving minors
Labor Advisory No. 10 s. 2018 – entitles kasambahays to Solo Parent Leave, Special Leave Benefit, VAWC Leave and Service Incentive Leave
Labor Advisory 17 s. 2018 – provides speedy, impartial and inexpensive settlement of labor issues involving kasambahays
Achievements in 2014 - 2019Supported programs and services to recognize, reduce and redistribute unpaid care and domestic work
Protection of OFWs especially the women domestic workers Enactment of Joint Manual of Operations on Providing Assistance to Migrant
Workers and other Filipino Overseas particularly those in distress
Forging of the agreement of the employment of domestic workers with Kuwait which provides additional protections for OFW in the Gulf Country
Enactment of the RA No. 11227 or the Handbook for OFWs Act of 2018 which aims to provide migrant workers with ready reference when they need to assert their rights and responsibilities
Achievements in 2014 - 2019Supported programs and services to recognize, reduce and redistribute unpaid care and domestic work (cont.)
Campaigns to encourage participation of men in unpaid care work Women’s economic empowerment and Care (WE-
Care) Dreams Project #iLabaYu which encourages husbands to share
household chores and responsibilities
Overarching Dimension 2:Poverty Eradication, Social Protection and
Social Services
267,178 beneficiaries of the DOLE Integrated Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program (DILEEP) provided with livelihood assistance
734,094 beneficiaries provided with emergency employment under the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program
4,274 returning women migrant workers benefitted in the Balik Pinay, Balik Hanapbuhay (BPBH) Program
7,764 Rural Improvement Clubs (RIC) with 553,958 women members
Achievements in 2014 - 2019Implemented programs to promote poor women’s access to decent work
Achievements in 2014 - 2019Supported women’s entrepreneurship and business development activities
831 women microentrepreneurs enrolled in the Gender Responsive Economic Actions for the Transformation of Women (GREAT) Women Project 2
139,200 women sari-sari store owners and operators given financial support, merchandizing and store assets and social interventions in the Sari-sari Store Training and Access to Resources (STAR) program
100 women OFWs provided with alternative livelihood through the Women Reintegrated and Ergonomically Active At Home (Women REACH) Program
25 former women scavengers from Tondo produced up-cycled fashion accessories and home decors and linked to market outlets through the Women Artisan Program
4,181,731 registered household beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps)
3.6 million female grantees (87%) and 545,817 male grantees
Increased pre-natal check-up during pregnancy
Positive impact on birth attendance by a doctor
Family Development Sessions and Youth Development Sessions strengthened by updating training materials focus on raising awareness about education, health, sexual and reproductive health, financial inclusion and literacy and livelihood options
Achievements in 2014 - 2019
Strengthened conditional cash transfer programs
228,322 beneficiaries covered by the Modified Conditional Cash Transfer
174,582 are IPs in Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas (GIDA)
48,856 are families in need of social protection
4,440 are homeless street families
Achievements in 2014 - 2019
Strengthened conditional cash transfer programs (cont.)
Introduced unconditional cash transfer
10 million beneficiaries of the Unconditional Cash Transfer received additional cash grants of Php2,400 annually or Php200/month
4.4 million are 4Ps beneficiaries; 3 million are indigent senior citizens; and 2.6 million are ‘Listahanan’ households
Achievements in 2014 - 2019
Improved health outcomes for women and girls
Passage of the RA 11223 (Universal Health Care Act) on February 20, 2019 which automatically enrolls all Filipino citizens in the National Health Insurance Program
Implementation of the RA 10354 (RPRH Act of 2012) provided access to various methods on contraception
Issuance of EO 12 ‘Attaining and Sustaining Zero Unmet Need for Modern Family Planning ‘ which provided funds and support for sexual and reproductive health services
Achievements in 2014 - 2019
Women’s access to health services expanded through enhancement of health financing schemes and benefit packages by the National Health Insurance Program (NHIP)
Improved health outcomes for women and girls (cont.)
Achievements in 2014 - 2019
Issuance of health care, including sexual reproductive health laws and policies
Improved health outcomes for women and girls (cont.)
RA 11481- First 1,000 Days Law
Executive Order No. 12 – Attaining and Sustaining Zero Unmet Needs for Modern Family Planning
Implementation of the RA 10354 – RPRH Law of 2012
Achievements in 2014 - 2019
Improved educational outcomes and skills for women and girls
5,360,799 (57% female and 43% male) graduates of the Special Training for Employment Program (STEP) which addresses poverty in the informal sector through provision of training and employment
Implementation of Free TVET for Universal Access to Quality Education (UAQTEA) in state-run technical-vocational institutions
Updating of the DepEd K-12 curriculum to meet the Comprehensive Sexual Education (CSE) standards for the Philippines
2017-2018
Enrolment in Tertiary Education
1,439,421 1,179,335
SOURCE: 2019 Fact Sheet on Women and Men in the Philippines, PSA
more females enrolled in tertiary education
Number of TVET Graduates (2017)
1,020,705 890,204
SOURCE: TESDA, 2019 Fact Sheet on Women and Men in the Philippines, PSA
more female TVET graduates
Overarching Dimension 3:Freedom from Violence, Stigma and Stereotypes
Achievements in 2014 - 2019
Passage and enforcement of laws on VAW and trafficking
Enactment of RA 10906 or the Anti-Mail Order Spouse Act which protects Filipino women and men against abuse, prostitution and exploitation from marriage to unscrupulous foreign nationals
Enactment of the Safe Streets and Public Spaces Act 2017 which penalizes the gender-based street and public spaces harassment (lapsed into law on April 21, 2019) Passage of the Anti-Catcalling Ordinances in Quezon City and Manila
Achievements in 2014 - 2019
Passage and enforcement of laws on VAW and trafficking (cont.)
Established local committee on anti-trafficking and anti-VAWC 1st country in Southeast Asia to be in Tier 1, since 2016, in the 2018
Global Trafficking in Persons Report under the United States Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000
Adopted the 3rd National Strategic Action Plan Against Trafficking in Person 2017-2021
20,827 cases of human trafficking reported through the ‘1343 Actionline’
74 youth leaders trained as Cyber Safe Youth Facilitators reached out 9,117 children and young people under the Cyber Safe Spaces Project of Plan International
CSOs efforts: Collaborative Action Against Trafficking (CAAT) project; Girls Advocacy Alliance (GAA) global initiative
Achievements in 2014 - 2019
Public awareness raising and campaign for the prevention of VAW
ORANGE YOUR ICON for 18 Days Advocacy Initiative
VAW: The Unspoken Words project
VAW Experiential Museum 18-Day Campaign to End VAW Radio campaign “Macho Choir” GADtimpala Awards for Media;
Gender-Fair Media Guidebook (GFMG) Revised Edition
Overarching Dimension 4:Participation, Accountability and Gender responsive Institutions
COMELEC Resolutions
• Incentives to political parties that promote women’s participation and leadership
• Guarantee accessibility campaign activities and polling places
Achievements in 2014 - 2019
Promotion of women’s participation in public life and decision making
CSC Issuances
• Civil service examination-related policies that address issues faced by women in marginalized groups and gender-responsive capacity development programs through Civil Service Institute
• Instituted reforms in the recruitment system that accelerated appointment of qualified women to leadership positions in government
Career Executive Service Statistics
INDICATORAS OF
JUNE 30,
2016
AS OF
FEB 28, 2019
TOTAL NO.
OF CES
POSITIONS2,735 2,686
TOTAL NO. OF
OCCUPIED CES
POSITIONS
1,986(73%)
1,116
(56.2%)870(43.8%)
1,906(71%)
1,084
(57%)822(43%)
TOTAL NO. OF
VACANT CES
POSITIONS
749
(27%)
780
(29%)
Source: CESB
Inventory of Government
Human Resources (Career Service)as of August 31, 2017
Source: CSC39
1st Level 2nd Level Total
192,106
53%
168,643
47%
400,681
33%
808,155
67%
592,787
38%
976,798
62%
Launched the Women ICT Frontier Initiative (WIFI); WE-ICT (Women Empowerment-ICT), an initiative that aims to empower Filipinas with strong economic and digital literacy skills
Private sector (FTW and WiTech) initiatives that support free training for women on data science and digital technology
Achievements in 2014 - 2019
Increased participation of women in media through ICT
70 per cent of women
have access to internet
11 (17%)
Source: NDHS, 2017
Distribution of internet access
Urban Rural
80% 60%
Increased GAD budget utilization from 2015 to 2016 by 17% with most spending in capacity development activities
Achievements in 2014 - 2019
Improved gender-responsive budgeting
COA issuances that provides guidance on the mandatory annual audit of GAD funds• COA Circular 2014-01 - Revised Guidelines in the Audit of GAD
Funds and Activities which aligned the Integrated Risk and Results-based Audit Approach to the MCW
• Memorandum No. 2018-009 – Checklist of Common Audit Observations in the Audit of GAD Funds
CHR designation as Gender Ombud which advocates for the promotion and protection of women’s human rights
CHR initiatives as Gender Ombud:• Development of CHR Gender Ombud Guidelines Promoting Gender
Equality and Women’s Empowerment
• Creation of Women and Children’s Rights Center
• Establishment of GBV Observatory
• Supports bill on Anti-discrimination based on SOGIE
Achievements in 2014 - 2019
Promotion of gender equality as basic human rights
Overarching Dimension 5:Peaceful and Inclusive societies
Achievements in 2014 - 2019
Implementation of National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security
NAPWPS 2nd Generation
• Aligned with UNCSR 1325and 1820
• Enabled NGA and LGUs to identify WPS interventions in their GAD Plan
• Supported the implementation of mandates on women and gender equality as well as peace and development
NAPWPS 3rd Generation
• Adopts a broader framework for addressing the situation of women in armed conflict and their contributions to conflict transformation
• Integrated the basic precepts of basic women’s human rights
• Compliments the PDP 2017-2022 as mentioned in Chapter 6: Foundation for Sustainable Development on Attaining Just and Lasting Peace
National Action Plan on
Women, Peace & Security (NAP-WPS)
2010-2016 and 2017-2022
Peace and Development
46
PCW-OPAPP Joint Memorandum
Circular No. 2014-01: Integration
of Women, Peace and Security
Programs, Activities and Projects
(PAPs) in Annual Gender and
Development (GAD) Plans and
Budgets (GPBs) and Gender and
Development Accomplishment
Reports (GAD ARs)
47
Achievements in 2014 - 2019
Supported women’s meaningful participation in peace process
Prof. Miriam Coronel-Ferrer, the Chief Negotiator of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro, the first and only female chief negotiator in the world that signed a major peace agreement
Bangsamoro Transition Authority has 16 women or 16.33% of the total membership
Hijab Troopers or the Hijab-clad female soldiers awarded the Military Merit Medal for their services in Marawi siege in 2017
RA 11054
Bangsamoro Organic Law
for ARMM
49
Achievements in 2014 - 2019
Implementation of policies and programs to address women and girls in situation of armed conflicts and crisis response
Establishment of Women Friendly Spaces in 16 regions to prevent displacement of women and girls in evacuation centers
Issuance of a resolution on ‘Ensuring Gender-responsive Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution and Humanitarian Action in the Crisis in Marawi City and the Whole of Mindanao’
Crafted the National Action Plan for Youth, Peace and Security
Passage of RA 11188 on Special Protection of Children in Situations of Armed Conflict
Protection and security“women-friendly spaces” & “hygiene kits”
by DSWD, UNFPA, LGUs since 2012
51
Overarching Dimension 6:Environmental Conservation, Protection
and Rehabilitation
Achievements in 2014 - 2019
Implementation of plans and policies for the environment, disaster risk reduction, climate resilience and mitigation with gender perspectives
Achievements in 2014 - 2019
Implementation of programs to strengthen the role of women in shaping environmental protection and climate-resilient policies and practices
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Gender-responsive disaster and climate change actions
Achievements in 2014 - 2019
Implementation of programs to strengthen the role of women in shaping environmental protection and climate-resilient policies and practices (cont.)
Institutional Mechanism and Processes
Institutional Mechanism and Processes
NEDA and its attached agency, Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) and the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) serve as the formal mechanism that leads the implementation and monitoring the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development where BPfA is also anchored
DILG, on the other hand, is the lead agency on the localization of the SDGs and the PDP 2017-2022 with the LGUs ensuring the integration of the SDGs in their respective plans and programs
NAPC, is the institutional mechanism that ensure that women and girls from marginalized groups participate and that their concerns are reflected in the process
The PDP as the national action plan integrated gender equality and empowerment of all women and girls in the 12 out of its 20 chapters
Gender Data and Statistics Accomplishment
Efforts on gender data and statistics
Establishment of the Inter-agency Committee on Gender and Children Statistics (IAC-GCS) which serves as thecoordination mechanism on gender statistics that ensures an efficient workable scheme towards the production, dissemination and archiving of statistics on gender and children
Conducted new surveys to produce national baseline information on specialized topics such as time use, gender-based violence, asset ownership, poverty, and disability
Efforts on gender data and statistics Produced knowledge products on gender statistics
Efforts on gender data and statistics
Initial set of SDG indicators : 17 goals, 97 targets, and
155 indicators, of which 102 are global SDG indicators, 27 are proxy indicators and 25 are supplemental indicators
Of the 155 indicators, 84% are disaggregated by sex
Supplemental indicators 17 of the 25 supplemental
indicators can be considered gender-specific as they refer specifically on women or they provide sex-disaggregated information
Challenges and Setbacks
Challenges
CE: Infrastructure and Equipment for Unpaid Care Work: Household survey findings from the Philippines, Uganda and Zimbabwe – 2017 Household Care Survey report
Low labor force participation (female)
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
49.4 % 49.4% 49.3% 46.2% 46.6%
Unemployed rate
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
5.3% 5.2% 4.3% 5.2% 5.1%
Decreasing participation rate of women in the labor force
47%Proportion of
women in senior
management
SOURCE: 2019 Women in Business report by Grant Thornton International Ltd
37.46%20192018
Top 3 Roles: Human Resources Director (75%), Chief Finance Officer (66%), and
Chief Operating Officer (53%)
Women in Business ReportBy Grant Thornton International Ltd.
CE: Infrastructure and Equipment for Unpaid Care Work: Household survey findings from the Philippines, Uganda and Zimbabwe – 2017 Household Care Survey report
5,757 Filipinos are deployed
abroad daily compared to just
2,260 new jobs created inside
the country. Increasing overseas
deployment expose more women
to vulnerabilities
CE: Infrastructure and Equipment for Unpaid Care Work: Household survey findings from the Philippines, Uganda and Zimbabwe – 2017 Household Care Survey report
Number of overseas Filipino workers(in thousands)
Male Female
2014 1,149 1,170
2015 1,197 1,250
2016 1,039 1,201
2017 1,084 1,255
More female OFWs than male
OFWs in the last five years.
*Source: Survey on Overseas Filipinos, PSA
Employment and Earningsof currently married age 15-49
43%
SOURCE: NDHS 2013 and 2017
51% 46%61%
Employed in the
12 months before
the survey
With cash earnings decide
with their husbands how
their own earnings are
used
With cash earnings decide
on their own how their own
earnings are used
NDHS 2017 58%
NDHS 2013
54%
CE: Fact Sheet on Women and Men in the Philippines, PSA 2019
Wholesale and retail
remain the major
industries where women
are most employed.
Type of earnings (NDHS, 2017)
Cash Not paid
45% 45%
Continuity of employment (NDHS, 2017)
all year seasonal
46% 45%
Photo credit: Neal Oshima
Photo credit: Arman Carandang
CE: Fact Sheet on Women and Men in the Philippines, PSA 2019
Philippines among the
countries in Asia Pacific
where women hold
agricultural land at far
lower rates than men(APSDG Report, 2018)
Percent share of women holding certificates of land ownership
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
33.6 32.8 32.8 32.8 31.2
Source: 2017 NDHS
Maternal mortality remains high
SOURCE: RPRH ANNUAL REPORT 2017
Pregnant women delivered in health facilities
2013 2017
60% 78%
Received antenatal care from health progessional
2013 2017
95% 94%
Teenage Pregnancy
9% of girls aged 15-19 years old
have begun childbearing
<
Source: NDHS 2017
Childbearing rises rapidly with age,
from 1% at age 15 to 22% at age 19
Rural teens start childbearing
slightly earlier than urban teens
(NDHS 2017)
10% of girls aged 15-19 have begun childbearing (NDHS 2013)
women aged 15-49 have experienced
violence since age 15
2013 2017
20.1% 17%
have never sought help to end the
violence or told anyone about the violence
2013 2017
38.3% 41%
(two in five)
Only one-third
(34%) sought help
to stop the
violence
NDHS 2017
Philippines ranks as one in top
ten producers of online child
pornography in the world where
one child in every two children
suffer from various forms of online
sexual violence and abuse (NBS-VAC, 2016
).
Cabinet Secretaries2 out of 22 (9%) cabinet secretaries are
women under the
Duterte Administration:
– Department of
Education
– Department of
TourismSource: http://www.philippineembassy-usa.org/
2019 Elections
Senatorial Candidates
Total: 63
11 (17%) 52 (83%)
Source: COMELEC
Source: http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/gender-data/oca-oas.html
Judges of 1st and 2nd level Courtsas of December 31, 2016
Total: 1,778
806
(45%)
972
(55%)
11 (17%)
Source: NDHS, 2017
Consistent mass actions of women’s rights groups
and organizations to register women’s opinion and
position on relevant socio-political, economic and
environmental issues
Priorities for 2020-2025
Top Sectoral Priorities for 2020-2025
Priorities for strengthening national gender statistics
from 2020-2025
Recommendations
Recommended Actions
Access to quality education
• Improve the quality and access to education
• Increase women’s participation in TVET and STEAM courses
• Changing negative social norms and practices and gender stereotypes
Recommended Actions
Access to quality healthcare
• Fully implement the Universal Healthcare Act
• Strengthen the implementation of the RPRH Law, especially Adolescent RH
• Improve the Health Facilities Enhancement Program
• Implement nutrition programs to decrease stunting and malnutrition
Recommended Actions
Rights at Work and Rights to Work
• Full implementation of the Expanded Maternity Leave Law
• Enactment of the Security of Tenure Act
• Advancement of unpaid care work initiative
• Strengthening of women’s participation and assembly
Recommended Actions
Women participation and representation
• Legislation of electoral system reforms that will ensure political participation and representation of women and other marginalized and vulnerable sectors
Recommended Actions
Recommended Actions
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