Women & The Law

Table of contents

01 OBJECTIVES 02 DEFINITIONS

GENDER
03 ILLUSTRATIONS
04 MAINSTREAMING
IN LAW
WOMEN’S
05 RIGHT TO
PARTICIPATE
 01
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES:

● To engage and create awareness in the various Philippine laws concerning women;

● To be able to identify the various rights of women and;

● To understand the impact of the following laws and rights to Filipino women and the
society involved.
 02
DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS:
1. Woman
● An adult female human being.

● A female member of a workforce, team, etc.

● A female person associated with a particular place, activity, or occupation.

DEFINITIONS:
2. Law
● The system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as
regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the
imposition of penalties.
● A rule defining correct procedure or behavior in a sport.
● A system of rules created and enforced through social or governmental
institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of
longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and the art of
justice.
DEFINITIONS:
3. Rights
● Legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement; that is, rights are
the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to
people according to some legal system, social convention, or ethical theory.

● That which is morally correct, just, or honorable.

● A moral or legal entitlement to have or obtain something or to act in a certain

way.
 03
ILLUSTRATIONS
ILLUSTRATION 1:
ILLUSTRATION 2:
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GENDER
MAINSTREAMING
IN LAW
GENDER MAINSTREAMING IN LAW
Local Government Code of 1991. Provides for the election of sectoral representation, including women, in local

legislative councils.

Party List Law. Provides for the creation of women-oriented or women-based parties to compete under the

party-list system.

Labor Code (1989). Covers issues such as night work prohibition, specifies that employers must provide special

facilities for women, prohibition of discrimination against women in respect to terms and conditions of

employment, prohibition of discrimination by reason of marriage of a woman worker.

GENDER MAINSTREAMING IN LAW
Women in Nation Building Law. Republic Act 7192 (1991) is an act promoting the integration of women as full

and equal partners of men in development and nation building.

1988 Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law. Gave Filipino women the right to own land that previously

reverted to sons and other male family members.

Republic Act 7688 (1994). An act giving representation to women in the social security commission.

1990 Day care Law (RA 6972) and 1996 Paternity Leave Act. Both of which acknowledge that children are

both a parental and state responsibility.

GENDER MAINSTREAMING IN LAW
Anti-Sexual Harassment Law. RA 7877 (1995) an act declaring sexual harassment unlawful in the

employment, education or training environment.

Republic Act 7822 (1995). An act providing assistance to women engaging in micro and cottage business

enterprises.

Republic Act 8353 (1997). An act expanding the definition of the crime of rape reclassifying the same as a

crime against persons.

GENDER MAINSTREAMING IN LAW
Philippine Plan for Gender Responsive Development (1995-2025). The National Plan for Women that

consolidates the action commitments of the Philippines during the Beijing World Conference on Women

Gender and Development Budget (GAD). Integral to the national plan, it is aimed at “institutionalizing gender

concerns in the mainstream development process and agenda and not just peripheral programs and projects of

the government”.

Framework Plan for Women (FPW). This is part of the Philippine Plan for Women which the current

administration developed to focus on three thrust namely:

 05
WOMEN’S RIGHT
TO PARTICIPATE
 WOMEN’S RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE
● 1937 Philippine women's suffrage plebiscite

The National Assembly in the Philippines announced the plebiscite in 1937, which would decide whether

or not women should gain the right to vote.

Arguments against women gaining the right to vote in the Philippines were stated due to the fact that it

would ruin family unity, giving less power to the husband or man of the house in the family.
 WOMEN’S RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE
● 1937 Philippine women's suffrage plebiscite

Prior to the plebiscite, electors voted on the approval of the new Philippine constitution. Approximately

1,213,934 of the electors voted in favor of the new constitution while 42,690 electors voted against.

Before women gained the right to vote, they had no legal rights during that time period. Even with the

proper consent from their husbands, women still could not obtain any legal rights.
Republic Act No. 9710
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE MAGNA CARTA OF WOMEN
Republic Act No. 9710
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE MAGNA
CARTA OF WOMEN
The Magna Carta of Women is comprehensive
women's human rights law that seeks to
eliminate discrimination against women by
recognizing, protecting, fulfilling and promoting
the rights of Filipino women, especially those in
marginalized sector.
Section 2.
Declaration of Policy. — Recognizing that the
economic, political, and sociocultural realities affect women’s
current condition, the State affirms the role of women in
nation building and ensures the substantive equality of
women and men. It shall promote empowerment of
women and pursue equal opportunities for women and
men and ensure equal access to resources and to
development results and outcome. Further, the State
realizes that equality of men and women entails the abolition
of the unequal structures and practices that perpetuate
discrimination and inequality. To realize this, the State
shall endeavor to develop plans, policies, programs,
measures, and mechanisms to address discrimination
and inequality in the economic, political, social, and
cultural life of women and men.
Section 2.
The State condemns discrimination against
women in all its forms and pursues by all
appropriate means and without delay the policy
of eliminating discrimination against women in
keeping with the Convention on the Elimination of
All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
(CEDAW) and other international instruments
consistent with Philippine law. The State shall
accord women the rights, protection, and
opportunities available to every member of
society.
Section 2.
The State affirms women’s rights as
human rights and shall intensify its efforts to
fulfill its duties under international and
domestic law to recognize, respect, protect,
fulfill, and promote all human rights and
fundamental freedoms of women, especially
marginalized women, in the economic, social,
political, cultural, and other fields without
distinction or discrimination on account of class,
age, sex, gender, language, ethnicity, religion,
ideology, disability, education, and status.
Section 2.

The State shall provide the necessary

mechanisms to enforce women’s rights and
adopt and undertake all legal measures
necessary to foster and promote the equal
opportunity for women to participate in and
contribute to the development of the political,
economic, social, and cultural realms.
Section 2.

The State, in ensuring the full integration of

women’s concerns in the mainstream of
development, shall provide ample
opportunities to enhance and develop their
skills, acquire productive employment and
contribute to their families and communities
to the fullest of their capabilities.
Section 2.
In pursuance of this policy, the State
reaffirms the right of women in all sectors to
participate in policy formulation, planning,
organization, implementation, management,
monitoring, and evaluation of all programs,
projects, and services. It shall support policies,
research, technology, and training programs
and other support services such as financing,
production, and marketing to encourage
active participation of women in national
development.
 Thank you
&
God
bless!
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