WOMAN

AND
THE LAW
Group 3 presentation
 Learning Objectives:
At the end of the discussion, the students should be able to:

• Know about the various Philippine laws affecting women;

• Identify the various right of women; and

• Understand the impact of these laws and rights to the Filipino woman and society.
 Introduction
The Philippine Constitution, which was formulated during the
enthusiasm of the People Power Revolution in 1986, is recognized for
being highly liberal and progressive.

Gender equality is a significant part of this Charter, as stated in Article II Section 14 of the 1987 Constitution: "The state acknowledges the role of women in nation-building and should assure

basic equality of men and women before the law."

 Introduction
Article 13 Section 14
• "State shall protect working women by providing safe and
healthful working conditions, taking into account their maternal
function, and such facilities and opportunities that will enhance
their welfare and enable them to realize their full potential in the
service of the nation"
 Various Laws Promoting Gender
Equality:
• Local Government Code of 1991 - This Code
establishes the system and defines powers of
provincial, city, municipal and barangay governments
in the Philippines.
• Party List Law

• Labor Code (1989)

• Women in Nation Building

• 1988 Comprehensive Agrarian Reform
Law
• Republic Act 7688 (1994)

• Anti-Sexual Harassment Law. RA 7899 (1995)

• Republic Act 7822 (1995)

• Republic Act 8353 (1997)

 Gender and Development Budget
(GAD)
• Integral to the national plan, it is aimed at
"institutionalizing gender concern in the
mainstream development process and
agenda not just peripheral programs and
projects of the government".
 Framework Plan for Women
(FPWO)
• This is a part of the Philippines Plan for
Women, which focuses on three goals:
economic empowerment for women,
advancement and protection of women's human
rights, and gender responsive governance.
 Women's Right to Participate
• In 1937, women were granted the right to vote. The 1935 Constitution provided
that women's suffrage would be granted only if 300,000 women voted in favor of it
in a national plebiscite. Women like Concepcion Felix del Calderon, who founded
the Association Feminista Filipina in June 1905, Rosa Sevilla de Alvero, a young
Trinidad Almeda, and Miss Constancia Poblete, founders of Liga Femenina de la
Paz, Pura Villanueva Kalaw and Mendoza Guazon, Pilar Hidalgo Lim, and others
brought activism to the forefront.
• In Manila, the General Council of Women was established to oversee the plebiscite campaign.
 Women's Involvement in Civil
• Women's participation in civil society Society
can take the form of organizing on gender-specific
concerns and the development of all-women groups within broad coalitions as power-
building mechanisms. Women's rights organizations such as the PILIPINA feminist
movement, the militant GABRIELA women's group, the Ugnayan ng kababaihan sa
Pulitika, the KILOS KABARO, and the SIBOL legislative Network have paved the way
for women's rights in policies and laws. There is also a so-called "Philippine NGO
Beijing Score Board," which arose from the National Steering Committee (NSC) of
NGOs at the Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, and which is in charge of
monitoring the government's implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action on a
national level.
 Women and Education
• The Philippine educational system is a combination of public and private
institutions with the State providing free education for elementary and
secondary levels.
• The Constitution provides that without "limiting the natural rights of parents to rear their children, elementary education is compulsory for all children of school age, (Article VIX, Section 3).

• There is no general discrimination of girls in education, thus, there is no marked differences existing in the educational status of Filipino women and men. One glaring issue is the gender stereotyping.
CONCLUSION:
• ·There are various laws promoting gender equality
• ·Gender and Development Budget (GAD) – “institutionalizing gender concern in the mainstream development process and agenda not just peripheral programs and projects of the government”.

• ·Framework Plan for Women (FPWO) – focuses on three goals: economic empowerment for women, advancement and protection of women's human rights, and gender responsive governance.

• ·Women's Involvement in Civil Society – women were granted the right to vote.

• ·Women and Education – There is no general discrimination of girls in education, thus, there is no marked differences existing in the educational status of Filipino women and men.
 MEMBERS:
Adriana Bongbonga Jaina Dapiton Cherrie Mae Navaja

Justin Andrei Caserva Joshua Rafael Quijano

 Proof of
Group
Meeting

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