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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


Women and the media

The girl child

4. Participation, accountability and gender-responsive institutions

Women and power in decision making

Institutional mechanism


Women and the media

The girl child

5. Peaceful and inclusive

societies

Women and the armed

conflict


The girl child

6. Environmental

protection, conservation,

protection and rehabilitation


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

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


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


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


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


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.)


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Promotion of gender equality as basic human rights

Overarching Dimension 5:Peaceful and Inclusive societies


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

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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)

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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

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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

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Overarching Dimension 6:Environmental Conservation, Protection

and Rehabilitation


Implementation of plans and policies for the environment, disaster risk reduction, climate resilience and mitigation with gender perspectives


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


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.


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


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

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