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The Philippine Commission on Women (formerly the National Commission on the Role of the Filipino Women), is a government agency run by the government of the Philippines with the intention of promoting and protecting the rights of the Women in the Philippines. It was established on January 7, 1975, through Presidential Decree No. 633.
President Manuel L. Quezon signing the Women's Suffrage Bill following the 1937 plebiscite. The women's suffrage movement in the Philippines was one of the first, major occasions on which women grouped together politically. It was also one of the first women's rights movements, and endeavored to attain the right for women to vote and run for ...
Cayetano took up Bachelor of Arts in Economics at the University of the Philippines, and graduated cum laude in 1985. She then took up Bachelor of Laws at University of the Philippines Diliman. She graduated in 1991 with academic distinction, #7 in her class. She also became a member of the Honor Society, Order of the Purple Feather. [7]
Representation and integration of Filipino women in Philippine politics at the local and national levels had been made possible by legislative measures such as the following: the Local Government Code of 1991, the Party List Law, the Labor Code of 1989, the Women in Nation Building Law (Philippine Republic Act No. 7192 of 1991), the Gender and ...
Magna Carta of Women (Republic Act 9710) [13] Pre-Need Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 9829) [14] Aurora Special Economic Zone Act of 2007 (Republict Act No. 9490) [15] Tax Exemption for Minimum Wage Earners Law (Republic Act No. 9504) [16] Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Act of 2009 (Republic Act No. 9856) [17]
In her second term as senator, Legarda authored the Expanded Senior Citizens Law, [17] the Climate Change Act, Clean Air Act, Renewable Energy Act, the Magna Carta for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Act, Barangay Kabuhayan Act, the Magna Carta on Women, [12] University of the Philippines Charter of 2008, Bacolor Rehabilitation ...
R. A. No. Title / Description Date signed Ref. 10923 An Act postponing the October 2016 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No. 9164, as amended by Republic Act No. 9340 and Republic Act No. 10656, Prescribing Additional Rules Governing the Conduct of Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections and for Other Purposes
Amending the Magna Carta For Disabled Persons or RA 7277: Institutionalizing a Mechanism to Implement the Magna Carta Nationwide 2010-04-08: 10071: Prosecution Service Act of 2010 2010-04-20: 10072: Philippine Red Cross Act of 2009 2010-04-20: 10073: Girl Scouts of the Philippines Charter of 2009 2010-04-20: 10074