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In the Global Gender Gap Index 2017, the Philippines ranked 10th out of 145 countries for gender equality. [2] The Philippines ranks higher than any other Asia-Pacific country but New Zealand. [ 3 ] These roles range between the traditional position of mother, looking after children and household, to positions in the political arena.
In 2000, the Philippines signed the Millennium Declaration and committed to attaining the Millennium Declaration Goals by 2015, which include promoting gender equality and health. In 2003, USAID started its phase out of a 33-year-old program by which free contraceptives were given to the country.
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.
These laws are based on old Spanish laws that were repealed in Spain in 1963 (the "crime of passion" law) [31] and in 1978 (the adultery law). [32] The Philippines is also one of 20 countries that still has a marry-your-rapist law (that is, a law that exonerates a rapist from punishment if he marries the victim after the attack). [33] [34]
The Senate had a Committee on Youth, Women and Family Relations until September 2, 2013, when it was split into the Committee on Youth and the Committee on Women, Family Relations and Gender Equality. The latter committee's creation also led to the addition of gender equality in the list of matters under its jurisdiction. [1]
No national law in the Philippines criminalizes cross-gender behavior. However, cross-dressers and transgender people may be excluded from some private and public spaces, oftentimes with little or no legal consequences. The Philippines has several accounts of gender diverse people being refused entry and service by establishments. [63]
Occupational Safety and Health Standards Law August 20, 2018 [25] 11106 Filipino Sign Language Act November 12, 2018 [26] 11131 The Philippine Criminology Profession Act of 2018 November 15, 2018 [27] 11148 Kalusugan at Nutrisyon ng Mag-Nanay Act (lit. ' Health and Nutrition for Mother and Child Act ') November 29, 2018 [28] 11663
The establishment of the gender equality principle in the 1987 Philippine Constitution indicated that the concern for the welfare of women rose as one of the top priorities of the government. Only two years after the integration of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, the very first Philippine Development Plan for Women (PDPW)—which would go on ...