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philippine
context
magna carta of women
promoting public awareness
The
Philippine Context
No security of tenure of women workers in free trade
zones and in department stores. Unequal pay for men
and women even if they do the same work or work of equal
value.
Lack of family planning and healch services to rural
women.
Lack of access to sexuality education and reproductive
health information for young women.
Low representation of women in elective positions at
tHe local and national levels. Ineffective enforcement
of various laws such as on sexual harassment, rape,
anti-trafficking, and violence against women and their
children.
The penal code has different standards and punishment
for marital infidelity if committed by men or women.
These are some of the human rights issues that confront
millions of Filipino women, especially the poor. These
are examples of discrimination that girl-children and
women in our society experience on a daily basis, at
home, in schools, in workplaces and in the community.
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Magna
Carta of Women
PILIPINA, in partnership
with CEDAW Watch, the United Nations Development Fund
for Women - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms
of Discrimination Against Women - South East Asia Program
(UNIFEM-CEDAW-SEAP) and the Study- and -Action Core
Group (SACG) on Gender Equality Law is currently involved
in the crafting and advocacy of an omnibus law that
would operationalize CEDAW.
Believing that the proposed measure would best approximate
the Omnibus CEDAW Law that is envisioned, these organization
have committed to engage and support the passage of
the draft Magna Carta for Women (House Bill 3766) currently
pending for second reading in the House of Representatives.
A similar bill with amendments is also being pushed
for passage in the Senate.
To view the senate draft version,
click here.
To view the position paper on the magna carta prepared
by PILIPINA, click here.
Promoting Public Awareness on CEDAW
CEDAW Watch celebrated
the 25th year of CEDAW through activities such as the
travelling knowledge fair "CEDAW@25: Claiming Women's Rights" and concert "Eve-olution: Celebrating Women" held on September 12, 2006.
Currently, CEDAW Watch partner organization, Women's
Feature Service, promotes awareness on CEDAW among the
youth through its electronic magazine cum blog. To view the magazine, click here.
For the last quarter of 2006, the Network holds a series
of travelling feedback forum on the UN CEDAW Committee
comments on the Philippine government's 5th and 6th
reports.
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