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Game/Activity: LAGYAN NG MERON AT WALA

Meron Team: Anong bagay ang itinuturing nyong

kailangang mayroon ang isang babae para sa isang
buhay na may dignidad?

Wala Team: Anong bagay ang dapat wala sa isang

babae sa pagkakaroon ng buhay na may dignidad?
As the government recognizes the
role and influence of women in
the Philippines, many laws have
been crafted to guarantee their
protection and well-being, may it
be in work or household.
Protection from Violence

All women should be protected from all

forms of violence. Agencies of
government shall give priority to the
defense and protection of women
against gender-based offenses and help
women attain justice and healing.
Anti-Violence Against Women and Their
Children Act of 2004
Violence
Any act or series of acts committed by any
PERSON against a WOMAN who is his wife,
former wife, or with whom the person has or had
a sexual or dating relationships, or with whom he
has a common child, or against her
CHILD/CHILDREN under her care which result or
is likely to result in physical, sexual, psychological
harm or suffering or economic abuse including
threats of such acts, battery assault, coercion,
harassment or arbitrary deprivation of liberty.
Types of Violence Covered:

1. Physical Violence – refers to acts

that include bodily or physical
harm.
2. Sexual Violence – shall mean any act that is sexual in nature
including but not limited to:
• Rape
• Sexual harassment
• Acts of lasciviousness
• Treating the women or her child as a sex object
• Making demeaning and sexually suggestive remarks
• Physically attacking the sexual parts of the victim’s body
• Forcing the victim to watch obscene publications and indecent
shows
• Forcing the victim to do indecent acts and/ or make films thereof
• Forcing the wife and mistress/lover to live in the conjugal home
or to sleep together in the same room with the abuser
• Causing or attempting to cause the victim to engage in sexual
activity by force, physical or other harm, coercion or threats
thereof
• Prostituting the women or her child.
3. Psychological Violence – shall mean acts or omissions causing
mental or emotional suffering of the victim, such as but not limited to:
• Intimidation
• Harassment
• Stalking
• Damage to property
• Public ridicule or humiliation
• Repeated verbal abuse
• Marital infidelity
• Causing or allowing the victim to witness the physical, sexual, or
psychological abuse of a family member
• Causing or allowing the victim to witness pornography in any
form
• Causing or allowing the victim to witness abusing injury to pets
• Unlawful or unwanted deprivation of the right to custody and/or
visitation of common children.
4. Economic Violence – shall mean acts that make
a woman financially dependent, including:
• Withdrawal of financial support
• Preventing the victim from engaging in any
legitimate profession occupation, business or
activity
• Deprivation of financial resources and the
right to conjugal, community or property
owned in common
• Destroying household property or controlling
the victim’s own money or properties.
Participation and Representation

The State should undertake temporary

special measures to accelerate the
participation and representation of
women in all spheres of society
particularly in the decision-making and
policy-making processes in government
and private entities to fully realize their
role as agents and beneficiaries of
development.
• Capacitate women employees to strengthen
their qualifications and performance for third
level positions.
• Increase participation of women of at least
40% membership to all development councils.
• Representation of women or women’s group
in policy and decision making bodies in the
international, national and local bodies.
Equal Treatment before the Law

The State should take steps to review and

when necessary, amend and/or repeal existing
laws that are discriminatory to women.

Family Code:
• Art 14 – Giving preference to the father’s
consent to the marriage of children
between 18 and 21.
• Art 96 – Giving preference to the
husband’s decision on the administration
of conjugal properties.
Family Code:
• Art 211 – Giving preference to the husband’s
decision over the persons of their common
children.
• Art 255 – Giving preference to the husband’s
decision on the exercise of legal guardianship
over the property of unemancipated common
child.
• Art 55 – Repeated physical abuse and grossly
abusive conduct as ground for legal separation.
Equal Access and Elimination of Discrimination in
Education, Scholarships and Training
• DepEd, CHED and TESDA should remove gender stereotypes
and images in educational materials and curricula. Gender-
sensitive language shall be used at all times.
• Enrollment of women in non-traditional skills training in
vocational and tertiary levels shall be encouraged.
• Expulsion of women students for single pregnancy shall be
outlawed.
• Pregnant students should be assisted while in school of
available support services and counseling to ensure
completion of their studies.
Non-discriminatory Portrayal of Women in
Media and Film
The State should formulate policies and programs for the advancement
of women in collaboration with media-related organizations from the
private sector. It shall likewise endeavor to raise the consciousness of the
general public in recognizing the dignity of a woman, and the role and
contribution of women in the family, community and the society through
the strategic use of the mass media.
Enhancement of programming, production and image-making that present women’s needs, issues and
concern.
Allocation of space, airtime and resources for the airing of advertisements that promote women’s human
rights.
Ensuring that in all school of journalism, information and communication and national media federation
and association, the gender equality are integrated in the human resource development.
The MTRCB shall revise its rules and regulations to discourage unfair derogatory portrayal of women in
both media and film.
 Access to Information and Services
relating to Women’s Health
The State should provide for comprehensive gender
responsive health services and programs covering all stages
of a woman’s life cycle and ensure access to the following:

• Maternal Care (pre-natal, delivery and post-natal, infant

health and nutrition).
• Promotion of Breastfeeding and Proper Nutrition for
lactating mothers.
• Responsible, ethical, legal, safe and effective family
planning.
• Prevention and Management of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI),
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired
Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
• Prevention and management of reproductive tract cancers and other
gynecological conditions and disorders.
• In case of VAWC victims, comprehensive health services shall be
provided (psychological, therapeutic, medical and legal interventions)
• Care of elderly women.
• Management, treatment and intervention of mental health problems
of women and girls.
 Equal rights in all matters relating to marriage
and family
The State should take all appropriate measures to eliminate
discrimination against women in all matters relating to
marriage and family relations and shall ensure:

• The same right to enter into and leave partnerships or

relationships other than those referred to in the Family
Code.
• The same right to choose freely a spouse and to enter into
marriage only with their free and full consent. The betrothal
and the marriage of a child shall have no legal effect.
• The joint decision on the number and spacing of their
children and to have access' to the information, education
and means to enable them to exercise these rights.
• The same personal rights as husband and wife,
including the right to choose freely a profession and
an occupation.
• The same rights for both spouses in respect of the
ownership, acquisition, management, administration,
enjoyment, and disposition of property.
• The same rights to properties and resources, whether
titled or not, and inheritance, whether formal or
customary.
Special Leave Benefits for Women
Any female employee in the public and private sector
regardless of age and civil status should be entitled to
a special leave of two months (2) with full pay based
on her gross monthly compensation due to surgery
cause by gynecological disorders with following
conditions:
• She has rendered at least six (6) months continuous
employment service.
• In the event of an extended leave, she may use her
earned leave credits.
• This special leave shall be non-cumulative and non-
convertible to cash.
A woman deserves love, respect,
freedom, care and security not
because she is a woman but
because she as a human being.
“Feminism isn't about making women
strong. Women are already strong. It's
about changing the way the world
perceives that strength.” - G.D.
Anderson