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DATA on (1. Legal Discrimination) (2. Son Bias) (3. Discriminatory Norms)

Requested from DOJ by S. VITOR at 05:00 PM on Jan 13, 2020.
Purpose: Undergraduate Thesis
Date of Coverage: 01/01/2000 - 12/31/2019
Tracking no: #DOJ-189902737221

VITOR 05:00 PM, Jan 13, 2020 

Hi ! I would like to request the following data per region in the Philippines needed in my study about "Philippine Women Empowerment: Measuring Regional Women's Peace and Security Index in the Philippines":
1. Legal Discrimination - aggregate score for laws and regulations that limit women's ability to participate in society or that differentiate between men and women
2. Son Bias - ratio of the number of boys born to the number of girls born exceeds the natural demographic rate of 1.05
3. Discriminatory Norms-percentage of gender discrimination  (lack of support for women engaging in paid work

Dulin 09:43 AM, Jan 14, 2020 

Jan 14, 2020

Dear SHANNEN KIRSTEN VITOR,

Thank you for your request dated Jan 13, 2020 05:00:42 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for DATA on (1. Legal Discrimination) (2. Son Bias) (3. Discriminatory Norms).

We received your request on Jan 13, 2020 05:00:42 PM and will respond on or before Feb 03, 2020 05:00:42 PM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPSi0xODk5MDI3MzcyMjEM, for request with ticket number #DOJ-189902737221.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Irene Dulin
FOI Officer


20 January 2020



Dear Shannen Kristen Vitor,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated 13 January 2020 at 05:00 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.


Your request

You requested for data on legal discrimination, son bias, and discriminatory norms which you intend to use in your study entitled “Philippine Women Empowerment: Measuring Regional Women’s Peace and Security Index in the Philippines.”


Response to your request

Unfortunately, your request cannot be granted as its subject falls outside the mandate of this Department. Moreover, the data analysis required for your request on data on legal discrimination appear to fall outside the coverage of EO No. 2 (s. 2016). In any event, for data on women, published studies related or similar to your study, or other information on women, please contact the Philippine Commission on Women at (02) 8735 1654. 


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If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Hon. Menardo I. Guevarra, Secretary, Department of Justice, Padre Faura Street, Ermita, Manila. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within fifteen (15) calendar days from the date when you have received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within thirty (30) calendar days from the date of receipt of your review request.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

Thank you.



Respectfully,

FOI Decision Maker

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