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Women Empowerment

Requested from PCW by m. tungcul at 01:45 PM on May 23, 2019.
Purpose: assignment
Date of Coverage: 01/01/2017 - 01/01/2019
Tracking no: #PCW-662824160765

tungcul 01:45 PM, May 23, 2019 

Hi! I would like to ask regarding:

a. the rights of women in the society

b. feminists opinion about legalization of abortion

Calma 06:16 PM, May 27, 2019 

May 27, 2019

Dear Minerva,

Thank you for your request dated May 23, 2019 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Women Empowerment.

We received your request on May 23, 2019 and will respond on or before Jun 13, 2019 01:45:29 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/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEFBDVy02NjI4MjQxNjA3NjUM, for request with ticket number #PCW-662824160765.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Louise Garcia
FOI Officer

06:48 PM, May 30, 2019 

May 30, 2019

Dear Minerva Tungcul,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated May 23, 2019 01:45:29 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your Request

You asked for Women Empowerment.

Response to Request

We would like to inform you that our office is still undertaking review and study on the legalization of abortion. Nevertheless, you may wish to be familiar with the Women’s Priority Legislative Agenda (WPLA). The WPLA is a set of proposed topics of bills that seeks to amend or repeal the discriminatory provisions of existing laws and moves for the formulation and adoption of new legislations that promote women’s empowerment and gender equality. To know more about the WPLA, you may visit https://www.pcw.gov.ph/wpla and click on the right-side panel to access the policy brief for each topic.

As regards your inquiry on women’s rights, you may refer to Republic Act No. 9710, otherwise known as the Magna Carta of Women. The Magna Carta of Women is a comprehensive women’s human rights law that seeks to eliminate discrimination through the recognition, protection, fulfilment and promotion of the rights of Filipino women, especially those belonging in the marginalized sectors of the society. You may read or download its full-text at https://library.pcw.gov.ph/sites/default/files/ra-9710-magna-carta-women-irr_0.pdf.

For quick reference on women’s rights and some other laws protecting women, you may visit:

Republic Act No. 9710 (Magna Carta of Women) – https://library.pcw.gov.ph/sites/default/files/MCW_0.pdf

Republic Act No. 9262 (Anti-Violence Against Women Act of 2004) – https://library.pcw.gov.ph/sites/default/files/RA%209262%20flier%20latest_0.pdf

Republic Act No. 7877 (Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995) – https://library.pcw.gov.ph/sites/default/files/RA%207877%20flier%20latest.pdf

Republic Act No. 8353 (Anti-Rape Law of 1997) – https://library.pcw.gov.ph/sites/default/files/RA%208353%20flier%20latest.pdf

Republic Act No. 9208, as amended by Republic Act No. 10364 (Anti-Trafficking in Persons) – https://library.pcw.gov.ph/sites/default/files/RA%209208%20-%2010364%20flier%20latest.pdf

We hope that we have provided you with enough information about your query.

Your right to request a review

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 Emmeline L. Verzosa/Executive Director and email it to edo@pcw.gov.ph. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive 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,

Cecile B. Gutierrez
FOI Decision Maker

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