Management Response

Recommendation:

Intensify advocacy towards government institutions (including the Department of Justice or DOJ, Police, and the Local Government Units or LGUs) for the operationalization and enforcement of the Magna Carta of Women (MCW) or Republic Act 9710, with the following key elements: Information campaign at national and local levels; improved capacities for monitoring and reporting; and governance mechanisms and processes for women?s participation. Build on the constituency of the MCW among legislative committees, women NGOs, government agencies, and local government units and communities in advocating for the WPLA and other laws that need to be harmonized with MCW.

Management Response:

Accept

Key Actions Responsible Deadline Status Comments Support the conduct of CEDAW and Magna Carta of Women (MCW)-based legal reviews, including review of the Code of Muslim Personal Laws (CMPL). UN Women, UNICEF, With Nisa Ul Haqq Fi Bangsamoro, Inc. 2015/12 No Longer Applicable Time frame 2012-2015 Continue support to the constituency building for the repeal of discriminatory provisions of the Code of Muslim Personal Laws (CMPL) UNFPA, UN Women, with Nisa Ul Haqq Fi Bangsamoro Inc. 2016/06 No Longer Applicable Time frame 2012-2016 Support the institutionalization of a standardized training program for handling cases affecting women and children, for police officers assigned to work in the Philippine National Police-Women and Children?s Desk (PNP-WCPD). UNICEF, UNFPA, with PNP-WCPD 2016/06 No Longer Applicable No time frame specified

Recommendation:

With its new and expanded mandate, the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW), as the national women?s machinery, should seriously take stock of its organizational resources and issues (i.e. organizational and programme management, leadership, technical and human resource development) and formulate a comprehensive plan on how to address these in collaboration with diverse partner organizations, specifically CSOs. It should formulate a comprehensive framework for monitoring the implementation of the MCW, identifying support and other requirements. Build on the collaboration mechanisms between government and CSOs for monitoring and reporting.A

Management Response:

Accept (also with the knowledge that PCW is already undergoing this on their own with support from other groups).

Key Actions Responsible Deadline Status Comments Strengthen the capacity of PCW (and other national government agencies, LGUs, and NGOs) to implement the Magna Carta of Women under the UNDAF Women?s Empowerment Sub-Outcome ILO, UN Women, UNFPA, UNDP, UNICEF, UN-Habitat, WHO, UNV, UNESCO IOM 2017/12 No Longer Applicable Time frame 2012-2018 Strengthen the capacity of PCW (and other national government agencies, LGUs, and NGOs) to implement the Magna Carta of Women under the UNDAF Women?s Empowerment Sub-Outcome ILO, UN Women, UNFPA, UNDP, UNICEF, UN-Habitat, WHO, UNV, UNESCO IOM 2017/12 No Longer Applicable Time frame 2012-2018

Recommendation:

Consolidate lessons and other achievements in the piloting of local and sectoral application of CEDAW within the contexts of rural women in fishing and farming communities, of IP and Muslim women in ARMM, and the MWG engagement of the peace process in other parts of Mindanao for possible packaging and distribution of ?knowledge products.? These tasks should be conducted with the strategic intent of scaling up the initiatives.

Management Response:

Accept. The GMC suggests that the results on the local/sectoral application of CEDAW should not just be scaled up but further deepened to recognize and reflect the intersectionality of the multiple layers of identities and state of marginalization so they can be addressed programmatically, even if this focuses only on a single aspect of the women?s experience. i.e. being Muslim or IP or a rural fisherwoman / farmer

Key Actions Responsible Deadline Status Comments Good practices and lessons learned from the piloting of local and sectoral application of CEDAW within the contexts of rural, IP and Muslim women in ARMM, and MWG engagement in the peace process in other parts of Mindanao, will be documented, compiled and shared. UN Women with national and local partners. 2014/12 No Longer Applicable Time frame 2012-2014

Recommendation:

Build on the human and institutional capacities developed by JP-CEDAW towards developing common standards in gender programming among UN agencies.

Management Response:

Accept. Recommendation can include: To suggest to NEDA to improve the Harmonized GAD Guidelines by revising the section on project design and planning stage to include/acknowledge the multiple layers of women?s marginalization. Recommendations should include: To follow-through with the recommendations made in the Participatory Gender Audit and revisit/reassess the need for a common gender strategy.

Key Actions Key Action not added.

Recommendation:	At the initial stage of the programme development, sustainability issues have to be considered by addressing gaps in human and financial resources through capacity building and networking.
Management Response:	Accept

Key Actions Responsible Deadline Status Comments Gender focal points of UN agencies will be oriented or trained in different tools for conducting gender analysis, gender audits, gender mainstreaming and monitoring of gender equality commitments. Training and other capacity development initiatives to be included in the work plan(s) of UN Gender Mainstreaming Committee (GMC) UN Women, UNDP, UNFPA, ILO, UNICEF, with UN Gender Mainstreaming Committee (GMC) 2017/12 No Longer Applicable Time frame 2012-2018