Magna Carta of Women
Republic Act 9710
Magna Carta of Women
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Files:
Republic Act 9710 and IRR
CSC Guidelines on the Availment of the Special Leave Benefits for Women under R.A. 9710
JMC No. 2010-2: Guidelines in the establishment of a VAW Desk in every barangay
DOLE Guidelines for the Implementation of the Special Leave Benefits for Women in the Private Sector
Amended Guidelines on the Implementation of the Special Leave Benefit for Women Employees in the Private Sector
The MCW 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. It conveys a framework of rights for women based directly on international law.
The MCW establishes the Philippine government’s pledge of commitment to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women's (CEDAW) Committee in its 36th Session in 2006 and to the UN Human Rights Council on its first Universal Periodic Review in 2009. It is the local translation of the provisions of the CEDAW, particularly in defining gender discrimination, state obligations, substantive equality, and temporary special measures. It also recognizes human rights guaranteed by the international Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).
Salient features of the law include: * Increasing the number of women in third level positions in government to achieve a fifty-fifty (50-50) gender balance within the next five years while the composition of women in all levels of development planning and program implementation will be at least 40 percent; * Leave benefits of two (2) months with full pay based on gross monthly compensation for women employees who undergo surgery caused by gynecological disorders, provided that they have rendered continuous aggregate employment service of at
Magna Carta of Women
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Files:
Republic Act 9710 and IRR
CSC Guidelines on the Availment of the Special Leave Benefits for Women under R.A. 9710
JMC No. 2010-2: Guidelines in the establishment of a VAW Desk in every barangay
DOLE Guidelines for the Implementation of the Special Leave Benefits for Women in the Private Sector
Amended Guidelines on the Implementation of the Special Leave Benefit for Women Employees in the Private Sector
The MCW 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. It conveys a framework of rights for women based directly on international law.
The MCW establishes the Philippine government’s pledge of commitment to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women's (CEDAW) Committee in its 36th Session in 2006 and to the UN Human Rights Council on its first Universal Periodic Review in 2009. It is the local translation of the provisions of the CEDAW, particularly in defining gender discrimination, state obligations, substantive equality, and temporary special measures. It also recognizes human rights guaranteed by the international Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).
Salient features of the law include: * Increasing the number of women in third level positions in government to achieve a fifty-fifty (50-50) gender balance within the next five years while the composition of women in all levels of development planning and program implementation will be at least 40 percent; * Leave benefits of two (2) months with full pay based on gross monthly compensation for women employees who undergo surgery caused by gynecological disorders, provided that they have rendered continuous aggregate employment service of at