“Gender Equality Mainstreaming Towards Nation Building”
What law prescribes GAD?
Republic Act (RA) No. 9710, the Magna Carta of Women (MCW), which was approved on August 14, 2009. The law created the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) which replaced the National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW). Under the law, the PCW is the primary policy-making and coordinating body of women and gender equality under the Office of the President, as well as the monitoring body and oversight to ensure the implementation of the law.
Section 14, Article II of the 1987 Constitution provides the State policy, thus: “The State recognizes the role of women in nation-building, and shall ensure the fundamental equality before the law of women and men.”
Presidential Decree No. 633 issued on January 7, 1975 created the NCRFW in view of the designation of the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) of 1975 as International Women’s Year with the central theme of “Equality, Development and Peace”. The UN convened an international conference and launched an international action-program, including short and long-term measures aimed at achieving the integration of women as full and equal partners with men in the total development effort. Hence, the NCRFW was tasked to review, evaluate and recommend measures, including priorities, to ensure the full integration of women for economic, social, and cultural development at national, regional and international levels and to ensure further equality between men and women.
