magna carta for women

4. OBJECTIVE OF THE LAW
Emphasizes the rights of women and institutionalizes
the substantive equality of men and women.

5. OBJECTIVE OF THE LAW
Not only to provide equal opportunities for
women but also their empowerment.

6. Thus, it mandates the
State to:
1. Abolish the unequal structures and practices
2. Revise gender stereotypes and images
3. Eliminate discrimination of women in the
military, police and other similar services
4. Protect the rightss of Moro and indigenous
women
5. Increase the number of women participating in
discussions and decision-making

7. Thus, it mandates the
State to:
6. Ensure the development and inclusion of
women’s welfare and concerns
7. Give special consideration for the specific
needs

8. Thus, it mandates the
State to:
8. Adopt measures to:
• Protection from abuse
• Eliminate discrimination in eduction, health and
nutrition, and skills and development

9. RIGHTS OF WOMEN
All women are entitled to enjoy all the rights
under the Constitution, including those rights
under international instruments duly signed
and ratified by the Philippines.

10. 1. Equal rights in all
matters relating to:
Marriage and
• Enter and leave
marriage
• Choose a spouse
• Decide jointly with
their partner
• Enjoy personal rights
Family Relations
• Choose a
profession/occupation
• Enjoy same rights as
their spouses or
common law spouses
• Same rights to
properties
• Nationality

11. 2. To be protected from all
forms of violence
• 50% of the personnel in the police force, legal
services, forensics and medico-legal services, and
social services should be women
• In situations of emergency, armed conflict and
militarization women:
Not required to take part in armed hostilities
Opportunity to participate in planning and
management of relief operations

12. 2. To be protected from all
forms of violence
• In situations of emergency, armed conflict and
militarization:
Relief supplies should include specific requirements
of PW, LM, SP, SC, PWD and C
Utmost priority should be given to cases involving
PW,LM, WDC, WD who are detained
LGU should provide temporary shelters

13. 2. To be protected from all
forms of violence
• Government personnel should regularly undergo
mandatory training
• Barangay should establish a Violence Against
Women Desk

14. 3. Right to be protected in
times of disasters, calamities
and other crisis situations

15. 4. Right to participation and
equitable representation in
all spheres of society
• In the formulation, implementation and
evaluation of policies, plans, and programs
for national and local development.

16. 5. Rights against dismissal or
expulsion from school due to
pregnancy out of wedlock
• Pregnant students, teachers, faculty
members and other school personnel
should be accorded with a special leave of
absence from school, upon advice of the
attending physician.

17. 6. Right to Health
To have access to the ff. services:
• Pre-natal and post natal services
• Promotion of breastfeeding
• Methods of family planning
• Youth sex education and health services
• Prevention and management of reproductive tract
infections (STD, HIV and AIDS)

18. 6. Right to Health
• Prevention and management of reproductive tract
cancers
• Prevention of abortion and management of
pregnancy-related complications
• Comprehensive health services
• Prevention and management of infertility and
sexual dysfunction
• Care of elderly women
• Management, treatment and intervention of
mental health problems

19. 7. Right to Special Leave
Benefits
• Employees who have undergone surgery caused
by gynecological disorders are entitled to two
months special leave benefit with full pay
• Not cumulative and not convertible to cash

20. 7. Right to Special Leave
Benefits
• To be entitled, the female employee:
Surgery due to gynecological disorder
Rendered atleast 6 months continuous aggregate
employment service for the last 12 months prior to
surgery
File an application for special leave

21. 8. Right against discriminatory
and derogatory portrayal in
media and film
• All media organizations and corporations are
required to:
Gender equality and gender-based
discrimination
Create and use gender equality guidelines
Convene a gender equality committee

22. 8. Right to decent work
• To enable women to balance their family
obligations and work responsibilities, employers
both in public and private sectors are obliged to
provide support services at work place, such as:
Day care and child minding centers
Breastfeeding stations
Nursing/lactation breaks
Health education
 counseling on breastfeedings, seminars on
responsible parenthood and family planning

23. 8. Right to decent work
• To enable women to balance their family
obligations and work responsibilities, employers
both in public and private sectors are obliged to
provide support services at work place, such as:
Non-sexist child-rearing
Shared parenting and family responsibilty
Annual family day
Flexible work arrangements
Anti-sexual harassment initiatives

24. 8. Right to resources for food
production

25. 9. Right to livelihood, credit,
capital and technology

26. 10. Right to education and
training

27. 11. Right to information
• Shall be translated in major Filipino dialects and
disseminated to the public, especially in remote
or rural areas

28. 12. Right to Housing
• Mandates the State to develop housing programs:
Localized, simple, secure and accessible
With potable water and electricity
With viable employment opportunities
Affordable ammortizations

29. 13. Right to representation and
participation in policy-making
bodies
• In regional, national or international levels

30. 14. Right of “Women in
Especially Difficult
Circumstances”
• WEDC- victims and survivors of sexual and
physical abuse, illegal recruitment, prostitution,
trafficking, armed conflict, women in detention,
victims and survivors of rape and incest, and
such other related circumstance which have
incapacitated them functionally.

31. 14. Right of “Women in
Especially Difficult
Circumstances”
• LGUs are mandated to deliver the ff. necessary
services and interventions:
 temporary and protective custody
Medical and dental services
Psychological evaluation
Counseling
Psychiatric evaluation

32. 14. Right of “Women in
Especially Difficult
Circumstances”
• LGUs are mandated to deliver:
legal services
Productivity skills capability building
Livelihood assistance
Job placement
Financial assistance
Transportation assistance

33. 15. Right of women senior
citizens to protection
• SCs are entitled to be protected from:
Neglect
Abandonment
Domestic violence
Abuse
Exploitation and
discrimination

34. SANCTIONS
• Administrative law
• Civil Service
• Other appropriate laws

35. Filing a complaint under MCW will not
preclude the offended party from pursuing
remedies under available existing laws
a) Women in Development and Nation Building Act
b) Special Protection of Children Against Child
Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act
c) Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995
d) Anti-Rape Law of 1997
e) Rape Victim Assistance and Protection Act of 1998
f) Anti-trafficking in Persons Act of 2003
g) Anti-violence against Women and their Children
Act of 2004

36. AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCE
• Violence perpetrated by agents of State, including,
but not limited to:
 Extra-judicial killings, enforced disappearances,
torture and internal displacements