The document summarizes the Magna Carta of Women, which was signed into law in 2009 as the Philippine's "Bill of Rights" for women. It enshrines gender equality and women's empowerment by recognizing, protecting, and promoting women's rights. These include rights to non-discrimination, participation, security, health, and equal treatment. The law was a culmination of efforts stretching back decades to secure women's suffrage and rights. It addresses both opportunities and ongoing challenges to fully implementing gender equality.
More than 5 years after Magna Carta of Women was enacted, let us revisit some of its provisions and identify issues that need to be addressed for improvement of its implementation.
Dr. Milagros Fernandez, a retired medical doctor from the Department of Health and now a Vice President for Mindanao of PFLCW, explained the inclusion of health provision in the Magna Carta of Women. #11thGA #PFLCW
Land Rights of Women
Dr. Vibhuti Patel, Director, PGSR
Professor and Head, Post Graduate Department of Economics
SNDT Women’s University, 1 Nathibai Thakersey Road, Churchgate, Mumbai-400020 Mobile-9321040048 Telephone-26770227 ® and 22052970
E mail: vibhuti.np@gmail.com
Women constitute of ½ of world’s population and do 2/3 of world’s work.
In return,
Women get 1/10th of world’s income and own 1/100th of world’s wealth.
-The United Nations
Women’s Right to Land has been major concern of the women’s movement in India for over three decades. Globally, women’s land rights are becoming an area of increasing urgency. In most societies, women have historically managed the unpaid care economy and fulfilled the responsibilities of cooking, cleaning, family care, collection of fuel, fodder, water, kitchen gardening, poultry and animal husbandry and provided food and nutritional security. As women’s contribution to the economy and society at large remains unrecognised, largely underpaid and mostly unpaid, the need for women to be able to secure land and property has become even more critical.
Similar to the cross-cutting nature of women’s human rights issues, women’s land rights intersect with other problems such as discriminatory inheritance patterns, disinheritance thro’ wills, agriculture and development issues, use of forest-based resources, gender-based violence, the appropriation and privatization of communal and indigenous lands, as well as gendered control over economic resources and the right to work. The interdependence of women’s human rights highlights the importance of women being able to claim their rights to land, in order to lessen the threat of discrimination, different forms of violence, denial of political participation, and other violations of their economic rights.
This Presentation illustrates the status of women's participation in national & local level politics in Bangladesh. it also shows why women are lagging behind in politics. Hope this presentation will help readers to know about the condition of women in politics in Bangladesh.
Women's empowerment has become a significant topic of discussion in development and economics. It can also point to approaches regarding other trivialized genders in a particular political or social context. Women's economic empowerment refers to the ability for women to enjoy their rights to control and benefit from resources, assets, income and their own time, as well as the ability to manage risk and improve their economic status and well being. While often interchangeably used, the more comprehensive concept of gender empowerment refers to people of any gender, stressing the distinction between biological sex and gender as a role. It thereby also refers to other marginalized genders in a particular political or social context.
MAKING THE VOICES OF AFRICAN WOMEN AND GIRLS COUNTEreluBisiFayemi
WOMEN AND GIRLS LEADERSHIP AND EMPOWERMENT CONFERENCE, AUGUST 18TH-19TH 2021
KEY NOTE ADDRESS BY HE BISI ADELEYE-FAYEMI
CO-FOUNDER, AFRICAN WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT FUND AND 1ST LADY OF EKITI STATE, NIGERIA
More than 5 years after Magna Carta of Women was enacted, let us revisit some of its provisions and identify issues that need to be addressed for improvement of its implementation.
Dr. Milagros Fernandez, a retired medical doctor from the Department of Health and now a Vice President for Mindanao of PFLCW, explained the inclusion of health provision in the Magna Carta of Women. #11thGA #PFLCW
Land Rights of Women
Dr. Vibhuti Patel, Director, PGSR
Professor and Head, Post Graduate Department of Economics
SNDT Women’s University, 1 Nathibai Thakersey Road, Churchgate, Mumbai-400020 Mobile-9321040048 Telephone-26770227 ® and 22052970
E mail: vibhuti.np@gmail.com
Women constitute of ½ of world’s population and do 2/3 of world’s work.
In return,
Women get 1/10th of world’s income and own 1/100th of world’s wealth.
-The United Nations
Women’s Right to Land has been major concern of the women’s movement in India for over three decades. Globally, women’s land rights are becoming an area of increasing urgency. In most societies, women have historically managed the unpaid care economy and fulfilled the responsibilities of cooking, cleaning, family care, collection of fuel, fodder, water, kitchen gardening, poultry and animal husbandry and provided food and nutritional security. As women’s contribution to the economy and society at large remains unrecognised, largely underpaid and mostly unpaid, the need for women to be able to secure land and property has become even more critical.
Similar to the cross-cutting nature of women’s human rights issues, women’s land rights intersect with other problems such as discriminatory inheritance patterns, disinheritance thro’ wills, agriculture and development issues, use of forest-based resources, gender-based violence, the appropriation and privatization of communal and indigenous lands, as well as gendered control over economic resources and the right to work. The interdependence of women’s human rights highlights the importance of women being able to claim their rights to land, in order to lessen the threat of discrimination, different forms of violence, denial of political participation, and other violations of their economic rights.
This Presentation illustrates the status of women's participation in national & local level politics in Bangladesh. it also shows why women are lagging behind in politics. Hope this presentation will help readers to know about the condition of women in politics in Bangladesh.
Women's empowerment has become a significant topic of discussion in development and economics. It can also point to approaches regarding other trivialized genders in a particular political or social context. Women's economic empowerment refers to the ability for women to enjoy their rights to control and benefit from resources, assets, income and their own time, as well as the ability to manage risk and improve their economic status and well being. While often interchangeably used, the more comprehensive concept of gender empowerment refers to people of any gender, stressing the distinction between biological sex and gender as a role. It thereby also refers to other marginalized genders in a particular political or social context.
MAKING THE VOICES OF AFRICAN WOMEN AND GIRLS COUNTEreluBisiFayemi
WOMEN AND GIRLS LEADERSHIP AND EMPOWERMENT CONFERENCE, AUGUST 18TH-19TH 2021
KEY NOTE ADDRESS BY HE BISI ADELEYE-FAYEMI
CO-FOUNDER, AFRICAN WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT FUND AND 1ST LADY OF EKITI STATE, NIGERIA
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MISSION
To
create an effect
ive
framework to enable
the process of developing policies,
programmes and practices which will ensure equal rig
hts and opportunities for women
in the family, community, workplace and in
governance.
4.
OBJECTIVES
i)
Creating a conducive soci
o- cultural, economic and political
environment to enable
women enjoy
de jure
and
de facto
fundamental rights and realize their
full potential.
ii)
Mainstreaming gender in all
-round development processes/programmes/projects/
actions
.
iii)
A holistic and life
-cycle approach to women’s health for appropriate, aff
ordable and
qual
ity health care.
iv)
Improving and incentivizing access of
women/ girls
to universal and quality education.
v)
Increasing and incentivising work force participation of women in the economy
.
vi)
Equal participation in the social, political and economic spheres includi
ng the
institutions of governance and decision making.
vii)
Transforming discriminatory societal attitudes,
mindsets with community
involvement
and engagement of men
and boys
.
viii)
Developing a gender sensitive legal
-judicial system.
ix)
Elimination of all forms of vio
lence against women through strengthening of policies,
legislations
, programmes,
institutions
and community engagement
.
x)
Development
and empowerment of women
belonging to the vulnerable and
marginalized
groups
.
xi)
Building and strengthening stakeholder partici
pation and partnerships for
women
empower
ment
.
xii)
Strengthen
monitoring,
evaluation, audit and data systems to bridge
gender
gaps.
1. PHILIPPINE MAGNA CARTA OF WOMEN:
THE “BILL OF RIGHTS” OF FILIPINO WOMEN
Presented by:
TERESITA SYLVIA M. SALUD
Deputy Executive Director
Philippine Commission on Women
Head, GAD Focal Point
Department of Budget and Management
Philippines
PEACEFUL DYNAMICS OF CHANGE
The Philippines may have lost, as observed by experts, much of its Asian cultural
identity to Western socio-cultural, religious, and political influences, but gained, as
also observed and demonstrated, responsive political leadership and stable political
institutions and apparently lesser cultural rigidity and non-violent interplay of
individual and group stakeholders for a cause.
These have combined to both enshrine and institutionalize gender equality and
women's empowerment particularly with the enactment of Republic Act No. 9710,
or the Magna Carta of Women on 14 August 2009.
THE MAGNA CARTA OF WOMEN
The signing into law of Republic Act 9710 or the Magna Carta of Women by
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, the second woman President of the
Philippines, the first being the well-loved “icon of democracy” and late President
Cory Aquino, caps the eighth (8) year of the continuing quest for gender equality
and women's empowerment since the filing of the bill in the bicameral Philippine
Legislature and seventy (70) years since the suffrage movement in the 1920s which
secured women's right to vote in the Philippines since 1937.
It may have been a long and challenging quest for gender equality and women's
empowerment. But it clearly demonstrates the effective dynamics of a responsive
Philippine leadership and forceful but peaceful influence of individual and group
stakeholders in Philippine Government decision-making.
2. It was indeed a historical and momentous victory for both the leadership and
various stakeholders. It was also a decisive victory for Filipino women, who like
many other women elsewhere around the world, have been marginalized in
different degrees of gravity, in terms of gender equality and empowerment.
Fittingly signed into law, the Magna Carta of Women highlights the Philippine
Government's fifteen (15) years of dedicated implementation of the Beijing Platform
for Action and translates into a national law the Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) adopted in 1979 by the United
Nations General Assembly.
The Magna Carta of Women is the Philippine “Bill of Rights” for Filipino Women as
CEDAW is the “international women's bill of rights.” As one Philippine Senate lady
senator aptly said, the Magna Carta of Women is a comprehensive law that
guarantees and recognizes women's basic rights.
R.A. 9710 seeks to eliminate discrimination against women by recognizing,
protecting, fulfilling and promoting the rights of Filipino women. These rights
include all rights in the Philippine Constitution and those rights recognized under
the international instruments signed and ratified by the Philippine Government.
Among these rights are:
* Protection from all forms of violence, including those committed by the State
* Protection and security in times of disaster, calamities and other crisis
situations
* Participation and representation
* Equal treatment before the law
* Equal access and elimination of discrimination against women in education,
scholarships and training
* Equal participation in sports
* Non-discrimination in employment in the field of military, police, and other
similar services
* Non-Discriminatory and non-derogatory portrayal of women in media and
film
* Comprehensive health services and health information and education
* Leave benefits
* Equal rights in all matters related to marriage and family relations
The Magna Carta of Women also guarantees the civil, political and economic rights
of women in the marginalized sectors
The law also renames the National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women
(NCRFW) as the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) with stronger and wider
authority and coverage.
R.A. 9710 also mandates the Department of Labor and Employment, and the
Department of Social Services and Development to help strengthen Philippine
foreign posts' programs for the delivery of services to women migrant workers.
3. FACILITATING/INSPIRING/ENABLING FACTORS
1. Responsiveness and political will of leaders particularly the President and
those in Congress to changes and developments
2. Well-defined, stable and institutionalized decision-making processes and
political leadership both local and national who are directly elected by the
people. Even appointive officials are appointed by duly-elected leaders.
3. A basically Asian society and culture with strong influences from both East
and West, and with openness and less rigidity to internal and external
changes, ideas, trends and developments
4. Constitutionally-guaranteed freedom of expression and communication
making mass media, pressure and lobby groups very effective in shaping and
mobilizing public opinion for or against causes like gender equality and
women’s empowerment
5. Effective and strong support of the donor community particularly in pushing
for gender equality and women’s empowerment thru relevant projects and
activities.
OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
R.A. 9710 opens full opportunities for Filipino Women in practically all endeavors
including politics, economic undertakings, education, health, various services, to
name just a few.
It also offers meaningful opportunities for Filipino women to be effective and equal
partners and participants in national development and socio-economic upliftment.
The challenges include:
* Stakeholders’ responsiveness in the full and effective implementation of R.A.
9710
* Sustaining the continuing quest for gender equality and women's
empowerment
* Translating into action and results the provisions of the Magna Carta of
Women
* Responsiveness and adaptivenss of national and international
developments/changes
* Providing guidance and inspiration for other women elsewhere around the
world who might find the Philippine quest for gender equality and women's
empowerment worthy as a model.
Thank you and good day!