Manila — Philippines’ President, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, signed the country's Magna Carta of Women in Manila on 14 August, formally enacting a legislation for gender equality that women’s rights groups have been lobbying for in the last seven years.
Signed into law as Republic Act No. 9710, the landmark legislation is significantly linked to the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), which — with assitance from UNIFEM's CEDAW South East Asia Programme (funded by the Canadian International Development Agency) — provided the framework for the Magna Carta in the last three years. UNFPA, UNICEF, UN Habitat, UNDP, UNAIDS and ILO were also part of that process through the UN Joint Programme. To read further click here, News Release.
Manila — Philippines’ President, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, signed the country's Magna Carta of Women in Manila on 14 August, formally enacting a legislation for gender equality that women’s rights groups have been lobbying for in the last seven years.
Signed into law as Republic Act No. 9710, the landmark legislation is significantly linked to the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), which — with assitance from UNIFEM's CEDAW South East Asia Programme (funded by the Canadian International Development Agency) — provided the framework for the Magna Carta in the last three years. UNFPA, UNICEF, UN Habitat, UNDP, UNAIDS and ILO were also part of that process through the UN Joint Programme. To read further click here, News Release.