Outcome PHL_D_1.2

By 2028, all people, especially those at risk of being left behind, have increased resilience to economic, climatic, disaster, and public health risk through improved, equitable, and gender-responsive access to and utilization of quality social services, social protection, healthy habitat, enhanced good governance and peace.

In 2025, UN Women Philippines strengthened gender-responsive governance and Women, Peace and Security (WPS) implementation across Mindanao and the rest of the country through sustained institutional capacity-building, multi-stakeholder coordination, and evidence-based advocacy. UN Women enhanced the institutional capacities of the Bangsamoro Women Commission (BWC) and the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) to advance gender-responsive policymaking, including technical inputs, consolidated civil society recommendations, and advisory support for the development of the draft BARMM GAD Code (Bill No. 336). Although still under parliamentary consideration, the Code now stands as BARMM’s most comprehensive gender-responsive legal framework, designed to institutionalize gender mainstreaming and strengthen women’s participation across ministries and agencies. Complementing this, UN Women supported the development of Regional Action Plans on Women, Peace and Security (RAPWPS) in Caraga and Regions 9, 10 and 12. These processes strengthened regional governance structures, enhanced inter-agency coordination, and expanded participation of women peacebuilders and civil society organizations. Across all regions, RAPWPS development embedded gender-responsive, conflict-sensitive, and inclusive approaches into peace and security planning, resulting in clearer implementation pathways aligned with the 3rd NAPWPS. At the local level, 61 women leaders from conflict-affected and indigenous communities actively shaped WPS priorities through UN Women-supported consultations and localization processes. Civil society engagement continued to deepen, with 34 CSOs under the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) Phase 2 serving as active contributors to regional peace and security initiatives. CSOs shifted from peripheral observers to central actors—providing evidence, community-based analysis, and gender-sensitive recommendations that strengthened inclusive peacebuilding across Mindanao and Caraga. UN Women also played a critical role in humanitarian coordination through its co-leadership of the Gender in Humanitarian Action (GiHA) Working Group. Following Typhoons Kalmaegi (Tino) and Fung-Wong (Uwan), the GiHA Working Group mobilized rapid gender expertise to produce Gender Alerts that were formally transmitted to the NDRRMC. These briefs outlined gender-differentiated impacts related to safety, access to services, unpaid care, and livelihoods, guiding government and humanitarian actors—particularly DSWD, DILG, DOST, and NEDA—towards more gender-responsive emergency operations during the 2025 typhoon season. To support economic resilience in conflict-affected communities, UN Women—through its partnership with Connected Women—helped 98 women access digital livelihood opportunities under Elevate AIDA, enabling them to sustain income through flexible, home-based, AI-supported digital work. This contributed to reduced financial vulnerability, particularly among women facing barriers to traditional employment. Overall, UN Women’s interventions in 2025 strengthened gender-responsive legislation, advanced localization of WPS commitments, deepened civil society participation, and improved gender integration in humanitarian response. These achievements collectively contributed to more inclusive governance, enhanced women’s leadership, and stronger institutional pathways for peace, security, and resilience across BARMM, Mindanao and the rest of the Philippines.

By 2028, all people, especially those at risk of being left behind, have increased resilience to economic, climatic, disaster, and public health risk through improved, equitable, and gender-responsive access to and utilization of quality social services, social protection, healthy habitat, enhanced good governance and peace.

In 2024, the NAPWPS MEAL Indicator Handbook was developed and launched in October 2024, with the technical support of UN Women. Although the NAPWPS 2023-2033 was adopted in December 2023, it did not have accompanying monitoring indicators, and the Indicator Handbook filled in this gap. Through the process of developing the Handbook, the members of the National Steering Committee on WPS developed an understanding and appreciation of a results-based approach in NAPWPS implementation, including the formulation of high-quality indicators. Further, these improves the government accountability through clear tracking of stakeholders commitments and periodic reviews to hold institutions accountable for implementing WPS related actions.