Outcome PHL_D_3.1

Laws, policies and strategies adopted and implemented in line with international standards and informed by voices of women survivors of violence to prevent and respond to VAWG

UN Women works to influence the adoption of advanced and comprehensive normative frameworks on ending violence against women and girls and partners with Governments and women’s advocates for their implementation through the adoption, strengthening and implementation of national laws, policies and strategies. For example; A Regional Consultation Workshop on the Revision of the DILG-DSWD-DOJ Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) No. 2010-1 on the Creation of the Local Committees on Anti-Trafficking and Violence Against Women and their Children. Acknowledging the crucial roles of the Local Committees on Anti-Trafficking and VAWC ( LCAT-VAWC ) at the local level in cascading anti-trafficking interventions on the ground, as well as the enactment of revised/new legislation to protect women and children from trafficking in persons (TIP), violence, among others, particularly TA 11862 (Expanded Anti-TIP) and RA 11930 (Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children and Child Sexual Abuse or Exploitation Materials Act), RA 11313 (Safe Spaces Act), it was deemed necessary to update the JMC to make it more relevant and responsive, and adapt to the current needs and changing times. Further Moreover , UN Women has been advocating for the adoption of the Gender-Responsive and Inclusive Pandemic and Disaster Management Act of 2022. The Committees on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality; Health and Demography; and Finance per Committee Report No. 42, recommending that it be substituted by SBN-1980 (AN ACT TO ENSURE GENDER-RESPONSIVE AND INCLUSIVE PROTOCOLS AND PROGRAMMING TO ADDRESS THE GENDER-DIFFERENTIATED NEEDS OF WOMEN DURING EMERGENCIES INCLUDING PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS, PANDEMICS, AND NATURAL AND MAN-MADE DISASTERS) with three co-sponsors (Senators Legarda, Go, and Revilla, Jr.)

Laws, policies and strategies adopted and implemented in line with international standards and informed by voices of women survivors of violence to prevent and respond to VAWG

Newly adopted policies have been anchored on international standards provided by the Policy Brief: COVID-19 and Women Migrant Workers in ASEAN, Coordinated Quality Services for Ending Violence against Women Migrant Workers, and Guidance Note to Develop Migrant-Sensitive National Action Plans on Violence. Both legislations have been informed by voices of women survivors of violence particularly women migrants. The new legislations have provisions addressing GBV with particular attention to violence against women migrant workers. The law creating the Department of Migrant Workers and the City Ordinance on Coordinated Quality Services for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) Of Cebu City have provisions that recognize and address the issues and needs of women migrant workers survivors of VAW. UN Women organized various consultations, dialogues, and trainings, and submitted recommendations which have been integrated in the new legislations.

Laws, policies and strategies adopted and implemented in line with international standards and informed by voices of women survivors of violence to prevent and respond to VAWG

UN Women made significant contributions to strengthening the legal frameworks and enhancing capacities of frontline service providers on, and convening dialogues for interagency bodies to integrate into their mandates elimination of violence against women with particular attention to women migrant workers. The enacted and amended laws where UN Women through SAF are in line with international standards such as the CEDAW and SAF's 16 Essentials for Quality Multisectoral Service Provision to Women Migrant Workers Subject to Violence, aimed to prevent and respond to VAWG. These laws were informed by voices of women survivors of violence where women migrant workers participated in various consultations related to the formulation of the said policies. These include RA 11648 or An Act Raising the Age of Sexual Consent, and RA 11862 or the Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2022, the Implementing Rules and Regulation (IRR) ofImplementing Rules and Regulations of RA 11641 or An Act Creating the Department of Migrant Workers, Talisay City's Ordinance 658 Establishing OFW Help Desks, and Manila City Ordinance 8788 Creating the Local Ordinance on Anti-Trafficking and Violence against Women and Girls. The annual target for laws, policies and strategies is 1 law or policy; the programme achieved 5 policies, exceeding the target. Monitoring report with supporting documents can be accessed at https://unwomen-my.sharepoint.com/:x:/g/personal/charisse_jordan_unwomen_org/Eea3tUTiXAlIhRIRdBKRyr8B1G8z6f_0U4wfGdScET66YQ?e=cqdGKH