women under the pretext that the honor of the family must be protected and that a woman must preserve her virginity or conform to patriarchal standards of sexual behavior. 7. Enacting a Law Prohibiting Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression (SOGIE). This proposes that people of diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and expression should not just be accepted but more importantly, protected. It also aims to penalize discriminatory acts that exclude or prevent persons of diverse SOGIE’s access and meaningful participation in work, education, and training institutions, and those that hinder them from accessing basic services. 8. Adopting Divorce in the Family Code. The PCW supports the adoption of divorce in the Family Code to allow the dissolution of abusive and dysfunctional marriages which are irreparable. The Philippines is the only country, apart from the Vatican, which does not have a divorce law. If enacted, this will permit divorce based on existing grounds for legal separation, allow divorced spouses to remarry, and grant women the right to initiate divorce on the same terms as men. and Regional Trial Courts acting as Family Courts to hear gender-based violence cases falling within the jurisdiction of the Regional Trial Court. This is to ensure that GBV cases are heard and tried by judges who are gendersensitive and judicial decisions are based on gender equality. 3. Resolution No. 1-2019: Enjoining All Government Agencies and Local Government Units to Support the Program on Male Involvement in Eliminating Violence Against Women and their Children and in Achieving Gender Equality and the Empowerment of All Women and Girls. The resolution categorically provides to support established MOVE chapters and the creation of the same or similar male organizations espousing the same values and principles of MOVE in national government agencies, LGUs, and other government instrumentalities. It also provides to support MOVE activities and charge them to the Gender and Development (GAD) budget of the agency. Pending Resolutions 1. Resolution No. 5-2018: Resolution Requesting the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on the Institutionalization of the IACVAWC Secretariat within the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) and Providing Funds Thereof. The resolution aims to strengthen the structure of the IACVAWC Secretariat through the creation of plantilla positions for the Secretariat as a separate unit in the Philippine Commission on Women that will be directly supervised by the PCW Executive Director, and increase its annual budget to cover operational expenses. 2. Resolution No. 6-2018: Resolution Urging the Supreme Court to Assign All GenderBased Violence Cases to Family Courts. The IACVAWC, through the resolution, appeals to the Supreme Court to designate Family Courts 104 2019 Annual Report Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012