United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women CEDAW/C/PHI/5-6 Distr.: General 2 August 2004 Original: English Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women Combined fifth and sixth periodic reports of States parties Philippines* * The present document is being issued without formal editing. For the initial report submitted by the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, see CEDAW/C/5/Add.6, which was considered by the Committee at its third session. For the second periodic report submitted by the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, see CEDAW/C/13/Add.17, which was considered by the Committee at its tenth session. For the third periodic report submitted by the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, see CEDAW/C/PHI/3 and for the fourth periodic report submitted by the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, see CEDAW/C/PHI/4, which were considered by the Committee at its sixteenth session. 04-45970 (E) 011204 *0445970*

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