CEDAW/C/PHI/5-6 b. Limited coverage to the workplace and education or training environment, excluding other venues of where sexual harassment can be committed such as in hospitals, among others. c. Need for an essential element of "authority, influence, or moral ascendancy” on the part of the person committing the act for the crime of sexual harassment to be committed. 137. Monitoring of the aforementioned law remains a problem. There is no clear provision for the monitoring the implementation of the law in the private sector. Article 3 The Development and Advancement of Women Undertake all appropriate measures to ensure the full development and advancement of women in all fields, particularly political, economic, social and cultural fields A. SITUATION OF WOMEN 138. Majority of Filipino women continue to live in dire poverty due to social inequality, poor performance of the Philippine economy and gender discrimination. Women form a minority in the labor market, and suffer from many forms of subtle and overt discrimination in hiring and promotion and through sexual harassment. Women and their families in urban poor communities and in rural areas lack access to quality basic social services in health, training and education, and to decent housing, water and electricity. They are under-represented in decision-making bodies at all levels and branches of government. Sexual stereotypes persist and have spawned social problems, ranging from double standard of morality to crimes like rape, pornography, prostitution, trafficking, domestic violence and incest. Gaps in the condition and status of Filipino women and men continue in many fields, as evident in the discussions of succeeding Articles of the Women’s Convention. 139. The sustained and focused advocacy by the NCRFW and women’s groups for gender equality and women’s empowerment has born fruit. Key laws have been passed and the development and advancement of women have entered the development agenda of government, from programs of poverty reduction to strategy for employment generation and economic growth. Women in government, especially the gender-sensitive women in middle and top-level positions in the planning, budget, civil service and human rights agencies, and the gendersensitive men officials of departments, have made possible the gradual mainstreaming of gender equality goals into their agency policies, programs and budgets. B. ACTIONS TAKEN: STRENGTHENING GAD INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS 140. Recognizing that much of the discrimination experienced by Filipino women takes more subtle forms, the Philippine government puts high priority on the transformation of society’s attitudes and values towards the recognition of the equal roles, rights and responsibilities of women and men. In this connection, it has adopted three development plans for women since 1989. The Philippine Development Plan for Women 1989-1992 recognized the shared responsibility of government agencies to implement programs for women’s advancement. Agencies created GAD focal points to coordinate plan implementation and lead the capacity building of the 49