CEDAW/C/PHI/4 English Page 39 legal literacy programmes on women's human rights are the University of the Philippines Law Center, Institute for Social Studies and Action, Legislative Advocates for Women, Buhay Foundation, Kalayaan, Participatory Research and Organization of Communities through Education and Self-help, National Federation of Workers Clubs, PILIPINA, Ang Kilusan ng Kababaihang Pilipino, Stop Trafficking of Pilipinas, University of the Philippines Women's Lawyers' Circle, KABAPA, Kalakasan, Circulo de Abogadas, Sentro ng Batas Pangtao, Philippines Muslim Association, and Free Legal Assistance Volunteers Association. 125. Other non-governmental organizations act as consultants and reactors during congressional committee hearings, lobby for women-related, economic, peace and rights issues inside and outside Congress and participate actively in shortlisting of highly qualified candidates to fill vacancies in appointive and elective positions. V. ARTICLE 8 Equal opportunity to represent Governments at the international level and to participate in the work of international organizations 126. As a policy initiative to enhance the consideration of women and women's issues in matters related to diplomacy and other international relations, the Department of Foreign Affairs, through its training arm, the Foreign Service Institute (FSI), incorporated gender in its regular training programmes. 127. As indicated in earlier reports, Philippine laws do not bar women's participation in international activities and organizations. At present, there are 128 women diplomats (out of a total of 332) consisting of 27 ambassadors, 21 career ministers and 80 consuls assigned all over the world. Among the 22 labour attaches, 6 are women, who are posted in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Rome, Spain, Milan and Bahrain. 128. Women were part of delegations to international conferences attended by government. In 1994-1995, women represented the country in at least 20 major international undertakings. They were mostly acting as alternate representatives. They headed the Philippine delegation in only three meetings. These are the Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing in September 1995; the nineteenth session of the Management Committee of the AsiaPacific Telecommunity, held at Bangkok in November 1995; and the 13th and 14th meetings of the ASEAN Women's Programme. 129. The types of conferences women attended in the last two years were mostly on topics that are traditionally thought of as women-related: family and children, social development, population, the environment and telecommunications. The absence of data on the total number of conferences the country was involved in could not establish women's participation in international affairs vis-à-vis men. 130. Filipinas are also active members of international organizations, particularly those in the United Nations system. A Commissioner of NCRFW sits /...