CEDAW/C/PHL/Q/7-8/Add.1 Table 15 Women Beneficiaries of ARC Programs No. of women reached per year Type of support services 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total Microfinance assistance 33 589 51 604 93 253 95 062 – 118 840 392 348 Agri-credit 36 218 44 005 59 910 106 598 184 695 72 786 504 212 Training for ARBs in ARCs and non-ARCs 136 260 147 765 273 049 457 248 413 756 475 938 1 904 016 Support services for rural women 22 128 28 085 33 116 23 650 38 430 37 691 183 100 228 195 271 459 459 328 682 558 636 881 705 255 2 983 676 Total Source: DAR 19.4 Women’s participation is also highly visible in the Fisheries Conservation and Development Program, Faith Project Modelong Gulayan sa Bayan, Community/ School Vegetable Production, Bio-Intensive Gardening as well as in food processing. 19.5 The Department of Agriculture (DA) provides training and credit support and other ancillary services for rural households and enterprises. Accomplishments from 2013-2015: • 43 trainings for 1,545 rural women, including proposal writing • Provision of seeds and planting materials to 427 women organizations, distributed women-friendly equipment and established 152 community gardens • Promoted women’s participation in congressional hearings • Recognized outstanding rural women 19.6 The Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program (PPPP) is reaching millions of poor women in rural areas. It is also complemented by social protection, through subsidized enrolment to PhilHealth. As of December 2015, the program implementation geographically covers 100% of the country’s 1,483 target municipalities, 144 cities and 80 provinces nationwide covering over 4,379,454 household beneficiaries, 89.2% (3,907,105) of which are women. See table below: Table 16 Pantawid Pamilya Beneficiaries, 2013-2015 2013 2014 2015 Male Female Male Female Male Female 335 444 3 505 703 453 706 4 001 410 472 349 3 907 105 3 841 147 4 455 116 4 379 454 Source: DSWD 19.7 The Sustainable Livelihood Program of DSWD supports entrepreneurship of women in urban and rural areas. 16-06662 29/33