CEDAW/C/PHL/Q/7-8/Add.1 19.8 Another program, the Kabit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapaan — Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services Program (KALAHI -CIDSS) empowers communities through enhanced participation in local governance and community projects. In support of the Gender Mainstreaming Initiatives of the project, a Gender Incentive Grant (GIG) was piloted in certain municipalities. Interventions included non-traditional skills training in which a total of 1,399 women were trained in masonry, carpentry, electrical installation, plumbing, etc.; capacity building for 153 communities on maternal and child care, and provision of medical equipment for 25 barangay health stations. 19.9 DAR and DA provide support services to women in agriculture and fisheries. These agencies ensure that their GAD budget is used to strengthen women ’s access to these services. They encourage women to organize to increase their negotiating position. Support programs are also being assessed and enhanced to make them more gender sensitive. DA is also simplifying its application forms and process for projects, training, funding and other support. 19.10 The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), established a centralized registration database for municipal fisher folk which was rolled out to all coastal and inland municipalities and cities in 2013. To date, the system has more than 1.6 million registered fisher folk, close to 40% of which are women. N. Natural disasters and climate change 20. Ways in which natural disasters and climate change affect women in the Philippines 20.1 There are two ways in which women are affected: • Women face challenges in taking care of the needs of the ir family in the aftermath of disasters while other family members look for food and other provisions such as shelter and the like. • Women also face challenges in the loss of facilities and infrastructure and scarcity of resources in the days succeeding a natural disaster. Efforts are underway to train women to prepare for disasters or be proactive rather than react only after the incident. On whether the Philippines has incorporated a gender perspective into risk reduction strategies 20.2 Yes, the State Party has incorporated gender perspective into its risk reduction strategies as indicated in the following: • National Framework Strategy on Climate Change (2010 -2022) identifies gender mainstreaming as one of its cross-cutting strategies. • RA 10121 (Disaster Risk Reduction and Management [DRRM] Act) ensures that climate change measures are gender responsive, sensitive to indigenous knowledge systems, and respectful of human rights (Sec. 2 (j)); and mandate of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) to institutionalize gender analysis in early recovery and post disaster needs assessment (Section 9(m)) and to include the Head of the Local Gender and Development Offices as a member in the Local DRRM Councils (Section 11 (a.7)). 30/33 16-06662