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Natural disasters and climate change
20. Please provide further details on the ways in which natural disasters and
climate change affect women (para. 11) and indicate whether the State party has
incorporated a gender perspective into risk reduction strategies. Please describe
measures taken to ensure sustainable durable solutions for persons who have been
internally displaced owing to natural disasters, taking into account in particular the
specific needs of women and girls. Please further indicate measures taken to ensure
the equal participation of women, in particular rural women, at the decision -making
level of climate change and natural disaster management.
Marriage and family relations
21. Please update the Committee on the status of the bill legalizing divorce
(para. 148). Please also indicate whether both parties are accorded the same rights
and responsibilities upon dissolution of the marriage and how the rights of children
are protected. It is indicated that the Gender and Development Code of the
Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao discourages marriage to a child, defined
as below 18 years of age (para. 25). Please provide updated information on steps
taken or envisaged to repeal provisions on the minimum age of marriage for girls
that discriminate on the basis of religion and on steps taken or envisaged to prohibit
polygamous marriages.
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