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monitoring and effective oversight are ensured. In particular, please include
information on steps taken to implement the following recommendations:
(a) officially revoke Executive Orders Nos. 003 and 030; (b) amend articles 256 to
259 of the Criminal Code in order to legalize abortion in cases of rape, incest, threat
to the life and /or health of the mother or serious malformation of the foetus; and
(c) provide women with access to the full range of contraceptive services, including
emergency contraception, and to high-quality post-abortion care in all public healthcare facilities.
Women with disabilities
17. Please provide disaggregated statistics and data on the situation of women
with disabilities in the State party. Please also provide information on measures
taken and envisaged to address discrimination and violence against women and girls
with disabilities and to ensure that they have effective access to inclusive education,
employment, vocational opportunities and social services and can effectively
participate in political and public life.
Indigenous and Muslim women
18. According to information before the Committee, a Bangsamoro basic law is
currently being considered by Congress. Please provide information on the status of
the bill and how the rights of indigenous women, including to ancestral domain and
self-governance, are ensured. Please also indicate steps taken to address the effects
of extractive industries, including mining activities and large-scale infrastructure
development projects, on indigenous women, including reported incidents of sexual
violence, land-grabbing and forced relocation and displacement. Please provide
information on measures taken in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao,
such as the PAMANA (Peaceful and Resilient Communities) and HELPS (Health,
Education, Livelihood, Peace, and Governance and Synergy) programmes (paras.
152-153), and their impact on indigenous and Muslim women, in particular with
respect to access to health care, social security, education, clean water and
sanitation services, fertile land, income-generating opportunities and participation in
decision-making processes. Please specify steps taken to effectively e nsure a
gender-sensitive approach to address the needs of displaced Muslim and indigenous
women.
Rural women
19. It is indicated that the State party is implementing programmes primarily to
increase access by rural women to resources for livelihoods, e ducation, health care
and leadership opportunities (para. 155). Please provide information on those
programmes, their impact and the results achieved, and on specific measures taken
to address rural women living in poverty. Please also describe steps taken to ensure
that women working in the agriculture and fisheries sectors can effectively gain
access to support services, including microcredit and training, and technology.
Please include information on the number of rural women recognized as agrarian
reform beneficiaries (para. 156) and specify how a gender perspective is ensured in
the area of food production.
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