CEDAW/C/SR.1405 Efforts were being made to harmonize legislation on rape and set the age of statutory rape at 18. Articles 7 to 9 71. Ms. Zou Xiaoqiao, while commending the State party on its success in achieving gender parity in third-level positions of the civil service in just five years, asked what measures had been taken to ensure the participation and equitable representation of women in decision-making processes; whether the Government planned to introduce quota systems for women at all levels of the legislative, executive and judicial branches of power; and how the Government would ensure the effective involvement of women from disadvantaged groups in the development of legislation and policies, particularly those which directly affected them, and in political and public life in general. She also wished to have further details of the Political Party Development Act, including its status and timeline for adoption. She wondered what the most recent statistics were on the representation of women in diplomatic positions and international organizations; whether the Government intended to take further measures to encourage the participation of women at decisionmaking levels in those fields; whether there had been a systematic assessment of the success of the Philippine National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security for the period 2010-2016 for the implementation of United Nations Security Council resolutions 1325 (2000) and 1820 (2008); whether that Plan would continue beyond 2016; and what degree of participation had been enjoyed by women in the implementation of the Plan. The meeting rose at 1 p.m. GE.16-11608 13