CEDAW/C/PHL/7-8 On measures to suppress the exploitation of prostitution of women 91. Advocacy for the amendment of Article 202 of the RPC through the passage of a bill decriminalizing prostitution has started since the 14th Congress. Aside from the stand-alone bill, decriminalizing prostitution has also been proposed to be included in the revision of the RPC under its Book II. Ahead of the national law, some local government units have taken a more active stance in combating prostitution and its perpetrators by passing their own anti -prostitution ordinances, as some cities have done like Quezon, Naga, Davao and Olongapo. Rehabilitation, social integration and economic empowerment programs for v ictims of prostitution 92. The State Party, through the DSWD, provides protective services to victims of abuse and exploitation including prostitution to enable their re habilitation, social integration and economic empowerment, categorized into centre -based and community-based. Centre-based services are programs and services rendered in facilities. Primary centres are the Haven, a substitute home care for women victims of gender-based violence ages 18-59 years old; Marillac Hills, a child caring facility for female children in conflict with the law, and for abused and exploited girls below 18 years old; and, Home/Centre for Girls, a child-caring facility. Programs and services being provided by these facilities include treatment and rehabilitation, group life and home care, health and nutrition, productivity and skills training. 93. Community-based services include treatment and recovery and after care programs and services that involve the active participation of the community where they live. Services include a quick response team and provision of skills and capital assistance; and after care services facilitate reintegration of survivors and prevention of relapse of women and their children discharged from residential facilities. 94. The State Party, through the DSWD, supports 42 temporary shelters, temporary residency status, relief from deportation, access to legal, medical, and psychological services to victims of trafficking and violence. It has served a total of 118 victims of prostitution through its centre-based and community-based services in 2013. On addressing the root causes of trafficking and migration through the support to entrepreneurship, expanding job opportunities and provision of social safety nets for the poor 95. The State Party is committed to the creation of more job opportunities within the country through inclusive economic development. One of the commitments of the incumbent President of the State Party is to be able to create more jobs at home, “so that working abroad will be a choice, rather than a necessity; and when its citizens do choose to become Overseas Filipino Workers, their welfare and protection will be the government’s priority.” 96. Reducing poverty and increasing employment as the means to inclusive economic growth are the objectives of the five-year Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2011-2016, the country’s blueprint for economic development. These objectives of the PDP are targeted through three broad strategies of high and sustained economic growth, equal access to development opportunities and effective and responsive social safety nets. PDP defines inclusive growth as “sustained growth that massively creates jobs, draws the vast majority into the economic and 15-03079 23/36