United Nations
Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women
CEDAW/C/PHL/CO/7-8
Distr.: General
25 July 2016
Original: English
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
against Women
Concluding observations on the combined seventh and
eighth periodic reports of the Philippines*
1.
The Committee considered the combined seventh and eighth periodic reports
of the Philippines (CEDAW/C/PHL/7-8) at its 1405th and 1406th meetings, on
5 July 2016 (see CEDAW/C/SR.1405 and 1406). The Committee’s list of issues and
questions is contained in CEDAW/C/PHL/Q/7-8 and the responses of the
Philippines are contained in CEDAW/C/PHL/Q/7-8/Add.1.
A.
Introduction
2.
The Committee appreciates the submission by the State party of its combined
seventh and eighth periodic reports. It also appreciates the State party’s written
replies to the list of issues and questions raised by the pre -sessional working group
and welcomes the constructive engagement of and oral presentation by the
delegation, in addition to the further clarifications provided in response to the
questions posed orally by the Committee during the dialogue.
3.
The Committee commends the State party on its multisectoral delegation,
which was co-headed by the Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the
United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva, Cecilia B.
Rebong, and by Foreign Affairs Adviser, Rosario Manalo. The delegation also
included representatives of the Philippine Commission on Women, the Department
of Health, the Department of Social Welfare and Development, the Department of
Justice, the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Department of Labour and
Employment, the Regional Commission on Bangsamoro Women, the Philippine
Overseas Employment Administration, the National Commission for Indigenous
Peoples, the Commission on Higher Education and the National Economic and
Development Authority, together with the representative of t he Philippines to the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Commission on the Promotion
and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children.
* Adopted by the Committee at its sixty-fourth session (4-22 July 2016).
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