CEDAW/C/PHI/Q/6/Add.1 use of artificial contraception methods and heavy reliance on traditional methods. This, in turn, is caused by the lack of access to family planning information and services by women with unmet need of 17.3% (NDHS 2003). Under the consolidated ‘Responsible Parenthood and Population Management Bill’, the provision regarding the “need to remove legal barriers to abortion” found in the old ‘Reproductive Health Care Bill’ has been removed. Instead, Sec. 3 (j) of the consolidated bill states that “While the full range of family planning methods, techniques and devices shall be made available to couples and adults of reproductive age, abortion shall remain to be penalized under the Revised Penal Code.” Vulnerable groups of women 24. Kindly provide information on the impact of initiatives to provide information and support services to women before they depart for overseas work, including the Migrants Advisory and Information Network and the skill and country specific pre-departure orientation programmes for overseas Philippine workers (para. 16). Please include information on the number of women benefiting from these programmes and their country of destination. The impact of the pre-departure orientation seminars has not yet been assessed, since the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) to date. On a positive note, OWWA plans to study the impact of Pre-Departure Orientation Seminars (PDOS) of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) particularly those who become victims of various violations. The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) conducts the following services for migrant workers: 1. Pre-employment orientation seminars that highlight the vulnerability of women, especially household workers; information on HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases; discussion on unwanted pregnancies as well as other information on health risks facing migrant women. 2. Assistance in helping migrants to make informed decisions by presenting the pros and cons of migration particularly certain occupational risks that women migrant workers may face on the job. 3. Special PEOS for women household workers entitled “Handa Ka Na Bang Umalis? (Are you ready to leave?) which explains the risks faced by undocumented women by citing real life tragic experiences of migrant women workers. 4. Country-specific PDOS and special courses for women in vulnerable jobs. Pursuant to the Labor Department’s Order No, 25-02, series of 2002, which calls for the provision of special interventions for the empowerment of women migrant workers a self-defense orientation for women was incorporated in the new PDOS curriculum. An audio-visual presentation with discussion guide on self-defense was co-produced by OWWA with the International Office on Migration. A pamphlet on Avoiding Rape (“Iwasan ang Rape”) is distributed to women OFWs during the PDOS sessions. A two day Pre-Departure Orientation Seminar is also offered to departing overseas performing artists in compliance with OWWA Memorandum of Instructions No. 005, Series of 2004, on the Implementing Guidelines for the Comprehensive Orientation Program for Performing Artists (COPPA).The first day focuses on informing the performing artist in coping with being away and 23