CEDAW/C/PHI/Q/6/Add.1 Based on the gaps identified by NCRFW for the effective implementation of the CEDAW, the President and her Cabinet committed prioritize a bill to repeal the Labor Code’s prohibition of night work for women workers as well as the immediate passage of the Magna Carta for Women Bill in Congress. The NCRFW's presentation of the CEDAW Report and Follow-Up questions was graced by the CEDAW Chairperson Ambassador Rosario Manalo who oriented legislators on the key points and provisions of the Women’s Convention. The NCRFW presented its legislative agenda to the legislators, led by House Committee on Women Chair Josefina M. Joson and party list Representative Etta Rosales. Among those presented as urgent and priority bills to be passed are: the Magna Carta for Women; the Anti-Prostitution Bill; the Local Sectoral Representation Bill; the Responsible Parenthood and Population Management Bill; and the amendments to Articles 333 and 334 of the Revised Penal Code defining marital infidelity. The Women’s Month celebration highlighted the importance of working in partnership with key stakeholders from the national and local government, civil society, media, and the private sector in bringing the women’s agenda of respecting, protecting and fulfilling women’s human rights to the fore. 31

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