Section 3 includes “any person with whom the woman has or had a sexual dating relationship.”38 RECOMMENDATION: 1. It is recommended that the Philippines enact a national Anti-Discrimination Law prohibiting all types of discrimination as guaranteed by international human rights standards and that Congress pass a law allowing marriage equality for LBT couples. SUGGESTED QUESTONS FOR THE STATE We hope that the Committee will consider addressing the following questions to the Philippine government: 1. What efforts are being done by the government to enact legislation that will not only prohibit discrimination against LBT persons but also affirmatively promote their rights? 2. What efforts are being done by the government to protect the rights of LBT persons who are facing retaliatory criminal suits for defending their rights? 3. What efforts are being done to eliminate discrimination against LBT persons in laws, policies and practices? 4. What is the status of the implementation of the DepEd’s Child Protection and AntiBullying policies? 5. What efforts have been made to determine prevalence of bullying/violence on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression? What proportion of such cases have been resolved in favor of the LBT victim-survivor? 6. What is the status of integrating sexual orientation and gender identity and rights of LBT students in the curriculum? We hope that the information provided in this report is useful during the Committee’s review of the Philippine government’s compliance with CEDAW. If you have any questions, or would like further information, please do not hesitate to contact us at gcristobal@outrightinternational.org, padillaclara@yahoo.com and engenderights@gmail.com. We have annexed two resources that provide additional background information on the conditions for LBT and LGBT in different parts of the Philippines. 38 Section 54 of the IRR of RA 9262 stipulates the Inter-Agency Council on Violence Against Women and Their Children’s (IACVAWC) core functions to include research on violence within lesbian relationships. 13