CEDAW/C/PHI/4 English Page 24 sexual harassment were developed and disseminated by the Department of Labour and Employment and the Civil Service Commission (CSC). 36. Women's studies are included in the curriculum of 40 colleges and universities in undergraduate and graduate levels. The Philippine Women Studies Association, a non-governmental organization, was established to facilitate exchange of information among teachers and advocates of women's studies. Statistics programme 37. Spearheaded by the NCRFW Clearinghouse and Information Center on Women and Development, efforts were made to influence the Philippine Statistical Development Plan which sets down the key statistical requirements to support, monitor and evaluate the implementation of the country's medium-term plan. Some of these are activities that influence the various regional statistical coordinating committees to produce gender-responsive statistics and indicators. 38. During the period under review, the statistics programme of NCRFW, with funding assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), completed the following: (a) Framework/indicators development which produced a Gender-responsive Indicator System to measure the status of women and men and the extent of gender inequalities prevailing at a given period of time; (b) Compilation/processing of data from censuses and surveys which accomplished (1) identification of data gaps by area of concern which can serve as a basis in engendering the Philippine statistical system; and (2) availability of benchmark information on the status of women in various areas of concern which can serve as a basis for planning and policy-making; (c) Production of statistical publications of women/men which produced the following outputs: (i) (ii) Availability of organized benchmark information for monitoring the status of women over time; Availability of comprehensive reference documents for understanding and increasing the level of awareness on gender issues and concerns and as bases in coming out with bills, policies and other measures to address existing gender inequalities; (d) Development of a computerized database system which will serve as a repository of data on gender concerns; (e) Institutionalization of gender concerns in the regular statistical activities of major data-producing agencies; (f) Capability-building of NCRFW staff and partner agencies. 39. NCRFW has likewise developed a manual, the National Gender-disaggregated Indicator System. It also published the following: /...