CEDAW/C/PHI/4 English Page 66 working in sheltered workshops and under subcontract arrangements. Close to 400 worked as community-based trainers. This project, however, has been criticized for focusing only on traditional skills of women and could be enhanced if it ventured out into non-traditional areas and opportunities. 275. Another programme for poor women relates to community production centres. The women obtain part-time or full-time work without leaving their community. They are spared transport expenses and the stress of commuting through heavy traffic and the worry of leaving their children by themselves or in other people's care. 276. The Department has likewise initiated programmes for women in especially difficult circumstances, victims of illegal recruitment, involuntary prostitution, battering and physical abuse, rape etc. In 1991, the "Bahay Tuluyan ng Kababaihan" was launched to provide temporary shelter to women in crisis situations. The "Hapag Dulugan Para sa Kababaihan" offers a 24-hour Hotline Service and also caters for women in difficult situations. Up to 1993, the "Hapag" was able to serve 10,023 clients. 277. A women's issue with regard to housing is the complicated procedure in applying for a housing loan. It requires a total of 11 documents/forms to be filled up by applicants/beneficiaries, from four to seven copies. The primary beneficiary has to sign her or his name 118 times, and the spouse 82 times. On top of the seemingly unending requirements and signatures is the processing of the application, which usually takes a considerable length of time, thus discouraging the poor and the not-so-educated from availing themselves of the opportunity being given them. 278. Notwithstanding the observable increase in the participation of women in sports, no documents or data are available to show any major effort to strengthen the role of women in this field. XI. ARTICLE 14 Problems faced by rural women and their roles in their families' economic survival, including their work in the non-monetized sectors of the economy; eliminating discrimination against rural women and equality to participate in development planning; access to health care and family planning, social security, education and extension services; participation in self-help groups and community activities; access to agricultural credit and other facilities and adequate living conditions 279. In line with the passage of Republic Act 7192, the Women in Development and Nation-Building Act, which strengthens the Government's commitment to ensure women's involvement in the development process, supportive policies, measures, mechanisms, programmes and plans were issued, passed and adopted. /...