CEDAW/C/PHL/Q/7-8/Add.1 Timetables established by the State party to achieve the quotas for 3rd level managerial positions (50/50) and local development councils (40%) to accelerate women’s equal participation in all areas of political and public life, including higher levels of public service and the judiciary 10.3 MCW provides for the incremental increase in the number of women in 3rd level positions in the bureaucracy until 50-50 gender balance is achieved, within five years from 2009. The 40% representation of women in local development councils has no timeline because it is a standing guideline provided by the MCW. Measures taken to ensure the full diversity of women’s representation in political and public bodies, particularly indigenous and Muslim women 10.4 The MCW’s provisions on women’s participation and representation apply to all Filipino women regardless of religion, ethnicity or geography. It also mandates the implementation of capacity-building and leadership formation programs for grassroots women leaders to enable them to participate in policy-making or decision-making. 10.5 Other laws also require women’s representation. • R.A. 8371 (IPRA) provides that at least 2 of the 7 Commissioners of the NCIP shall be women • R.A. 9997 (NCMF Act of 2009) specifies that one of the 9 full -time members of the NCMF shall come from the women sector • For local elective positions, R.A. 7160 provides that local legislative bodies shall each have one sectoral representative from the women sector. Whether campaigns to raise awareness of the importance for society as a whole of the participation of women in decision-making positions have been carried out and mechanisms for monitoring of the impact of the measures exist 10.6 Regular and continuous information campaigns on the importance of women ’s participation in decision making in all levels and in both public and private spheres. A mechanism for monitoring the impact of such efforts is yet to be put in place. Information on the participation of women in the peace process 10.7 From 1986-2015, the government negotiating panel engaged in the peace talks with the CPP-NPA-NDF had 7 women panel members. Two women also served as chair of the government peace panel in June-December 1986 and in 2005-2010. 10.8 In the peace negotiations with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF): • A woman chaired the Government Panel while another woman was in the panel. • One of the 2 women headed the legal team of the Government of the Philippines (GPH) peace panel. • 2 of the 4 Technical Working Groups for the Annexes to the GPH -MILF Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro were headed by a woman. • 4 of the 15 members of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission are women. 14/33 16-06662