CEDAW/C/PHL/Q/7-8/Add.1 Measures taken to address discrimination and VAW and ensure access to services 17.2 Support services, benefits and privileges for PWDs are provided by law (Programs on the advancement of women’s rights and accessibility for persons with disabilities are being implemented by the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA). NCDA created the Sub-Committee on Access to Justice and Discrimination for Persons with Disabilities to handle complaints of discrimination. The Subcommittee works with the Public Attorney's Officer (PAO). 17.3 Education, employment, therapeutic and psychosocial services and medical assistance, recreational activities, among others, are provided by DSWD. 17.4 Other programs and advocacy activities to ensure PWDs’ access to opportunities and fair treatment are being implemented by other government agencies and LGUs: • Livelihood support program and fund from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) • Protection services for female PWDs from DOJ • Gender Sensitivity Training of DOJ’s service providers dealing with PWDs • Supreme Court’s issuance of a memorandum allowing the hiring of sign language interpreters in court proceedings, as necessary • Police assistance to PWDs under PNP’s Women’s Desks • Alternative Learning System for PWDS through DepEd • Enactment of Guidelines on the Utilization of Support Funds for the Special Education Program by DepEd L. Indigenous and Muslim women 18. Information on the status of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) and how the rights of indigenous women, including their rights to ancestral domain and self-governance are ensured in the BBL 18.1 In the draft BBL, there is a specific provision on the recognition, promotion and protection of Muslim and indigenous women’s rights, including the rights to: • native titles and/or fusaka inged, indigenous customs and traditions, justice systems and indigenous political structures • equitable share in revenues from the utilization of resources in their ancestral lands • free and prior informed consent • political participation in the Bangsamoro government However, BBL is still pending in Congress. 18.2 Nonetheless, the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro signed in March 2014, which recognizes the rights and meaningful participation of women, is continuously being implemented. 16-06662 25/33