CEDAW/C/PHL/Q/7-8/Add.1 M. Rural Women 19. Provide information on the programs reported, their impact and results, as well as concrete measures taken to address rural women living in poverty; Steps taken to ensure that women working in the agriculture and fisheries sectors can effectively access support services, including microcredits and training, as well as technology; Number of rural women recognized as Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries; How is gender perspective is ensured in the area of food production. 19.1 Women comprised 27% of the 1,143,914 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) by December 2010. In 2013, this percentage increased to 29% of the total number of 2,303,454 ARBs provided with Certificate of Land Ownership Award. Corresponding support services were also provided to make their land more productive. Source: BPfA+20 Report 19.2 Women have become more empowered and active in key decision-making positions affecting rural and farming community’s productivity and efficiency. To date, they are active members and officers of cooperatives and organizations, including in LGUs. See table below: Table 14 Women’s Participation in Agrarian Reform Communities Key Roles/Positions Members of Agrarian Reform Cooperatives ARB women organizations Board of Directors in ARB organizations ARBs involved in planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of socio-economic programs of organizations with agrarian reform communities Number of women in such position 468 706 3 283 11 118 8 311 ARBS elected at: -barangay level 8 349 -municipal level 1 244 -provincial level 193 Source: Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) 19.3 From 2010-2015, women participated in capacity building or training on various skill development programs (64%) and a substantial number (30%) availed of credit services, in most instances, to apply skills learned from their training. See table below: 28/33 16-06662