Monitoring Templates Template 12 Participation and Representation ____________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ Dear Sir/Madam, The Commission on Human Rights is designated as the Gender and Development Ombud under the Magna Carta of Women (RA 9710), as such, the Commission together with its Regional Offices investigates violations of the law and monitors jointly with the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) its implementation. As part of the Regional Office’s function as Gender Ombud within our area of responsibility, we are undertaking regional monitoring of compliance with the Magna Carta of Women. The results of the monitoring will form part of the Regional Women’s Human Rights Profile which the Region will be compiling by the end of the year. In relation to this and specific to the compliance with section 14 and 28 (Right to Participation and Representation) of the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Magna Carta of Women, the Office requests information regarding the following: Women’s Participation in all levels of development planning and program implementation 1. Information as to the number of women members in the Regional Development Councils; 2. Information as to the number/percentage of women members in all development councils from provincial, city, municipal and barangay levels (for 2015) Women members in policy and decision and making bodies 1. Information on the number of women and women’s participation in the Provincial Agrarian Reform Coordinating Committee (PARCCOM) and Barangay Agrarian Reform Committee (BARC); 2. Information as to number of women members and women’s participation in community based resource management bodies or mechanisms on forest management stewardship; 3. Information as to the number of women members and women’s participation in the National Agriculture and Fishery Council (NAFC) and its regional and local counterparts; As the Commission aims to compile a regional women’s human rights profile by the end of the year we expect to receive your agency’s reply fifteen (15) days from receipt of this letter. We also welcome any information/data which your office finds relevant for the monitoring of women’s/Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) human rights situation in the region. Thank you and may we continue to work together to achieve women’s empowerment and gender equality. __________________ Regional Director CHR Gender Ombud Guidelines 121