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Based on the gaps identified by NCRFW for the effective implementation of the CEDAW, the
President and her Cabinet committed prioritize a bill to repeal the Labor Code’s prohibition of night
work for women workers as well as the immediate passage of the Magna Carta for Women Bill in
Congress.
The NCRFW's presentation of the CEDAW Report and Follow-Up questions was graced by
the CEDAW Chairperson Ambassador Rosario Manalo who oriented legislators on the key points and
provisions of the Women’s Convention. The NCRFW presented its legislative agenda to the
legislators, led by House Committee on Women Chair Josefina M. Joson and party list Representative
Etta Rosales. Among those presented as urgent and priority bills to be passed are: the Magna Carta for
Women; the Anti-Prostitution Bill; the Local Sectoral Representation Bill; the Responsible
Parenthood and Population Management Bill; and the amendments to Articles 333 and 334 of the
Revised Penal Code defining marital infidelity.
The Women’s Month celebration highlighted the importance of working in partnership with
key stakeholders from the national and local government, civil society, media, and the private sector
in bringing the women’s agenda of respecting, protecting and fulfilling women’s human rights to the
fore.
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