CEDAW/C/PHI/5-6 Prevention of Domestic Violence Cases at the Barangay Level (DILG); Gender Responsive Program of Instructions for the Philippine National Police–Basic Recruit Course and Basic Course (Philippine Public Safety College); Primer on GAD Plan and Budget for budget officials and personnel (DBM); Methodology for a national time-use survey (NSO); Training Manual on Statistics for Gender-Responsive Local Development Planning (SRTC); and Methodology to Generate Statistics on Violence Against Women and Children (NSCB). b. Tools produced by the health department to guide its personnel in the implementation of gender-responsive programs and projects include gender and health training module for health workers, protocol for medical management of women and children survivors of violence, protocol for reproductive health service, gender-sensitive primary healthcare training modules, and gender-sensitive standards for quality health service. c. The social welfare department’s set of training modules on GAD, notably a training module on GAD for integration in the training programs of the department, training module for prosecutors and police officers in handling and management of women and children victims of abuse and exploitation, and a training module on gender mainstreaming and rights-based programming. d. The Population Commission’s “An Analytical Framework on Gender Responsive Population Policy with Reproductive Health Perspectives” and an “Advocacy and Training Manual on Basic Concepts of Gender Equality and Reproductive Health for Population Program Workers.” e. NCRFW tools that could be used by agencies: Handbook on GAD Training for Government Agencies which include the GAD dictionary, Gender Mainstreaming Evaluation Framework, and Ways to Gender Responsive Organizations, among others. 144. As part of its thrust of developing gender-responsive organizations and plans, NCRFW provides technical assistance to government agencies and local governments. It also links with regional GAD Resource Centers to strengthen information exchange and networking among GAD advocates, faculty and researchers in the regions and to help build a resource base for training, research and technical assistance on GAD. As of 2003, there are eight active centers in five regions. 145. Other policy statements and mechanisms that are in place to promote the development and advancement of women include: a. Executive Order No. 368, dated 5 September 1996, provides the implementing guidelines on the institutional arrangements to fast track the localization of the Social Reform Agenda (SRA) and to include the NCRFW in the membership of the Social Reform Council. The SRA is a package of interventions aimed to respond to the needs of the poor (including women and the informal sector) and integrate them into the mainstream of development. b. Republic Act 8371, or the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997, includes provisions that affirm equal rights for men and women and provide measures to promote women’s advancement, their full access to education, maternal and child care, health, nutrition, and 51

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