A. Proposed/Recommended/Draft Policy
In consideration in the provisions of the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
(CEDAW) signed as an international treaty in 1979 by the United
Nations General Assembly, particularly on Articles 15 and 16 on
women’s rights to equality in marriage and family life along with the
right to equality before the law;
Emphasizing the provisions on marriage and family in the 1987
Philippine Constitution, especially on Article XV: The Family,
Sections 1-4, as well as pertinent and appropriate provisions in
Article III: The Bill of Rights;
Leaning on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in all of its
Articles;
Reaffirming the provisions on the Convention on the Rights of the
Child, including young women or girls below the age of eighteen, as
stipulated on Part I, Article 1;
Bringing to the fore the provisions of Republic Act Number 9262 or
the Anti-Violence Against Women Law or AVAW Law;
Highlighting the United Nations Women’s Declaration of VAW being
a shadow pandemic,
This Advisory is thus released for an increased advocacy campaign
through suggested activities:
I. Passive Campaign
1.
Government
offices/agencies/non-government/
educational institutions/local government units post reminders in
their offices on (1) respect for women in homes, institutions and
other private and public spaces; (2) on penalities for violators of
R.A. 9242; (3) on victims’ legal resort/recourse as a response to
acts of violence ore ven attempts of offenders; (4) on reminders on
erring husbands or common-law husbands;
2.
Government
offices/agencies/non-government/
educational institutions/local government units sponsor Anti-VAW
messages through their respective media partners;
3.
Government
offices/agencies/non-government/
educational institutions/local government units wear advocacy
shirts on Anti-VAW with or without messages from VAW survivors
on dedicated days in a month;
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