1. Local governments in Region 3 have ensured that their policies and guidelines on housing, relocation and resettlement are gender sensitive and responsive; 2. Relocation and resettlement sites cater to women belonging to marginalized sectors, with affordable basic services (water and electricity) and with access to livelihood and employment opportunities; 3. Women are encourages to participate in the development of the housing project. Women are given the right of house ownership, they are allowed as household head of the structure/unit and often elected as Chairperson of Homeowners’ Association of the project. Gender needs of women are now considered in the housing designs for privacy and personal space to protect them from sexual harassment and domestic violence. 5. OFFICE OF THE CIVIL DEFENSE, REGION 3: REGIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT COUNCIL 3 A. Whether or not the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDDRMC) is fully functional and whether it has adopted Gender Responsive Disaster Risk Reduction Policies (including guidelines) and programs. This can include efforts undertaken by the RDRRMC to address women’s issues and gender concerns in disaster risk reduction and management. Since the passage of Republic Act 10121 otherwise known as the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010, the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) as the Secretariat of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) has exerted its best to fully capacitate and mobilize the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMCs) all over the country, to include the RDRRMC 3. For years also, the RDRRMC 3, through OCD 3 has provided several capacity building activities to uplift and protect the vulnerable sectors of the society. 25