27 corporations, LGUs and other government instrumentalities, shall establish or strengthen their GAD Focal Points or similar GAD mechanism. The GAD Focal Point System shall be composed of the agency head/local chief executive, an executive committee with undersecretary (or its equivalent)/LGU official/office in a strategic decision-making position as chair; and a technical working group or secretariat which is composed of representatives from various divisions/offices within the agency or LGU. The tasks and functions of the members of the GFP shall form part of their regular key result areas; and (c) Generation and maintenance of GAD database. All departments, including their attached agencies, offices, bureaus, state universities and colleges, government-owned and -controlled corporations, LGUs and other government instrumentalities, shall develop and maintain a GAD database containing gender statistics and sex-disaggregated data that have been systematically gathered, regularly updated and subjected to gender analysis for planning, programming and policy formulation. SEC. 33. Incentives and Awards. – There shall be established an incentives and awards system which shall be administered by a board under such rules and regulations as may be promulgated by the PCW to deserving entities, government agencies and LGUs for their outstanding performance in upholding the rights of women and effective implementation of genderresponsive programs. SEC. 34. Penalties. – Upon findings of the GAD Ombud that a department, agency or instrumentality of government, government-owned and -controlled corporation and LGUs has violated any provision of this Act and its implementing rules and regulations, the sanctions under the administrative law, civil service or appropriate laws, shall be recommended to the Civil Service Commission and/or the Department of the Interior and Local Government. The person directly responsible for the violation, as well as the head of agency or local chief executive, shall be held liable under this Act. If

Select target paragraph3

Connect to a paragraph
Connect to an entity
Disable highlights
Add to table of contents