sexually transmitted diseases and infections. Religious and culturally sensitive responses
are wanting and insufficiency or absence of psychosocial debriefing and rehabilitation were
reported.
22. The Committee may wish to recommend that the State Party take all necessary measures
to ensure the availability and accessibility of remedies aimed at addressing all forms of
“violence against women,” including those perpetrated through Informatio n
Communication Technology, street and transportation sexual harassment, and those
perpetrated in the context of displacement and armed conflict.
23. The Committee may also wish to recommend that the State Party report on the measures
in place to protect women and to address vulnerabilities in the context of displacement and
humanitarian situations. Specifically, the State may be asked to report on specific
interventions and how they effectively address the multiple and intersecting forms of
discrimination experienced by indigenous and Moro women in the context of displaceme nt,
armed conflict, and/or development aggression.
On changes in traditional patriarchal attitudes and gender-role stereotypes (para. 18).
24. The Commission notes the emphasis on education, advocacy, and training as the State
Party’s “main strategy to eliminate gender stereotyping. ”29 The Commission, as Gender
Ombud, has issued advisories and resolutions with recommendations addressing gender
stereotypes as well as the culture of violence against women. In 2014, it issued an advisory
against the trivialization of rape and objectification of women by local businesses,30 and
recommended the monitoring of businesses on their compliance with women’s human
rights under the principles of Business and Human Rights. The CHRP also called on State
agencies to “put in place corresponding policies and regulatory measures to address
discriminatory messages in products and to regulate shows which portray women in
discriminatory and derogatory manner;” and “to fulfill its obligations to respect, protect,
and fulfill the rights of everyone including, in particular, women, children and rape
victims.”
25. Recently, the CHRP issued a resolution finding incoming Philippine president Rodrigo
Roa Duterte guilty of violating the MCW for a rape joke made during his campaign and
other acts which derogate and objectify women. 31 The CHRP recommended the filing of
appropriate charges, the incorporation of women’s human rights and gender sensitivity
training in the curricula of all educational institutions, and training for all governme nt
employees.
26. The Committee may wish to urge the State Party to strictly implement MCW provisions
proscribing the derogatory portrayal of women, and recommend that the State Party report
on how it addresses recommendations of the CHRP and on the efforts aimed at addressing
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30
31
See CEDAW/C/PHL/Q/7-8, para. 6.1.
On The Protection and Promotion of the Right to Dignity, Equality and Non-Discrimination of Women, and the
Call for Corporate Responsibility to Respect Women’s Human Rights.
Available at http://www.chr.gov.ph.
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