CEDAW/C/PHL/7-8 pool of gender trainers and technical assistance providers under the national gender resource program (NGRP). Alongside, it is piloting a system called the Gender Resource Pool Data Base (GRPD) through which gender trainers and technical assistance providers in gender mainstreaming may be accessed by government agencies and local government units. 31. To enable it to perform its expanded mandate, manage its work and enable it to cope with the increased demand for its services, the State Party, through the PCW, is engaging more short term consultancy-based staff, expanding its partnerships and support mechanisms and has been issuing policies and guidelines on gender mainstreaming to guide agencies and local government units beyond the reach of its technical assistance and monitoring capabilities. On monitoring the Philippine Plan for Gender- Responsive Development (PPGD) and the use of the gender mainstreaming strategy Gender mainstreaming in government 32. Section 36 of the MCW identifies gender mainstreaming as a strategy to implement its provisions, and further states that “all departments shall adopt gender mainstreaming as a strategy to promote women’s human rights and eliminate gender discrimination in their systems, structures, policies, programs, processes, and procedures. Gender mainstreaming includes integrating the gender dimension in government policies, plans and programs, the creation and strengthening of GAD focal points to catalyse the process and the generation and maintenance of a GAD database for planning, programming and policy formulation. 33. Following this mandate, the gender dimension has been integrated in nationa l, sectoral and local development plans, such as in the Philippine Development Plan for 2011-2016 and in sector specific plans such as: (a) Philippine National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security (NAPWPS 2010-2016); (b) Philippine Labour and Employment Plan (PLEP 2011-2016); (c) Micro, Small and Medium and Enterprise Development Plan (MSMED 2011-2016); (d) Disaster Risk Reduction Plan; (e) Philippine Statistical Development Plan; and, (e) Second Philippine Human Rights Action Plan. The NAPWPS implements UN Security Council Resolutions No. 1325 and 1820, which hold States and individuals accountable for ensuring women’s full participation in resolving conflict and post-conflict situations, and for recognizing, sustaining, and expanding women ’s role in peacebuilding processes. The PLEP examines the gender gap in labour force participation and the MSMED Plan aims to establish a gender responsive business environment for women entrepreneurs. For local government units, PCW has developed a guide and a tool (GeRL Ka Ba?) for gender responsive local development planning, as well as a guide in the formulation of local GAD codes. 34. Likewise, the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the Reproductive Health and Responsible Parenthood Act (RPRH Law) and the Expanded Trafficking in Persons Act also integrated a strong gender dimension. The State Party issued Administrative Order 249 in December 2008 to further strengthen government policies, plans, and programs for the effective promotion and protection of hu man rights, and directed the national women’s machinery to lead a gender-sensitive information campaign for the provision of gender-sensitive public services by local government units and other frontline government agencies involved in add ressing violence against women. 10/36 15-03079