CEDAW/C/PHL/CO/7-8 Millennium Development Goal 3 on gender equality. The Committee notes that the State party achieved significant economic growth during the period under review, notwithstanding severe damage caused by a series of natural disasters, including typhoons and earthquakes. The Committee also notes that the State party signed the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro, a temporary peace agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, to put an end to a long-lasting armed conflict. In addition, the State party has a large proportion of its population working abroad as migrant workers, many of them women. The protection of the rights of women who face multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination is als o a particular concern in the State party. 9. The Committee recommends that the State party further accelerate its achievement of substantive gender equality and the full realization of human rights for women, in particular by strengthening a gender-sensitive approach to development, peace and security, transitional justice, migration, disaster risk reduction, preparedness and response, and the mitigation of the negative impacts of climate change, with special attention paid to women facing multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination. The Committee also recommends that the State party ensure the active and meaningful participation of women and women’s rights organizations in such processes. Legislative framework 10. The Committee notes that the Constitution stipulates that generally accepted principles of international law and treaties ratified by the State party form part of the law of the land (CEDAW/C/PHL/7-8, para. 14). However, the Committee is concerned that, in case of an irreconcilable conflict between treaty norms and national laws, the latter would prevail, in line with the current jurisprudence of the Supreme Court. 11. The Committee recommends that the State party clarify the status of the Convention in its national legal order and ensure the precedence of its provisions over national laws in cases of conflict. The Committee also recommends that the State party ensure that such laws are applied and interpreted in conformity with the provisions of the Convention. 12. The Committee welcomes the adoption of the Magna Carta of Women in 2009, but notes that the harmonization of national legislation with the Magna Carta is still pending, including amendments to the Family Code, the Revised Penal Co de of 1930, the Anti-Rape Law of 1997 (Republic Act No. 8353), the Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995 (Republic Act No. 7877) and the Code of Muslim Personal Laws. The Committee is also concerned that the adoption of a number of bills necessary for the implementation of the Convention, including a bill on divorce, a bill on recognizing repeated abuse as a ground for legal separation, a bill expanding the definition of sexual harassment and a bill for a magna carta of workers in the informal economy, has been pending for a long time. 13. The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen its efforts for the full and timely implementation of the women’s priority legislative agenda, in order to expedite the full harmonization of national legislation with the Convention and the Magna Carta of Women, and that it establish effective 16-12874 3/16