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prevention of child abuse, health care, among others and trained 8,658 day care workers and midwives
on parent effectiveness.
The Philippines also aims to promote a more balanced and non-stereotyped image of women
and men in the media. The Women’s Feature Service (WFS) and the NCRFW conducted a CEDAW
Forum on March 24, 2006 on the role of media and business in promoting women’s rights. The
government media office, Philippine Information Agency, also trains local media practitioners on
gender issues and produces primers on women-related laws.
The DSWD issued a policy (Administrative Order 15) in 2004 on media coverage of victims
of abuse and exploitation to safeguard and ensure respect and protection of the rights of VAW victims.
The PNP also issued a Memorandum in 2004 mandating a massive campaign against pornography
through measures that include mobilization of civilian watch groups, surveillance, and trainings for
police personnel.
Awards and incentives are being given for gender-responsive advertisements and films. In
2004, the AdBoard and the NCRFW organized “Kababaihan Awards” (Women Awards) to recognize
advertisements that raise awareness on women’s issues, roles and rights. For the past two years, the
Quezon City GAD Resource Center (QC-GADRCO), together with the annual Metro Manila Film
Festival has a Most Gender Sensitive Film Award for the film that best portrays and resolves gender
issues and biases. QC-GADRCO and Kalakasan, a women’s NGO, are also directly involved in
continually providing GST training to film makers.
Film festivals are being held to raise public awareness on women’s issues and roles. The
University of the Philippines Film Institute and its partners run an International Women’s Film
Festival annually. In 2005, in celebration of the centennial year of feminism in the Philippines, the
National Network for the Feminist Centennial and its partners conducted the Feminist Centennial
Film Festival in partnership with the NCRFW, Communication Foundation for Asia (CFA), the
Mowelfund Film Institute and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) gave
recognition to six women filmmaker, actors, writers, and producers of quality films for their
outstanding contributions to help advance the feminist movement in the country through their talents.
Mowelfund and NCCA also organized a film festival entitled “Aktres: A Tribute to Movie Queens”
which celebrated the contributions made by popular actresses in shaping and enriching Philippine
cinema and culture.
Women’s organizations are actively involved in various awareness raising activities. Isis
International Manila facilitates broader exchange of information on various concerns and issues of
women though print and electronic newsletters, publications, radio, and community-based advocacy.
It also published a gender equality toolkit (“Women in the News: A Guide for Media”) that aims to
lead media practitioners, campaigners and policy-makers toward ways to shape a balanced, fair and
diversified image of women.
15. Please describe the progress achieved as a result of reforms related to gender mainstreaming in
the education curricula and indicate what measures are being taken to integrate a gender
perspective into the curricula at all levels of education.
Significant efforts are being undertaken to mainstream gender and development in education
curricula at all levels. These include:
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