1. In view of the difficulties in delivering adequate and appropriate RH services in the face
of unsustainable workload and compensation of health service providers and workers—
to support the passage of the Magna Carta for Private Health Workers;
2. In light of the high incidence of rape cases, heightened economic insecurity, increased
health risks in some pregnancies, and the absence of, if not limited, RH awareness due
to lack of schooling and communication difficulties among women with disabilities—to
review the provisions on the full ban on abortion;
3. In view of the vulnerability of many women with disabilities to VAW, including sexual
violence—to review and to address the gaps in the implementation of laws addressing
sexual violence (e.g. the Rape Victim’s Assistance Act, particulalry the establishment of
rape crisis centers per province; the Anti-Rape law—to ensure that lack of consent is at
the center of its defintion, and to support the efforts to increase the age of sexual
consent)
For the Executive: National Government Agencies, including their Regional Offices
4. For DOH and the National Implementation Team on RH to monitor the implementation
of Section 18: Sexual and Reproductive Health Programs for Persons with Disabilities
(PWDs) of the RPRH law in cities and municipalities, thereby ensuring that the
accessibility measures guaranteed to women with disabilities are realized; and to ensure
the implementation of Sec 8 of the Filipino Sign Language Act (RA 11106) requiring State
hospitals and all health facilities to ensure access of the Filipino deaf to health services
including the provision of FSL interpreters and accessible materials.
5. For DOH and the National Implementation Team on RH to develop an RH agenda and
strategy for women with disabilities that would guide the development of gender- and
disability- responsive RH policies and programs for them, and to allocate funding in
support thereof;
6. For DOH and the National Implementation Team on RH to develop and launch a
nationwide awareness campaign on RH that considers the disability-specific
communication and mobility needs of women with disabilities, as well as the SRH issues
of women with disabilities throughout their lifespan—including puberty and
menopausal stages; This should include the conduct of inclusivity and accessibility audits
of health facilities from community, to local to national level.
7. In response to the demand for RH education for adolescent girls with disabilities—for
DepED to immediately and fully implement a gender- and disability- responsive
Comprehensive Sexuality Education in schools as mandated by the RPRH Law; Adoption
of CSE in SPED centers should be ensured and duly monitored.
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