PHILIPPINE COMMISSION ON WOMEN National Gender and Development Resource Program
Legal Mandates PRE-TEST 1.
Level of knowledge on Legal Mandates (please encircle) 1
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(1 – lowest, 5 – highest)
2. Answer the following questions by encircling what you think is the correct answer. If your answer is false, write the correct answer in the space provided. QUESTIONS
IF FALSE, WHAT’S THE CORRECT ANSWER?
1. The Magna Carta for Women is a comprehensive women's
TRUE FALSE
human rights law that seeks to eliminate discrimination through the recognition, protection, fulfilment and promotion of the rights of women, especially those belonging in the marginalized sectors of the society.
2. The
1987 Philippine Constitution fully recognizes the fundamental equality of men and women. Section 14 of Article 12 states that “it recognizes the role of women in nation-building, and shall ensure the fundamental equality before the law of women and men”.
3. Millennium Development Goal number 4’s aim
Women
TRUE FALSE
is to promote
TRUE FALSE
4. The United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
TRUE FALSE
gender equality and empower women.
Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly, is often described as a local bill of rights for women.
5. RA 7192 or Women in Development and Nation Building Act
TRUE FALSE
recognizes the role of men in nation building and ensures the fundamental equality before the law of women and men.
6. The Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) has ten (10) critical areas of concern which includes addressing the inequalities and inadequacies in access of women to education and training.
Legal Mandates (Gender Mainstreaming) Pre-testPage 1
Magna Carta of
TRUE FALSE
Millennium Development Goal no. 3
7. The Women’s Empowerment, Development and Gender
TRUE FALSE
Equality Plan (Women’s EDGE Plan) is a 30-year plan perspective framework for pursuing full equality and development for women and men which is anchored on a vision of development that is equitable, sustainable, and free from violence, respectful of human rights, supportive of selfdetermination, and the actualization of human potentials, and participatory and empowering.
8. President Benigno C. Aquino III’s Social Contract no. 13 supports
TRUE FALSE
gender equality. It states that “from a lack of concern for gender disparities and shortfalls, to the promotion of equal gender opportunity in all spheres of public policies and programs”.
9. Section 37 of RA 9710 or the Magna Carta of Women Act of
TRUE FALSE
2009 mandates national government agencies and all government instrumentalities to support GAD Plans and Program and to allot at least 5% of their budget annually for GAD. On the other hand, the RA 7160 or Local Government Code of the Philippines mandates the same for Local Government Units (LGUs).
10. One of the obligations of the Philippines as a signatory of the UN CEDAW is to come up with a local translation. The Philippines came up with the local translation when it completed the Philippine Plan for Gender-Responsive Development in 1995.
TOTAL NUMBER OF CORRECT ANSWERS
TRUE FALSE
There is no provision in RA 7160 that mandates LGUs to do GAD Planning and Budgeting. RA 9710 mandates all government instrumentalities including LGUs to allot at least 5% of their budget annually for GAD.