Mechanisms to promote the advancement of women
National Machinery. The National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW) was established in the Office of the President in 1975 to review, evaluate and recommend measures, including priorities, to ensure full integration of women for economic, social and cultural development and to ensure further equality between men and women.
Percentage of women and men in career executive service positions in government agencies, 1984&1993
A major achievement was the drafting of the Philippine Development Plan for Women, adopted by the Government in 1989, which contains chapters focusing on agriculture, agrarian reform, environment and natural resources. A Philippine Plan for Gender-Responsive Development 19952025 is being prepared under the leadership of the NCRFW in coordination with the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA). The NCRFW also established WlD/Gender and Development (GAD) focal points and undertook gender sensitivity training in various line agencies. Efforts are underway to establish a data base on women.
WID Units or Focal Points in Technical Ministries. WID/GAD focal points were established in 1989 in the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Agrarian Reform and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, to serve as the primary structure for the implementation of the Philippine Development Plan for Women and to serve as catalysts for gender-responsive planning and programming in their respective line ministries.
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). WID/GAD advocates in the NGO movement have made efforts, particularly since the early 1990s, to set up women's desks and develop a WID/GAD strategy. One result was a increase in women beneficiaries in rural projects funded by one international donor. Most of these project involve hog raising, food and fish processing and marketing, and other small-scale agricultural enterprises.
Since 1986, the NCRFW has promoted cooperation between the Government (GO) and the NGO community. In 1992 a Women GO-NGO Network was established.
