Making Everyone Count : Gender-Sensitive Monitoring and Evaluation in a Community-Driven Development Project--The Case of the Philippines KALAHI-CIDSS
The Philippines has made significant progress in empowering women and in advancing gender equality. The government's policy on gender equality and women's empowerment has prioritized women's economic empowerment, advancing human righ...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/185651468297548321/Making-everyone-count-Gender-sensitive-Monitoring-and-Evaluation-in-a-Community-Driven-Development-Project-the-case-of-the-Philippines-KALAHI-CIDSS http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26872 |
Summary: | The Philippines has made significant
progress in empowering women and in advancing gender
equality. The government's policy on gender equality
and women's empowerment has prioritized women's
economic empowerment, advancing human rights and enhancing
gender-responsive local governance. All these priority
concerns are integral components of poverty reduction
programs in the Philippines. The Philippines has made
significant progress in empowering women and in advancing
gender equality. Since the government introduced a
constitution in 1987 affirming the equality of women, it has
pursued a number of initiatives to mainstream gender
concerns in national policies and programs. A development
plan for women was launched in 1987, followed by a plan for
gender-responsive development, 1995-2025, coordinated by the
National Commission on the Role of Filipino women. In 2004,
the commission drafted a framework plan for women that
identify three priority concerns to meet the objectives of
gender equality and women's empowerment: economic
empowerment of women, protection and fulfillment of
women's human rights, and gender-responsive governance.
Projects that support these priorities will facilitate more
equitable development across the Philippines, including
supporting the full participation of women in political
processes and governance in the international and national
local level, strengthening gender-sensitive and inclusive
programs and mechanisms with civil society, and increasing
women's access to economic resources such as capital,
technology, information, markets, and training. |
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