FURTHER DEFINING THE COMPOSITION, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE ROLE OF FILIPINO WOMEN

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WHEREAS, Sec. 14 of Art. XIII of the Philippine Constitution provides for
the protection of women by providing such facilities and opportunities that
will enhance their welfare and enable them to realize their full potential in
the service of the nation;

WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 633 dated 7 January 1975 created the
National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women, to ensure the full
integration of women for economic, social and cultural development at the
national, regional and international levels and to ensure further the equality
between men and women;

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 348 dated 17 February 1989 approved and
adopted the Philippine Development Plan for Women for 1989-1992, as prepared by
the National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women, in coordination with the
National Economic and Development Authority; and tasked the said agencies to
monitor the implementation of the Plan;

WHEREAS, with the completion of the Philippine Development Plan for Women
in 1992, there is a need to strengthen the mandate of the National Commission
on the Role of Filipino Women, pursuant to Republic Act 7192 or the Women in
Development and Nation Building Act, which tasks the Commission to provide
assistance in ensuring the formulation and nationwide implementation of
gender-responsive government policies, programs and projects; and,

WHEREAS, Section 20, Book III of Executive Order No. 292 (Revised
Administrative Code), and Section 60 of the General Provisions of R.A. No. 7663
empower the President to direct changes in the organization and key positions
in any department, bureau, or agency in the Executive Branch.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL
V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order the
further definition of the composition, powers and functions of the National
Commission on the Role of Filipino Women.

SECTION 1. Composition
of the Commission. The National Commission on
the Role of Filipino Women, hereinafter referred to as the “Commission”, shall
be composed of twenty one (21) members, as follows:

1.1 A Chairperson who shall be
appointed by the President;

1.2 Ten (10) representatives
from the Government, who are heads of the following Departments: Labor and
Employment (DOLE); National Economic Development Authority (NEDA); Social
Welfare and Development (DSWD); Agriculture (DA); Education, Culture and Sports
(DECS); Health (DOH); Foreign Affairs (DFA); Interior and Local Government
(DILG); Trade and Industry (DTI); and, Budget and Management (DBM); and,

Ten (10) members from the
non-governmental organizations representing the following: Labor; Business and
Industry; Science and Health; Education or Academe; Urban Poor; Indigenous
Peoples; Peasants and Fisherfolks, Elderly and Disabled; Media and Arts; Youth;
and, a representative of the National Council of Women in the Philippines.

SEC. 2. Status of the
Commission. The Commission shall have the same
status as that of a government agency attached to the Office of the President.

SEC. 3. Nature of the
Commission. The Commission shall be the
primary policy-making and coordinating body of all women development programs
and institutions in the Philippines: Provided, That in case of women
development programs of various line departments, the same shall be formulated
and implemented by the respective Departments with the assistance of the
Commission within the framework of the Philippine development plans for women
that will be adopted thereafter.

SEC. 4. Objectives of
the Commission. The objectives of the
Commission are:

To promote women’s empowerment
through the policies and programs for women’s effective participation and as
full and equal partners of men in the social, economic and political
development as well as in nation building; and,

To enable Government agencies to
effectively address gender concerns in development processes from planning,
programming, budgeting, implementation, monitoring and evaluation in the
national and local levels.

SEC. 5. Functions of the
Commission. The functions of the Commission
are hereby re-focused as follows:

5.1 Institute the gender
responsiveness of national developments plans and coordinate the preparation,
assessment and updating of the National Plan for Women, ensure its
implementation and monitor the performance of government agencies in the
implementation of the Plan at all levels;

5.2 Undertake continuing
advocacy to promote women economic, social and political empowerment and
provide technical assistance in the setting-up and strengthening of mechanisms
on gender mainstreaming; and,

5.3 Ensure that the gains
achieved by Filipino women due to Philippine culture and tradition shall be
preserved and enhanced in the process of modernization.

SEC. 6. Effectivity. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

Done in the city of Manila this
10th day of October in the Year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety
four.

(Sgd.) FIDEL
V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR.
Executive Secretary

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