APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE PHILIPPINE PLAN FOR GENDER-RESPONSIVE DEVELOPMENT, 1995 TO 2025

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 14, Article II of the Constitution that
provides “The State recognizes the role of women in nation-building, and shall
ensure the fundamental equality before the law of women and men,” Executive
Order No. 348, series of 1989, approving and adopting the “Philippine
Development Plan for Women (PDPW) for 1989-1992” was promulgated;

WHEREAS, the passage of Republic Act No. 7192 otherwise known as the “Women
in Development and Nation-Building Act” on February 12, 1992 and the expiration
of the PDPW time frame in the same year, calls for a successor plan that shall
address and provide direction for mainstreaming gender concerns in development;

WHEREAS, the National Plan for Women shall serve as the main vehicle for
implementing in the Philippines the action commitments during the Fourth World
Conference on Women in Beijing, China;

WHEREAS, through the concerted efforts of various government agencies and
non-governmental organizations, a plan has been formulated for the purpose;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL
V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby approve and adopt the
“Philippine Plan for Gender-Responsive Development, 1995-2025,” hereinafter
referred to as the Plan, and order that:

1. All government agencies,
departments, bureaus, offices, and instrumentalities, including government-owned
and-controlled corporations, at the national, sub-national and local levels,
are directed:

1.1 To take appropriate steps to
ensure the full implementation of the policies/strategies and programs/projects
outlined in the Plan;

1.2 To institutionalize Gender
and Development (GAD) efforts in government by incorporating GAD concerns, as
spelled out in the Plan; in their planning, programming and budgeting
processes, but specifically to:

Include/incorporate GAD concerns
in the:

a) formulation, assessment and
updating of their annual agency plans;

b) formulation, assessment and
updating of their inputs to the medium/long-term, development plans; and

c) preparation of their inputs
to sectoral performance assessment reports, public investment plans and other
similar documents.

Incorporate and reflect GAD
concerns in their:

a) agency performance
commitments contracts indicating key results areas for GAD as well as in their
annual performance report to the President; and

b) annual agency budget proposals
and work and financial plans.

2. The National Commission on
the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW), in coordination with the National Economic
and Development Authority (NEDA), shall:

2.1. Monitor the implementation
of the Plan by various government agencies; and

2.2. Conduct the periodic
assessment and updating of the Plan every six years or upon every change in
national leadership.

In pursuance of the foregoing,
the NCRFW may call upon the assistance of any government agency or
instrumentality, including government-owned and-controlled corporations as well
as existing inter-agency structures, as may be necessary. Non-governmental
organizations and private entities are urged to assist and support in the
implementation, monitoring, assessment and updating of the Plan.

3. The NCRFW is hereby
authorized, in consultation with the President and concerned government
agencies, to issue orders, circulars of guidelines, as may be necessary, for
the implementation, coordination, monitoring, assessment and updating of the
Plan, as well as in the implementation of the provisions of this Executive
Order. For these purposes, the NCRFW may constitute appropriate inter-agency
committees.

4. In view of the Plan’s
long-term goal of fully integrating GAD concerns into the whole development
process, the mainstreaming of GAD in various government agencies shall be the
responsibility of the heads of concerned agencies and their respective offices,
with the assistance of their Women in Development (WID)/GAD Focal Points, if
any, to ensure institutionalization thereof.

5. The initial amount necessary
for the implementation of the Plan shall be charged against the appropriations
of government agencies authorized to be set aside for the purpose under
Republic Act No. 7845, including those sources from bilateral/multilateral
agencies/organizations or those from the official development assistance (ODA)
pursuant to Republic Act No. 7192. Thereafter, budgetary requirements for the
succeeding years shall be incorporated in General Appropriations Bills to be
submitted to Congress.

6. This Executive Order shall
take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 8th day of September, in the year of
Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Five.

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) LEONARDO A. QUISUMBING
Senior Deputy Executive Secretary
Officer-In-Charge, OES

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