Report of the Philippine

Commission on Women,
2011-2015
THE STATE OF
FILIPINO
WOMEN
(With 2016 Updates)
 THE STATE OF
FILIPINO WOMEN
May 24, 2018
 Contents
• Global Gender Gap Index, WEF
• Health
• Education
• Political Empowerment
• Economic Empowerment
• Violence Against Women (VAW)
• Notable GAD Programs
• Agenda ni Juana
GLOBAL GENDER GAP INDEX 2014
1 ICELAND
2 FINLAND
3 NORWAY
4 SWEDEN
5 DENMARK
6 NICARAGUA
7 RWANDA
8 IRELAND
9 PHILIPPINES
10 BELGIUM
SOURCE: THE GLOBAL GENDER GAP REPORT 2014
GLOBAL GENDER GAP INDEX 2015
1 ICELAND
2 NORWAY
3 FINLAND
4 SWEDEN
5 IRELAND
6 RWANDA
7 PHILIPPINES
8 SWITZERLAND
9 SLOVENIA
10 NEW ZEALAND
SOURCE: THE GLOBAL GENDER GAP REPORT 2015
GLOBAL GENDER GAP INDEX 2016
1 ICELAND
2 FINLAND
3 NORWAY
4 SWEDEN
5 RWANDA
6 IRELAND
7 PHILIPPINES
8 SLOVENIA
9 NEW ZEALAND
10 NICARAGUA
SOURCE: THE GLOBAL GENDER GAP REPORT 2016
GLOBAL GENDER GAP INDEX 2017
1 ICELAND
2 NORWAY
3 FINLAND
4 RWANDA
5 SWEDEN
6 NICARAGUA
7 SLOVENIA
8 IRELAND
9 NEW ZEALAND
10 PHILIPPINES
SOURCE: THE GLOBAL GENDER GAP REPORT 2017
 HEALTH

GGI Health & Survival 2015 and 2016

 One in Ten Young Filipino Women Age 15 to 19
Is Already A Mother or Pregnant With First Child

SOURCE: NDHS 2013

 EDUCATION
GGI Educational attainment 2015 and 2016

2015 2016 2015 2016

97 97 Literacy Rate (%) 96 96

90 98 Enrollment in Primary 90 94
Education (%)
70 74 Enrollment in Secondary 60 62
Education (%)

38 40 Enrollment in Tertiary 30 31
Education (%)
FUNCTIONAL AND BASIC LITERACY
RATES 2013

% %
FUNCTIONAL LITERACY
92 RATE (10-64 years old) 88.7

BASIC LITERACY RATE

97 (10 years and over) 96.1

Source: FLEMMS 2013, PSA

ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL
COMPLETION RATES 2012

% %
ELEMENTARY
78.21 COMPLETION RATE 69.61

HIGH SCHOOL
79.92 COMPLETION RATE 69.77

Source: Research and Statistics Division, Office of the Planning Service, DepEd Central Office
HIGHER EDUCATION
ENROLMENT AND GRADUATES

% No. %
No.
2,266,419 55.2 ENROLMENT 1,838,422 44.8
AY 2015-2016

GRADUATES
365,369 57.8 266,707 42.2
AY 2014-2015

Source: Higher Education Data Infographics 2016, CHED Website

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
ENROLMENT IN STEAM PROGRAMS

% No. %
No.
171,418 31 AY 2013-2014 377,689 69

185,823 31 AY 2014-2015* 406,727 69

Source: Higher Education Data Infographics, CHED Website

GRADUATES STEAM PROGRAMS

% No. %
No.
20,838 50 AY 2012-2013 20,579 50

22,265 51 AY 2013-2014* 21,731 49

Source: Higher Education Data Infographics, CHED Website

POLITICAL
GGI Political empowerment 2015

34
Number of Candidates and Elected Candidates by Sex,
May 9, 2016 Elections

NO. % SENATE NO. %

8 16 Candidates 42 84
2 17 Elected 10 83

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
141 22 Candidates 493 78
68 29 Elected 170 71

SOURCE: COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, SEPTEMBER 3, 2016 and OFFICIAL GAZETTE

Elected National and Local Officials
May 2013 VS. May 2016 Elections

NO. % SENATE NO. %

4 33 2013 8 67
2 17 2016 10 83

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
60 26 2013 174 74
68 29 2016 170 71

SOURCE: COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, SEPTEMBER 3, 2016 and OFFICIAL GAZETTE

 ECONOMIC
GGI Economic participation & opportunity 2015 & 2016

2015 2016 2015 2016

53 52 Labor Force Participation (%) 81 81

5,643 5,691 Estimated Earned Income ($) 8,184 8,223

57 47 Legislators, Senior
43 53
Officials & Managers (%)

63 61 Professional & Technical 37 39

Workers (%)
 2016

76.60%

50.02%

SOURCE: PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY, JANUARY 2016 LABOR FORCE SURVEY

 VAW
Eliminating Violence against Women

Specifically, emotional violence

SOURCE: NDHS 2017
OF THE 42,036 BARANGAYS IN THE PHILIPPINES,
37,686 (89.65%) HAVE ESTABLISHED BARANGAY
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN DESKS

SOURCE: NATIONAL BARANGAY OPERATIONS OFFICE, DILG, DEC. 2017

Eliminating Violence against Women

The Philippines is at
Tier 1
According to the 2017 US
Department of State
Trafficking Report
 TOTAL NUMBER OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
CONVICTION FROM 2011 – May 2017

NO. OF NO. OF PERSONS

YEAR CONVICTIONS CONVICTED

2011 23 30
2012 26 32
2013 26 35
2014 59 62
2015 44 53
2016 33 36
2017 (31 May 2017) 22 12
SOURCE: DOJ
The Plan’s thematic areas of
focus are:
•Women’s Economic
Empowerment,
•Women’s Social Development
Rights,
•Gender in Justice, Peace and
Security,
•Gender in Environment and
Climate Change, and
•Gender-Responsive
Governance.
•Vulnerable Groups
 NOTABLE GAD PROGRAMS
Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program
Agenda ni Juana
• Improved education, awareness-raising and women’s
participation in gender-responsive climate change adaptation
and disaster risk reduction and management towards building
resilient communities.
• Improved access to justice of victims of abuse and violence,
especially women and girls with disabilities and other
vulnerable groups
• Expanded access to affordable comprehensive women's
health care and services
• Improved access to land, water, capital, markets, and
enterprise technologies in rural and urban areas
• Improved information dissemination on government
programs and services for realizing gender equality and the
empowerment of all women and girls and their human rights
Agenda ni Juana
• Improved convergence of efforts in building peaceful, safe and
violence-free communities
• Improved protective and welfare assistance for distressed
female migrant workers
• Increased women's participation and leadership in decision-
making positions
• Strengthened social protection for workers in the informal
economy and other vulnerable groups
• Institutionalized provision of women and child-friendly spaces
in evacuation centers
Agenda ni Juana
• Ensured gender and culture sensitivity of educational and
training institutionsat all levels
• Proper utilization of the Gender and Development (GAD)
Budget
• Improved gender-responsiveness of business and trade
policies
• More positive portrayal of women in all forms of media
 WAYS FORWARD

• Drumbeat the Agenda ni Juana and ensure

that all are incorporated/ mainstreamed in the
plans and programs of all government
agencies
• Ensure that gender and the SDGs are
incorporated in the Philippine Development
Plan
Gender-Related SDG Indicators

Goal 5: Achieve gender equality

and empower all women and
girls

Targets: 9

Indicators: 14