State of the Filipino Women

National Women’s Day Conference

Jose Rizal Hall, PICC
March 8, 2019
 GLOBAL GENDER GAP INDEX
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
1 ICELAND 1 ICELAND 1 ICELAND 1 ICELAND 1 ICELAND

2 FINLAND 2 NORWAY 2 NORWAY 2 FINLAND 2 FINLAND

3 NORWAY 3 FINLAND 3 FINLAND 3 NORWAY 3 NORWAY

4 SWEDEN 4 SWEDEN 4 SWEDEN 4 SWEDEN 4 SWEDEN

5 NEW ZEALAND 5 NEW ZEALAND 5 IRELAND 5 IRELAND 5 PHILIPPINES

6 SOUTH AFRICA 6 IRELAND 6 NEW ZEALAND 6 NEW ZEALAND 6 IRELAND

7 DENMARK 7 DENMARK 7 DENMARK 7 DENMARK 7 NEW ZEALAND

8 IRELAND 8 LESOTHO 8 PHILIPPINES 8 PHILIPPINES 8 DENMARK

9 PHILIPPINES 9 PHILIPPINES 9 LESOTHO 9 NICARAGUA 9 SWITZERLAND

10 LESOTHO 10 SWITZERLAND 10 SWITZERLAND 10 SWITZERLAND 5 NICARAGUA

SOURCE: THE GLOBAL GENDER GAP REPORT2

 GLOBAL GENDER GAP INDEX
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
1 ICELAND 1 ICELAND 1 ICELAND 1 ICELAND 1 ICELAND

2 FINLAND 2 NORWAY 2 FINLAND 2 NORWAY 2 NORWAY

3 NORWAY 3 FINLAND 3 NORWAY 3 FINLAND 3 SWEDEN

4 SWEDEN 4 SWEDEN 4 SWEDEN 4 RWANDA 4 FINLAND

5 DENMARK 5 IRELAND 5 RWANDA 5 SWEDEN 5 NICARAGUA

6 NICARAGUA 6 RWANDA 6 IRELAND 6 NICARAGUA 6 RWANDA

7 RWANDA 7 PHILIPPINES 7 PHILIPPINES 7 SLOVENIA 7 NEW ZEALAND

8
8 IRELAND 8 SLOVENIA 8 IRELAND 8 PHILIPPINES
SWITZERLAND

9 PHILIPPINES 9 SLOVENIA 9 NEW ZEALAND 9 NEW ZEALAND 9 IRELAND

10 BELGIUM 10 NEW ZEALAND 10 NICARAGUA 10 PHILIPPINES 10 NAMIBIA

SOURCE: THE GLOBAL GENDER GAP REPORT3

2019 Population Projections

53.7M 54.7M

SOURCE: 2019 Fact Sheet on Women and Men in the Philippines, PSA
2015-2020 Projected Life Expectancy at Birth

75.9 years 69.6 years

SOURCE: 2019 Fact Sheet on Women and Men in the Philippines, PSA
Education
 2018 Distribution of the Population 6 Years Old
and Over by Highest Educational Attainment (%)
Educational Attainment Women Men
No Education 4.3 4.6
Some Elementary 19.3 23.3
Completed Elementary 11.5 12.1
Some High School 14.9 15.6
Completed High School 24.8 23.4
Post Secondary 3.0 2.6
College or Higher 22.3 18.3

SOURCE: 2019 Fact Sheet on Women and Men in the Philippines, PSA
 2017-2018
Enrolment in Tertiary Education

1,439,421 1,179,335

SOURCE: 2019 Fact Sheet on Women and Men in the Philippines, PSA
Number of TVET Graduates (2017)

1,020,705 890,204

SOURCE: TESDA, 2019 Fact Sheet on Women and Men in the Philippines, PSA
Unpaid Care Work
OXFAM’s 2017 Household Care Survey report
(Philippines, Uganda, and Zimbabwe)

• 541 respondents in low-

income and rural areas of the
Philippines

• Filipino women spent more

time on care work than
women in the other settings.
But Filipino men also tended
to spend more time on care
work compared to other men
SOURCE: Infrastructure and Equipment for Unpaid Care Work: Household survey findings from the Philippines, Uganda and Zimbabwe – 2017 Household Care Survey report
Employment
 Labor Force Participation Rate

2018 46.6% 75.1%

2017 46.2% 76.2%
SOURCE: 2019 and 2018 Fact Sheet on Women and Men in the Philippines, PSA
Number of Overseas Filipino Workers (2017)

1,255,000 1,084,000
Age group with the
Largest Proportion
of OFWs
25-29 45 and over
SOURCE: 2019 Fact Sheet on Women and Men in the Philippines, PSA
 Employment and Earnings
of currently married age 15-49
Employed in the With cash earnings decide With cash earnings decide
12 months before with their husbands how on their own how their own
the survey their own earnings are earnings are used
used

NDHS 2017
58% 54% 43%
NDHS 2013
61% 51% 46%

SOURCE: NDHS 2013 and 2017

Health
RPRH Annual Report
2017 Maternal, Newborn, Child Health
and Nutrition Statistics
• 78% of pregnant women delivered in
health facilities

• 87% received antenatal care

• Maternal mortality remains high

• Infant, child, and under-5 mortality

rates decreased but sluggish since
2008
SOURCE: RPRH ANNUAL REPORT 2017
 Negotiating Sexual Relations
of currently married aged 15-49 (NDHS 2017)
• 87% can say no to their husband if
they do not want to have sexual
relations

• 75% can ask their husband to use a

condom

• 54.3% currently married women aged

15-49 using contraception
(55% in the NDHS 2013)
SOURCE: NDHS 2013 and 2017
 Teenage Pregnancy (NDHS 2017)
9% of girls aged 15-19 years old
have begun childbearing
10% of girls aged 15-19 have begun childbearing (NDHS 2013)

Childbearing rises rapidly with age,

from 1% at age 15 to 22% at age 19

Rural teens start childbearing

< slightly earlier than urban teens
Source: NDHS 2017
HIV/AIDS & ART Registry of the Philippines

HIV Diagnoses
8,533 cases (Jan – Sep 2018)

Sep 2018: 28% (271/954) among the

youth, 93% male youth, almost all
through male-male sexual contact

From January 1984 to September 2018, 16,654

(28%) of the reported cases were 15-24 years old

Source: HIV/AIDS & ART Registry of the Philippines June and September 2018
Full and Intensified
Implementation
National Family
Planning Program
Provision of family planning
commodities, community-based
management information system,
family planning in hospitals and
other health facilities, financial
security in family planning
Violence Against
Women
Violence Against Women (NDHS 2017)

One in four
women aged 15-49 (24.4%) has
experienced physical, sexual
or emotional violence
committed by their husband or
partner
NDHS 2017

15 %
experienced
such violence in
the 12 months
preceding the
survey
NDHS 2017

2 in 5 (40%)
ever-married women
who experienced
spousal or sexual
violence in the year
preceding the survey
sustained an injury
NDHS 2017
Percentage of Ever-Married Women Who
Experienced Spousal Violence
35

30
29
26
25
24

20

15

10

0
NDHS 2008 NDHS 2013 NDHS 2017
Spousal Violence
NDHS 2008, 2013, 2017
Percentage of Women Aged 15-49 Who Ever Experienced
Marital/Spousal/Intimate Partner Violence
25
as covered by RA 9262
22.6
21.5
20.4
20

15 14.4
12.7
11
10
8
5.3
5 4

0
Emotional Physical Sexual
2008 2013 2017
NDHS 2017

9 % of ever-married women aged 15-49

reported that their current
husband/partner
demonstrated
controlling behaviors:
• Jealousy or anger if she talks to
other men
• Accusations of her being
unfaithful
• Limited her contact with family
and friends
• Privy to where she is at all times
NDHS 2017

17 %
of women aged 15-49
have experienced
physical violence
since age 15
NDHS 2008, 2013, 2017
Percentage of Women Aged 15-49 Who Ever
Experienced Violence
25

20.1 19.6
20
17
15

10 8.7
6.3
5
5

0
Physical Sexual
2008 2013 2017
NDHS 2017

Two in five (41%)

women aged 15-49
have never sought
help to end the violence
or told anyone about the
violence
NDHS 2017

One in four (25%) told someone

about the violence but did not seek help
NDHS 2017

Only one-third (34%) sought help

to stop the violence
NDHS 2017

8 in 10
women are aware that
they can get help from
the Barangay VAW Desk
or the PNP Women and
Children Protection Desk
(WCPD)
NDHS 2017

Women aged 15-49 are aware:

74 % of Barangay Protection Orders

60% of Temporary Protection Orders

56% of Permanent Protection Orders
Protection from Violence
Out of 42,044 barangays,
90% have VAW desks

SOURCE: NATIONAL BARANGAY OPERATIONS OFFICE, DILG, DECEMBER 2018

 VAW Desk Functionality
25,435 Barangays Assessed
6%
26%
PROGRESSIVE BASIC

17%
IDEAL

51%
MATURE

SOURCE: DILG, NOVEMBER 2018

 Gender-Based Violence (GBV)
Observatory
• GBV documentation is only initiated when the
women engage the formal systems of redress or
access services needed

• State-level documentation is always focused on the

“point of entry data”

• Availability of extensive quantitative and qualitative

data but not all of these information are captured in
forms submitted to municipal, provincial
governments
Gender-Fair Media
 Pick-up Artists (PUA) Academy

Provides services to “boost men’s confidence” by conducting

lecture-seminars and selling books that teach men the strategies
to seduce and to pick-up women in various places.
Image Source: https://www.facebook.com/PUAacademy/
“Pepedederalismo” Video

Trivialized and objectified women’s bodies

Image Source: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2018/08/07/1840473/robredos-lawyers-mulling-cases-vs-pepederalismo-blogger
Sexual Harassment Accusations

Mandatory pregnancy testing

Image Source: http://www.missearth.tv and http://www.pcc.edu.ph

#SafeCities
Anti-sexual harassment in
public spaces ordinances
Anti-Catcalling Radio Plugs
Inclusive Media
Non-discriminatory and non-derogatory
portrayal of women in media and film

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Participation and
Representation
 Inventory of Government
Human Resources (Career Service)
as of August 31, 2017

1st Level 2nd Level Total

192,106 168,643 400,681 808,155 592,787 976,798

53% 47% 33% 67% 38% 62%

50
Source: CSC
 Career Executive Service Statistics
AS OF
AS OF
INDICATOR JUNE 30,
2016 FEB 28, 2019

TOTAL NO.
OF CES 2,735 2,686
POSITIONS
TOTAL NO. OF
OCCUPIED CES 1,986 1,116
(56.2%)
870 1,906 1,084 822
POSITIONS (73%) (43.8%) (71%) (57%) (43%)
TOTAL NO. OF 749 780
VACANT CES
POSITIONS (27%) (29%)

Source: CESB
Cabinet Secretaries
2 out of 22 (9%)
cabinet secretaries are
women under the
Duterte Administration:
– Department of
Education
– Department of
Tourism
Source: http://www.philippineembassy-usa.org/
 INCUMBENT MEMBERS OF THE
GOCC GOVERNING BOARDS

NO. % NO. %
TOTAL: 913
175 19.2% 738 80.8%

SOURCE: GOVERNANCE COMMISSION FOR GOCCS AS OF JULY 20, 201753

Judges of 1st and 2nd level Courts
as of December 31, 2016

972 806
(55%) (45%)

Total: 1,778
Source: http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/gender-data/oca-oas.html
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

55
SOURCE: COMELEC, SEPTEMBER 3, 2016 and OFFICIAL GAZETTE
 2019 Elections
Senatorial Candidates

Total: 63

11 (17%) 52 (83%)

Source: COMELEC
 Number of Candidates and Elected Candidates in the
Provincial and City/Municipal Level by Sex,
May 9, 2016 Elections

NO. % PROVINCIAL NO. %

390 17 Candidates 1,904 83
188 20 Elected 750 80
CITY/MUNICIPAL
8,112 19 Candidates 33,579 81
3,586 21 Elected 13,222 79

57
SOURCE: COMELEC, SEPTEMBER 3, 2016 and OFFICIAL GAZETTE
 Percentage of Elected Women Candidates:
2007, 2010, 2013 & 2018 Barangay and SK Elections
Punong Barangay Barangay Kagawad SK Chair

44.1
43.8

35.5
29.8
24.9

27
24.1

20.4
18.4
16.1
15.4

2007 2010 2013 2018

Note: No Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) election in 2013
SOURCE: COMELEC
Women in Business Report
By Grant Thornton International Ltd.

2018 2019
47% 37.46%
Proportion of
women in
senior
management
Top 3 Roles:
Human Resources Director (75%), Chief Finance Officer (66%), and
Chief Operating Officer (53%)
SOURCE: 2019 Women in Business report by Grant Thornton International Ltd
Sports
Disaster and Crisis
 Protection and security
“women-friendly spaces” & “hygiene kits”
by DSWD, UNFPA, LGUs since 2012

64
Gender-responsive disaster and climate change actions

65
Image Source: Rappler
Peace and Security
Peace and Development
National Action Plan on
Women, Peace & Security (NAP-WPS)
2010-2016 and 2017-2022

67
PCW-OPAPP Joint Memorandum
Circular No. 2014-01: Integration
of Women, Peace and Security
Programs, Activities and Projects
(PAPs) in Annual Gender and
Development (GAD) Plans and
Budgets (GPBs) and Gender and
Development Accomplishment
Reports (GAD ARs)

68
 RA 11054
Bangsamoro
Organic Law
for ARMM

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Laws & Policies
 Republic Act 11210 or
105-Day Expanded Maternity Leave Law
Approved on February 20, 2019

• Grants women 105-day paid

maternity leave

• Solo mothers can avail an

additional 15 days

• Option to share 7 out of the

105 days to the father of
the child
 Republic Act 11227 or
Handbook for
OFWs Act of 2018
Approved on February 22, 2019

Shall serve as a ready reference

for migrant workers when they
need to assert their rights and
responsibilities
 Republic Act 11166 or
HIV and AIDS
Policy Act of 2018
Approved on December 20, 2018

Multi-sectoral approach to
prevent the spread of HIV, and
ensure access to HIV and AIDS-
related services “by eliminating
the climate of stigma and
discrimination” on patients
 Republic Act 11223 or
Universal Health
Care Act
(Kalusugan Pangkalahatan)
Approved on February 20, 2019

Accessible, efficient, equitably

distributed, adequately funded, fairly
financed, and appropriately used by
an informed and empowered public
 Republic Act 11228
An Act Providing for the
Mandatory PhilHealth
Coverage for all Persons with
Disability (PWDs), Amending
the Magna Carta for PWDs
Approved on February 22, 2019

“The PhilHealth shall develop

exclusive packages for PWDs that will
address their specific health and
development needs.”
Labor Advisory No. 10, s. 2018
Entitlement of Kasambahay to
Other Statutory Leave Benefits
and Labor Standard Benefits

Kasambahay shall be entitled to the

Special Leave Benefit (RA 9710),
Solo Parent Leave (RA 8972),
VAWC Leave (RA 9262) aside from
the existing Service Incentive Leave
granted under the Labor Code
DSWD MC no. 04, s. 2019
Omnibus Guidelines in the
Implementation of the Social
Pension for Indigent Senior
Citizens
Provides a unified direction to DSWD
field offices, in partnership with LGUs,
to ensure an effective and efficient
implementation of the Social Pension for
Indigent Senior Citizens program
 DSWD MC no. 02, s. 2018
Revised Mainstreaming Guidelines
of the Modified Conditional Cash
Transfer (MCCT) Beneficiaries to
the Regular Conditional Cash
Transfer (RCCT) Program

Provides procedures for DSWD

regional offices and their
corresponding provincial and
city/municipal operations office in
mainstreaming the MCCT
beneficiaries to RCCT
Ways Forward
 Women’s Priority Legislative Agenda

Amending the Anti-Rape Law Decriminalizing Adultery and Concubinage

Equal Rights in Marriage

Women’s Political Participation Expanding the Anti-Sexual and Family Relations
Harassment Law
 Women’s Priority Legislative Agenda

Recognizing Sexual Abuse

and Focusing on the Violence
and Abusive Conduct as
Providing Measures for the Transition Anti-Prostitution
Grounds for Legal Separation
from the Informal to the Formal Economy

Upholding the Right to

Life and Security of Anti-Discrimination Based on Divorce
Spouses and Daughters Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
 Reiterate and Respond
(from Asia-Pacific NGO Caucus on Beijing +25, 2019)

• Intersectionality
• Inclusivity – focus on margins
• Inter-movement Solidarity
• Intergenerational Movement
• Communications – authenticity and diversity,
guided by sincerity
• Feminist Leadership
State of the Filipino Women
National Women’s Day Conference
Jose Rizal Hall, PICC
March 8, 2019
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