FIFTEENTH CONGRESS )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez and
Representative Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr.

3427
House Bill No,_ 8427

EXPLANATORY NOTE

In 1979 the Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination
Against Women (CEDAW) was convened to mobilize State Parties to take
appropriate against violence against women. This paved the way for the
passage by the UN General Assembly of the Declaration on the Elimination of
Violence Against Women in December 1979 and the Beijing Platform in 1995.

Republic Act No. 9170, otherwise known as the Magna Carta of
Women, was enacted as our country's response to its obligations under the
CEDAW.

Republic Act No. 7877, or Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995;
Republic Act No. 8353, or Anti Rape Law Republic Act No. 8505, or Rape
Victims Assistance and Protection Act of 1998; Republic Act No. 9208, or
Anti-Trafficking in Person Act of 2003 and Republic Act No. 9262, or the Anti-
Violence Against Women and Children Act were also enacted.

The United nations General Assembly, on December 17 1990 adopted
Resolution 54/134 designating November 25 as the International Day for
Elimination of Violence Against Women. Said Resolution invites members of
the United Nation to organize activities designed to raise public awareness of
the problem of violence against women.

This bill proposed that November 25 of every year be observed in the
Philippines as a National Consciousness Day for the Elimination of Violence

against Women and that appropriate mechanisms be made to realize this
effort.

Approval of this bill is earnestly requested.

RUFYS B. Ri IBUEZ

MAXIMO B. RODRIGUEZ, JR.


FIFTEENTH CONGRESS )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES _—)
FIRST REGULAR SESSION )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez and
Representative Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr.

3427
House Bill No. 842 ‘

AN ACT
DECLARING NOVEMBER TWENTY-FIVE OF EVERY YEAR AS THE
NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the
Philippines in Congress assembled:

SEC.1. —_ In recognition of the need to establish a comprehensive
and structured campaign for national consciousness on against violence
against women, November 25 of every year is hereby declared as the
“National Consciousness Day for the Elimination of Violence Women’

SEC. 2. The following activities shall be undertaken in observance
of this occasion:

(a) Heads of government agencies and _instrumentalities,
government-owned and controlled corporations, local government units, and
employers in the private sector shall, together with their employees, organize,
engage, or participate in activities designed to raise public awareness on the
problem of violence against women and the elimination of all forms of violence
against women.

(b) The Philippine Information Agency (PIA) shall be mandated to
allocate a minimum of one (1) hour airtime for programs exclusively raising
Public awareness on the problem of violence against women and the
elimination of all forms of violence against women. Relative thereto all
Kapisanan ng mga Broadkaster ng Pilipinas-affiliated television and radio
networks nationwide are encouraged to allocated airtime for said Programs,

(c) Publisher of local newspapers and magazines are encouraged
to highlight the problem of violence against women and the elimination of all
forms of violence against women.

(4) The Department of Education (DedEd), Commission on Higher
Education (CHED), and Technical Education and Skills Development


Authority (TESDA), in coordination with the Philippine Commission on women
(PCW), women non-governmental organizations, and other non-governmental
organizations advocating for women's human rights, shall lead public and
private school communities at all levels in organizing consciousness raising
activities on the problems of violence against women and the elimination of all
forms of violence against women

SEC The National Statistics Office (NSO), Philippine National
Police (PNP) Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD),
Department of labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Foreign Affairs
(DFA) and all Philippine embassies and consulates shall, in coordination with
the PCW, undertake date gathering and systematization of its database on all
forms of violence against women, including Filipino women working or
residing abroad. These agencies shall consolidated their findings and make a
Teport to the public on the statistics and status of violence against women
every November 25 of each year.

SEC.4. A compliance and monitoring team headed by a duly
designated representative of the PCW shall be created to coordinate and
monitor the implementation of this Act. Said team shall be composed of one
(1) representative from each of the following agencies:

(a) Pow;

() DSwo;
(c) DepEd;
() CHED;

(e) Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG)
() DFA;

(g) | Department of Justice (DOJ);

(h) Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA);
() Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA);

@ Movie and Television Review and Classification Board
(MTRCB); and

(k) Three (3) representatives of non-governmental organizations
from the sectors of women, children and overseas Filipino
workers.

The team shall be headed by the duly designated representatives of
the PCW Members of the team shall received emoluments as may be


determined by the team in accordance with existing budget and accounting
tules and regulations.

SEC.5. Funds for the Implementations of the afore-stated
activities, programs, and projects shall be taken out of the five percent (5%)
Gender and Development budget allotted to all government agencies and
local government units.

SEC.6. If, for any reason, any section or provision of this Act is
held to be unconstitutional or invalid, the validity of other sections herein shall
not be affected thereby.

SEC. 7. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its
Publication in two (2) national newspapers of general circulation.

Approved.