Gender and Development Mainstreaming : Country Gender Assessment 2012, Philippines

Just as development means less poverty or better access to justice, it also means fewer gaps in wellbeing between males and females. Women's empowerment and gender equality are development objectives in their own right, as embodied in the Millennium Development Goals. It is espoused as well in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), ratified by the Philippines in 1981; the convention established a comprehensive framework for the advancement of women and has been mainstreamed in the Magna Carta of Women, RA 9710. Gender equality is smart economics: it can enhance economic efficiency and improve other development outcomes in three ways: first, removing barriers that prevent women from having the same access as men to education, economic opportunities, and productive inputs can generate broad productivity gains. Second, improving women's absolute and relative status contributes too many other development outcomes, including those for their children. Third, leveling the playing field, where women and men have equal chances to become socially and politically active, make decisions, and shape policies, is likely to lead to more representative, and more inclusive, institutions and policy choices and thus to a better development path.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014-03
Subjects:	ABORTION, ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ADOLESCENT PREGNANCIES, ADOLESCENTS, ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN, AGRARIAN REFORM, ANTENATAL CARE, ARMED CONFLICT, BABIES, BOTH SEXES, CANCER, CENSUS OF POPULATION, CHILD HEALTH, CHILD LABOR, CHILD MORTALITY, CHILD MORTALITY RATE, CHILDBEARING, CHILDBIRTH, CHILDREN PER WOMAN, CITIZENS, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, CONDOM, CONDOMS, CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE, CONTRACEPTIVE USE, CULTURAL PRACTICE, DEMOCRACY, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, DEVELOPMENT GOALS, DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES, DISABILITY, DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN, DISSEMINATION, DIVORCE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DRUGS, ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, ECONOMIC STATUS, ELDERLY, ELDERLY POPULATION, ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN, ENROLMENT RATIO FOR GIRLS, EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES, EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, EQUAL RIGHTS, EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE, FAMILY HEALTH, FAMILY MEMBERS, FAMILY PLANNING, FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES, FERTILITY, FERTILITY RATE, FERTILITY RATES, FIRST BIRTH, FIRST MARRIAGE, FOOD INSECURITY, FOOD SECURITY, FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION, GENDER DIFFERENCES, GENDER DISPARITIES, GENDER EQUALITY, GENDER GAP, GENDER GAP IN EDUCATION, GENDER INEQUALITIES, GENDER ISSUES, GENDER MAINSTREAMING, GENDER PARITY, GENDER PARITY INDEX, GIRL CHILD, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GROSS ENROLMENT RATIO, GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT, HEALTH CENTERS, HEALTH FACILITIES, HEALTH INSURANCE, HEALTH PROBLEMS, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH SYSTEM, HIV, HOSPITAL, HOUSEHOLD ASSETS, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS, IDEAL FAMILY SIZE, IMMUNIZATION, INCIDENCE OF POVERTY, INCOME INEQUALITY, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, INEQUITIES, INFANT, INFANT MORTALITY, INFANT MORTALITY RATE, INFORMED CHOICES, INHERITANCE, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, INVESTMENT IN CHILDREN, INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION, JOB CREATION, LABOR CODE, LABOR FORCE, LABOUR FORCE, LABOUR MARKET, LACK OF AWARENESS, LAND TENURE, LEGAL STATUS, LEGISLATIVE CHANGES, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LIVE BIRTHS, LIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIES, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, MANDATES, MARRIED WOMEN, MASS COMMUNICATION, MATERNAL DEATHS, MATERNAL MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE, METHOD OF FAMILY PLANNING, MIDWIFE, MIGRATION, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, MOTHER, NATIONAL AIDS, NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, NATURAL DISASTER, NATURAL DISASTERS, NEED FOR FAMILY PLANNING, NEWS AGENCY, NURSE, OLDER WOMEN, OWNERSHIP OF LAND, PEACE, PLAN OF ACTION, POLICIES ON GENDER, POLICY MAKERS, POOR FAMILIES, POPULATION DIVISION, POPULATION GROWTH, POPULATION GROWTH RATE, POPULATION PROJECTIONS, POPULOUS COUNTRIES, POSTNATAL CARE, PREGNANCY, PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PREVENTION METHODS, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, PROGRESS, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC POLICY, REMITTANCES, REPRODUCTIVE AGE, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES, REPRODUCTIVE ROLES, REPRODUCTIVE ROLES OF WOMEN, RESPECT, RESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD, RURAL AREAS, SAFE WATER, SAFETY NETS, SCHOOL CHILDREN, SCHOOL ENROLMENT, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SECURITY SITUATION, SEX, SEXUAL ACTIVITY, SEXUAL INTERCOURSE, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, SEXUAL PARTNER, SEXUAL RISK, SEXUALITY, SIGNIFICANT POLICY, SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANTS, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL SERVICES, TEENAGE PREGNANCIES, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TERTIARY LEVEL, TETANUS, TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT, TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT LEVELS, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, UNFPA, UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR WOMEN, UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND, UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION, URBAN AREAS, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, URBAN POPULATION, URBAN SLUMS, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, WOMAN, WORKING-AGE POPULATIONS, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, WORLD POPULATION, YOUNG ADULT, YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUNG WOMEN, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/03/19342187/republic-philippines-gender-development-mainstreaming-country-gender-assessment-2012 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17794
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