State
shall
accord
women
the
protection,
opportunities available to every memberrights,
of society.
and
The State affirms women's
rights as human rights and shall
intensify its efforts to fulfill its duties under international
and
domestic law to recognize, respect, protect,
fulfill, and promote
all human rights and fundamental
freedoms of women,
especially marginalized women, in the economic, social,
political, cultural, and other fields without distinction or
discrimination on account of class, age, sex, gender,
language,
ethnicity, religion, ideology, disability, education, and status.
The State shall
provide the necessary mechanisms to enforce
women's rights and adopt and undertake all legal measures
necessary to foster and promote the equal opportunity for
omen to participate in and contribute to the development of
the political, economic, social, and cultural realms.
The State, in ensuring the full integration of women's concerns
in the mainstream of development, shall provide ample
opportunities to enhance and develop their skills, acquire
productive employment and contribute to their families and
communities to the fullest of their capabilities.
In pursuance of this policy, the State reaffirms the right of
women in all sectors to participate in policy formulation,
planning. organization, implementation, management,
and evaluation of all programs, projects, and
and
services. It shall support policies, researches, technology,
monitoring,
services such as financing,
training programs and other support
active participation of
production, and marketing to encourage
women in national development.
SEC. 3. Principles of Human Rights of Women
inalienable. All people in the
and
universal
rights
of human rights is
World are entitled to them. The universality
Universal
of Article 1 of the
encompassed in the words
human
which states that all
Declaration of Human Rights,
Human
are
and rights.
Deings are free and equal in dignity
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