(d) The State shall establish a health insurance program
for senior citizens and indigents.
(e) The State shall support women with disabilities on a
community-based social protection scheme.
SEC. 28. Recognition and Preservation of Cultural
Identity and Integrity. - The State shall recognize and respect
the rights of Moro and indigenous women to
practice, promote,
protect, and preserve their own culture, traditions, and
institutions and to consider these rights in the formulation and
implementation of national policies and programs. To this end,
the State shall adopt measures in consultation with the sectors
concerned to protect their rights to their indigenous knowledge
systems
and
practices,
traditional
livelihood,
and other
manifestations of their cultures and ways of life: Provided, That
these cultural systems and practices are not discriminatory to
women.
SEC. 29. Peace and Development. -
The peace process
shall be pursued with the following considerations:
(a) Increase the number of women participating in
discussions and decision-making in the peace process, including
membership in peace panels recognizing women's role in
conflict-prevention and peace-making and in indigenous system
of conflict resolution;
(b)
Ensure the
development
and inclusion of women's
welfare and concerns in the peace agenda in the overall peace
strategy
and
women's
participation
in
the
planning,
implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of rehabilitation
and rebuilding of conflict-affected areas;
(c) The institution of measures to ensure the protection
of civilians in conflict-affected communities with special
consideration for the specific needs of women and girls;
the education
peace perspective in
curriculum and other educational undertakings; and
(d) Include the
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