T. "Special leave benefits for women" refers to a female employee s leave enttlement ot two (2) months with ful1 pay pay from her employer following based on her gross monthly caused by gynecological disorders, provided that she has rendered continuous aggregate employment service of at lcast Six (6) months for the last 12 compensation surgery months; U. "Substantive Equality" re fers to the full and equal and freedoms contemplated under the Act. enioyment of rights and de facto equality and also equality in It encompasses de Jure outcomes; of "Temporary Special Measures" refers to a variety and regulatory legislative, executive, administrative, aimed at accelerating this de instruments, policies, and practices in specific areas. These measures shall facto equality of women V. not but shall in be considered discriminatory way entail as a separate standards. no maintenance of unequal or consequence the have shall be discontinued when their objectives They been achieved military, police and other similar the employed in the military, both in W. "Women in the services" refers to women major and technical services, who are performing combat and/or and the State, functions, providing security to forms of threat. It also protecting the people from various institutions. includes women trainees in all military training the Philippine Police and similar services include, among others, Bureau National Police (PNP), Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), non-combat of National Bureau Management and Penology (BJMP), Enforcement Agency Investigation (NBI), Philippine Drug functions and (PDEA), other agencies with law enforcement private security agencies; of Jail to the provision, X. "Women's Empowerment" refers services, and and accessibility of opportunities, availability, ODservance of human rights through life-cycle and rights-based participate and approach which enable w o m e n to actively Ontribute to and the political, economic, social, 51 cultural