laWs,
and design of policics,
objectives
and other measures to promote
the
of the Act.
SECTION 9. Duties of
State
the
Agencies and
duties of the State shall extend to all
instrumentalities at all levels, and
These
nstrumentalities
offices, and
state agencies,
-
-controlled corporations, subject to the
government-owned and
policies, or administrative
Constitution and pertinent laws,
state agencies and
define specific duties of
guidelines that
entities concerned.
This chapter shal be
SECTION 10. Suppletory Effect
and be suppletory to other provisions of
deemed integrated into
those that guarantee specific rights to
the Act, particularly
conduct of
and define specific roles and require specific
-
women
State organs.
RULE IV
RIGHTS AND EMPOWERMENT
SECTION 11. Human
the Constitution and those
Rights of Women
-
rights recognized under
All
rights in
international
and ratified by the Philippines, in
of women under
consonance with Philippine law, shall be rights
these Rules and Regulations to be enjoyed without
instruments
duly signed
discrimination.
SECTION 12. Protection from
Violence -
The State
all forms of
of
ensure that all women shall be protected from
shall
violence as provided for in existing laws. Agencies
government shall give priority to the defense and protection of
against gender-based violence and help women attain
Justice and healing. To attain the foregoing, the following
women
measures shall be
pursued:
A. Within the next five (5) years, there shall be an
incremental increase in the recruitment and training of women
the
police force, forensics and medico-legal, legal
services,
and social work services availed of by women who are victims
gender-related offenses until fifty percent (500) ot tne
O
personnel thereof shall be women. To implement this measure,
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