CHAPTER 8 KEY RECOMMENDATIONS T he CHR echoes the call of the CEDAW Committee on the need to accelerate substantive equality for women, taking into account the needs and vulnerabilities of women facing multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination. Towards this goal, the Commission recommends the following: ON POLICY / LEGISLATIVE MEASURES 1. For the State to identify responsible agencies, and to strategize and implement the concluding observations of the CEDAW and the CESCR Committees; 2. For the concerned government agencies to act on the recommendations of the Commission contained on the National Inquiry on Reproductive Health Report, including recommendations on the amendment /review of discriminatory policies and decisions to ensure that the State and LGU policies are consistent with the State’s obligation under CEDAW and the CESCR; 3. For the Congress to revisit the MCW and to include punitive sanctions for acts of discrimination not falling within the coverage of other laws on women, but which nevertheless constitute discrimination against women and are direct violations of the rights enumerated therein; 4. For the Legislature to formulate, propose and enact legislations to address and provide remedies for emerging forms of VAW including sexual harassment and violence committed through and via social media and the ICT; violence against women in the form misogyny and hate speech; and violence directed to women but connected to wider struggles for self-determination, as in the case of violence directed against indigenous and Moro women; 5. For the Commission on Elections to ordain and institute a code of conduct for candidates aspiring for public office and political parties to respect and adhere to human rights principles and standards, be gender-sensitive, and adopt platforms that promote the human rights, particularly of women; and