50 Monitoring Under the MCW CHAPTER IX: Monitoring Under the MCW T he Magna Carta of Women and its Implementing Rules and Regulations designated the Philippine Commission on Women as the primary policy-making and coordinating body on women and gender equality concerns. It also mandated the PCW as the overall monitoring body and oversight to ensure its implementation81. evaluate the implementation of the act. PCW has already developed indicators on the implementation of the MCW, which the CHR has adopted. Baseline Data The IRR recognizes that since the law is a “comprehensive compilation of the duties of the State to the women of the country, all agencies and LGUs shall conduct their own monitoring of the effectiveness of their programs, it then requires NGAs and other instrumentalities to submit progress reports on the implementation of MCW to PCW within January of every year. Local Government Units are likewise required to submit to DILG a progress report on the implementation of the Act within January of every year. The law requires the consolidation of baseline data culled from the baseline reports of National Government Agencies (NGAs) and instrumentalities and LGUs on women’s human rights based on MCW provisions. The consolidation of baseline data is crucial in the monitoring of the progress, implementation, and impact of MCW. In coming up with their reports, the MCW encourages the gathering of reports on implementation from CSOs and the private sector and the use of PCW developed indicators on MCW. Engagement with regional and local development councils for the purpose of the implementation and monitoring of the MCW is likewise encouraged. Efforts are underway for the creation of the baseline data. The NGAs, offices, bureaus, and other government instrumentalities shall submit baseline reports to the PCW. The LGUs shall submit reports to the DILG, which shall then submit to PCW. The Commission, as Gender Ombud, shall encourage submission of baseline data, and shall call the attention government instrumentalities and LGUs that failed to provide inputs. Submission to Congress and Recommendations Monitoring Mechanisms Section 41 of the IRR provides for monitoring of the progress, implementation and impact of the MCW and provides for the following: Implementation Reports The MCW mandates PCW and CHR to develop an effective and efficient system to monitor and The law provides that PCW, in coordination with other state agencies and the CHR, shall consolidate all annual reports and prepare an assessment report for submission to the Committee on Oversight of the Congress every three (3) years. The assessment report shall highlight the results of the implementation of MCW and its impact on the status and human rights of women. The PCW shall take note of non-compliance of agencies and shall make recommendations for the Committee’s appropriate action. On the basis of the monitoring jointly conducted by PCW and the CHR, policy advisories on women’s 81 Secs. 38-39 IRR. CHR Gender Ombud Guidelines