Monitoring Under the MCW
Together with PCW the CHR is mandated to
monitor State’s compliance with the MCW, it is likewise
tasked to regularly submit to Congress, copy furnished
PCW an assessment report of compliance of the Act
with its recommendations. The recommendations
shall include any possible administrative action.
Acting on CHR’s recommendations, the OP, the CSC,
or the concerned agency may, if necessary, issue any
of the following: (a) administrative and/or executive
orders, (b) memorandum circulars, (c) proclamations,
(d) resolutions, and other issuances.
Pursuant to its mandate to monitor compliance with
the law, and in order to regularly submit its assessment
report and the corresponding recommendations
particularly on the implementation of affirmative
actions/temporary special measure provisions, the
Commission shall undertake monitoring both in the
level of its Regional Offices and in the CHR Central
Office. In monitoring compliance with the MCW, the
CHR shall work in close coordination with oversight
agencies like the PCW, the CSC, the DILG and the
COA pursuant to the above reiterated issuances, thus:
1. Reports from LGUs as consolidated by the
DILG shall be submitted to the PCW. Reporting
shall be based on the indicators developed
by PCW and on Under Joint Memorandum
Circular 2013-01 by the PCW-DILG-DBM
and NEDA. The PCW shall thereafter assess
and process the reports, forwarding to the
Commission as Gender Ombud irregularities,
non-compliance, violations or matters for
investigation by the Commission and/or the
issuance of a policy advisory.
2. Consolidated reports from the DBM shall
be submitted to the PCW for compiling,
assessment and analysis. Irregularities
or matters needing the function of the
Commission as Gender Ombud such as the
investigation of the case and/or issuance of
policy advisories shall be transmitted by the
PCW to the CHR.
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the PCW. The PCW shall transmit/refer to
the Commission as Gender Ombud, any
irregularities, non-compliance, violations
of the MCW requiring investigation and/or
policy issuance/ recommendations.
4. All NGAs shall, on the basis of the indicators
developed by PCW and adopted by CHR,
submit its reports to PCW. Following
Section 41 of the MCW IRR, reports shall be
transmitted to PCW within January of each
year. PCW, upon assessment and analysis
shall forward to the Commission as Gender
Ombud gaps, irregularities, non-compliance
and violations, those requiring investigation
and/or issuance of women’s human rights
advisories or recommendations.
The following monitoring mechanism shall not in
any way prevent the Commission from undertaking its
investigation either motu propio or upon complaint of
violations and/or non-compliance with the provisions
of the MCW.
Gender Ombud Monitoring
The Commission, as a National Human Rights
Institution, is mandated to monitor compliance with
the MCW on two levels. First, as Gender Ombud
and as a National Government Agency tasked to
monitor compliance with specific MCW provisions
and indicators, and second, the monitoring of State’s
compliance with its treaty obligations, including
CEDAW, and its implementing legislation, the MCW.
The Commission’s monitoring as Gender Ombud
under the MCW falls within the first section of
this chapter, it likewise requires the Commission’s
monitoring, as a National Government Agency, of
the implementation of the law on the basis of specific
PCW indicators within its purview. Specifically, the
following indicators pertaining to CHR’s function as
Gender Ombud shall be monitored and reported by
the Commission’s Central Office to the PCW.
3. The consolidated results of the audit of GAD
funds and activities shall be submitted to
CHR Gender Ombud Guidelines