88 Rights and Empowerment and assistance on claiming rights to land, (5) equal rights to the enjoyment, use and management of land, water, and other natural resources including fisheries and aquatic resources. Other provisions provide for women’s access to women friendly and sustainable agriculture and on the control and management of means of production including among others, access to seeds production and the catch and production of aquamarine resources.128 Priority shall be given to women in the production, distribution, processing, trading, credit, marketing, information and technology; as well as appropriate trainings shall be provided on agricultural and aquatic resource management. These are enshrined in various laws, particularly the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1997, (RA 8435) and the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program with Extended Reform (RA 9700), which ensure the equality of women to land tenural rights. 2. In relation to right to housing (sec. 21) The State shall develop housing programs for women that are localized, simple, accessible, with potable water, and electricity, secure, with viable employment opportunities and affordable amortization. In this regard, the State shall consult women and involve them in community planning and development, especially in matters pertaining to land use, zoning, and relocation.129 However, there is no specific provision on women with regard the right to housing under the Urban Development and Housing Act of 1992 (RA 7279). Nonetheless, even in the absence of a law specifically protecting this right, it is incumbent upon government agencies directly concerned to ensure that right to a decent and affordable housing, and adequate protection is provided to women especially in urban areas against arbitrary and inhuman eviction; to guarantee as well preferential right to resettlement or relocation sites especially to solo parents. Right to housing, like any other personal rights, is an individual right and not collective; hence, a woman may not be excluded from entitlement to a home in a relocation site merely on account that hers, e.g. single-headed unit, does not fall within the traditional definition of a qualified “family.” And it is not even among those four eligibility criteria for Socialized Housing Program Beneficiaries that the law enumerated.130 In fact the Solo Parents’ Welfare Act of 2000 (RA 8972), provides social housing projects with liberal terms of payment to solo parents.131 (See Section 4 for definition of a solo parent.) The Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF) Law of 2009 or Pag-ibig Law (RA 9679), on the other hand requires mandatory coverage of all employees. On voluntary basis, individuals may be covered. The law offers an array of benefits that are available to members in general; this includes the granting of housing loan.132 Wives are by default dependants of their husbands. Lamentably, the majority of women, who are mostly either poor or marginalized, are unaware of the socialized housing the State provides, and many of them are not even members. This poses serious concerns because women in this sector choose to live under conditions below the minimum standard of quality housing. With regard indigenous women, the State mandates that they should be provided full access to housing services.133 3. In relation to the right to decent work (sec. 22) The section provides that the State shall progressively realize and ensure decent work standards for women that involve the creation of jobs of acceptable quality in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity. It includes a portion on the protection and promotion of the rights of migrant 130 Sec. 16, RA 7279: To qualify for the socialized housing program, a beneficiary (a) Must be a Filipino citizen; (b) Must be an underprivileged and homeless citizen, as defined in Section 3 of this Act; (c) Must not own any real property whether in the urban or rural areas; and (d) Must not be a professional squatter or a member of a squatting syndicates. 131 See sec. 10, RA 8972. 128 Sec. 20(b), Magna Carta for Women. 132See sec. 11, RA 9679. 129 Sec. 21, id. 133Sec. 26, RA.8371, or the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act CHR Gender Ombud Guidelines