Monitoring Under the MCW
human rights shall be issued in accordance with
Chapter X of these Guidelines.
Related Issuances
As overall monitoring body, PCW issued several
issuances in order to determine compliance with
the provisions of MCW. These issuances include the
PCW-NEDA-DBM Joint Circular (JC) No. 2012-01
or Guidelines in the Preparation of the Annual GAD
Plan and Budget and GAD Accomplishment Report to
Implement the Magna Carta of Women and the PCWDILG-DBM-NEDA: Joint Circular 2013-01 Guidelines
on the Localization of the Magna Carta of Women.
Other agencies are likewise mandated to perform
oversight functions in relation to the provisions of the
MCW. Under Joint Memorandum Circular 2013-01
by the PCW-DILG-DBM and NEDA, the following
are the roles of oversight agencies:
1) Department
Government
of
Interior
and
Local
The circular mandates the DILG to consolidate
approved Local Government Units Gender Plan and
Budgets as well as GAD Accomplishment Reports
for monitoring and evaluation purposes. The DILG
shall also monitor and evaluate LGU compliance on
the following mechanisms which shall be reflected in
consolidated reports. The matters to be monitored are
the following:
i. Formulation and implementation of LGU
GPBs and GAD
ii. Utilization of the 5% GAD Budget
iii. Formulation of the GAD Code
iv. Creation / re-organization and functionality
of GFPS or similar GAD mechanism
v. Establishment of the LGU GAD Database
vi. Organization and functionality of Local
Councils for the Protection of Children
(LCPCs)
vii. Functionality of VAWC Office/Desk and
Women’s Shelter
viii. Mainstreaming gender perspectives in the
PDPFP/CLUP/CDP/AIP/ELA
ix. Functionality of the GAD Office/Unit, if any
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x. Creation of Local Media Boards
Conduct appropriate response to the
recommendation of the Commission on Human
Rights (CHR) on the non-compliance of LGUs to the
provisions of the MCW including non-compliance to
the policy;
2. The Department of Budget and Management
(DBM):
a. Provide technical assistance to LGUs to
ensure that they adopt a gender-responsive
and performance-based approach to LGU
budgeting;
b. Assist the PCW, DILG and NEDA
in the enhancement and updating of
existing guidelines and tools on genderresponsive planning and budgeting, gender
mainstreaming, gender audit and/or gender
assessment at the local level;
c. Ensure that Major Final Outputs, indicators and
targets of the LGUs under their Organizational
Performance Indicator Framework (OPIF) are
gender-responsive; and
d. Assist the PCW, DILG and NEDA in the
development of a monitoring and evaluation
system to monitor the GAD budget utilization
of LGUs.
3. The National Economic and Development
Authority (NEDA) shall:
a. Assist the PCW, DILG and DBM in
the enhancement and updating of
existing guidelines and tools on genderresponsive planning and budgeting, gender
mainstreaming, gender audit and/or gender
assessment at the local level;
b. Develop mechanisms, in consultation with
PCW, DILG, DBM, concerned agencies
and other stakeholders, to ensure that the
5% -30% allocation of funds received from
ODA-funded projects of foreign governments
and multilateral agencies are achieved and
CHR Gender Ombud Guidelines