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. 53 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

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