T. "Special leave benefits for women" refers to a
female employee s leave enttlement ot two (2) months with ful1
pay
pay
from
her
employer
following
based
on
her
gross
monthly
caused by gynecological
disorders, provided that she has rendered continuous aggregate
employment service of at lcast Six (6) months for the last 12
compensation
surgery
months;
U. "Substantive Equality" re fers to the full and equal
and freedoms contemplated under the Act.
enioyment of rights
and de facto equality and also equality in
It encompasses de Jure
outcomes;
of
"Temporary Special Measures" refers to a variety
and
regulatory
legislative, executive, administrative,
aimed at accelerating this de
instruments, policies, and practices
in specific areas. These measures shall
facto equality of women
V.
not
but shall in
be considered discriminatory
way entail as a
separate standards.
no
maintenance of unequal or
consequence the
have
shall be discontinued when their objectives
They
been
achieved
military, police and other similar
the
employed in the military, both in
W. "Women in the
services" refers to women
major and technical services, who
are
performing combat and/or
and
the State,
functions, providing security to
forms of threat. It also
protecting the people from various
institutions.
includes women trainees in all military training
the Philippine
Police and similar services include, among others,
Bureau
National Police (PNP), Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP),
non-combat
of
National Bureau
Management and Penology (BJMP),
Enforcement Agency
Investigation (NBI), Philippine Drug
functions and
(PDEA), other agencies with law enforcement
private security agencies;
of Jail
to the provision,
X. "Women's Empowerment" refers
services,
and
and accessibility of opportunities,
availability,
ODservance of human rights through life-cycle and rights-based
participate and
approach which enable w o m e n to actively
Ontribute
to
and
the political, economic, social,
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cultural