TABLE OF CONTENTS PART 1: Revisiting the Legal Framework.... Convention on the Elimination ofAll Formsof Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) ‘CEDAW General Recommendation 26 on Women Migrant Workers Republic Act No. 9710, The Magna Carta of WomenandIts Implementing Rules and Regulations PART 2: The Review Process:Claims by State and Non-State Actors 64th Session Pre-Sessional Workshop Group Meetings...... Philippine Government's Report to the CEDAW Committee Migrant CSOS' Shadow Report To The CEDAW Committee....... 122 Center for Migrant Advocacy's (CMA)Oral Statement in November 2015 131 List of Issues and Questions for the Philippines (LOI) 133 Philippine Government's Written Replies to LOI 138 MA's Written Replies to LO! with a Focus on Women Migrant Workers 135 MA's Oral Statementin July 2016 .... 171 PART3: Concluding Observations and Way Forward wd 2 CEDAW Committee's Concluding Observations and Recommendationsto the Philippine Government. Post-CEDAWReview Forum:Strengthening Women Migrant Workers’Rights ...... 173 -. 186

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