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Case Referral Mechanisms
CHAPTER VIII:
Case Referral Mechanisms
A
fter the investigation of acts of
discrimination, violations, or noncompliance with the provisions of the
Magna Carta of Women, the case resolutions shall be
endorsed to the appropriate agencies. The Resolution
of the Commission shall recommend64 sanctions
under administrative law, civil service, or other
appropriate laws to the Civil Service Commission or
the Department of Interior and Local Government.
To serve as a guide in recommending the
appropriate sanctions under administrative law,
civil service of other appropriate laws, this section
summarizes the recommended sanctions under the
Revised Rules on Administrative Cases under the
Civil Service (RRACS) and the Local Government
Code, and the agencies to which the cases shall be
referred. In all instances where the Commission refers
a Resolution to a concerned agency for appropriate
action, including the imposition of the appropriate
sanction, the agency shall have a period of sixty (60)
days from receipt thereof within which act upon the
recommendation. In accordance with Section 42
of the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the
Magna Carta of Women, the concerned agency shall
likewise inform the Commission of the actions it took
on the cases endorsed by the Commission.
Violations/ Non-compliance with the MCW
The following are the violations and/or acts of
discrimination and non-compliances under the MCW.
Acts may be committed by individuals or institutions,
private or public, in such case, the respective heads of
offices shall be made liable pursuant to MCW as well
as individuals directly liable for the violation or acts of
discrimination.
64 Magna Carta of Women, Section 40.
Violations in relation to Women Empowerment
provisions under the MCW
1. Discriminatory Policies and/or practices
2. Discrimination in relation to Education
a. Failure to address gender stereotypes in
materials/curriculum
b. Violation on the prohibition of expulsion/
non-readmission due to pregnancy
c. Failure to establish new scholarships for
marginalized women
3. Women in Sports
a. Offering different awards for women
4. Women in Military
a. Failure to abolish practices that restrict
women
b. Failure to accord some promotional
privileges
c. Failure to accord same rights to
employment
d. Failure to provide leave privileges
e. Harassment and violence, including
verbal and sexual abuses in all stages
of recruitment, training and service in
military, police and other similar services
(Sec. 18, MCW-IRR);
5. Discrimination in relation to right to health
a. Denial of special leave credits for related
gynecological surgeries
b. Denial of Health Services
6. Failure to put up barangay VAWC desks
7. Failure to provide services to WEDC
8. Discrimination in relation to women affected
by disasters, calamities and other crisis
CHR Gender Ombud Guidelines