to ensure that it will be an effective
the program accordingly
this Act and attaining its objectives.
strategy for implementing
All departments, including their attached agencies, offices,
bureaus, state universities and colleges, government-owned and
controlled corporations, local government units, and other
government instrumentalities shall adopt gender mainstreaming
as a strategy to promote women's human rights and eliminate
gender discrimination in their systems, structures, policies,
programs, processes, and procedures which shall include, but
not limited to, the following:
(a) Planning, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation for
GAD. GAD programs addressing gender issues and concerns
shall be designed and implemented based on the mandate of
government agencies and local government units, Republic Act
No. 7192, gender equality agenda of the government and other
GAD-related legislation, policies, and commitments. The
development of GAD programs shall proceed from the conduct
of a gender audit of the agency or the local government unit and
a gender analysis of its policies, programs, services and the
situation of its clientele; the generation and review of sexdisaggregated data; and consultation with gender/women's
rights advocates and agency/women clientele. The cost of
implementing GAD programs shall be the agency's or the local
government unit's GAD budget which shall be at least five
percent (5%) of the agency's or the local government unit's total
budget appropriations.
Pursuant to Republic Act No. 7192, otherwise known as the
omen in Development and Nation
Building Act, which
allocates five percent (5%) to thirty
of overseas
percent (30%)
development assistance to GAD, government agencies receiving
official
development assistance should ensure the
proper utilization of such funds to
that
complement
the
government
allocation and
gender-responsive
GAD funds and
programs
annually
report accomplishments thereof to the National Economic and
Development
Authority
(NEDA)
and
the
Philippine
Commission on Women (PCW). The utilization and outcome of
the GAD budget shall be annually monitored and evaluated in
terms of its success in influencing the
gender-responsive
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