Women in the military shall be accorded the same promotional privileges and opportunities as men, including pay increases additional remunerations and benefits, and awards based on their compctency and quality of performance. Towards this end, the State shall ensure that the personal of women shall always be respected. Women in the military, police, and other similar services shall be provided with the same right to employment as men one equal conditions. Equally, they shall be accorded the same capacity as men to act in and enter into contracts, including marriage. Further, women in the military, police, and other similar services shall be entitled to leave benefits such as maternity leave, as provided for by existing laws. SEC. 16. Portrayal of Women Nondiscriminatory and Nonderogatory in Media and Film. The State shall - formulate policies and programs for the advancement of women in collaboration with government and nongovernment media- related organizations. It shall likewise endeavor to raise the consciousness of the general public in recognizing the dignity of women and the role and contribution of women in the family, community, and the society through the strategic use of mass media. For this purpose, the State shall ensure allocation of space, airtime, and resources, strengthen programming, production, and image-making that appropriately present women's needs, issues, and concerns in all forms of media, communication, information dissemination, and advertising. The State, in cooperation with all schools of journalism, national media information, and communication, as well as the federations and associations, shall require all media their human organizations and corporations to integrate into resource development components regular training on gender gender-based discrimination create and use gender cquality guidelines in all aspects of management, training, cquality and 17