SEC. 25. Right to Representution and Partieipalion
The State shall ensure womens partieyaton im poley-making
or decision-making bodics in the regoal,
national, and
international levels. It shall also ensure the participation ot
grassroots women leaders in decision and policy-making bodies
in their respeetive sectors includung. but not limited to, the
Presidential Agrarian Refornm Council (PARC) and its local
counterparts: community-bascd resource anagement bodies or
mechanisms on forest management and stewardship; the
National Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Couneil
(NFARMC) and its local counterparts; the National Conission
on Indigenous People: the Presidential Commission tor the
Urban Poor; the National Anti-Poverty Commission; and, where
applicable, the local housing boards.
SEC. 26. Right to Information. - Access to inlormation
regarding policies on women, including programs, projects, iand
funding outlays that affect them, shall be ensured.
SEC. 27. Social Protection.
(a) The Social Security System (SSS) and the
Corporation (Philllealth) shall
Philippine
Health
Insurance
support indigenous and community-based social protcction
Schemes.
(b) The State shall institute policies and programs that
seek to reduce the
poverty and vulnerability to risks and
enhance the social status and rights of the marginalized women
by promoting
and
protecting livelihood and employment,
protecting against hazards and sudden loss of incomc, and
improving people's capacity to
manage risks.
(c) The State shall endeavor to reduce and eventually
eliminate transfer costs of
remittance from abroad
appropriate bilateral and multilateral agreements. throug
It
likewise provide access to
remittances
in line with
national
investment
opportunities shal
for
development
cfforts.
26