a. The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) shall issue the Emancipation Patent
(EP) and Certificate of Land Ownership Award (CLOA),to all qualified beneficiaries
regardlessof sex,civil status, or physical condition. In order to protect the rights
oflegally married spouses where properties form part of the conjugal partnership
of gains or absolute community property, the namesofboth shall appearin the EP
and CLOAprecededbythe word “spouses." In unions where parties are notlegally
married, the namesofboth parties shall likewise appear in EP and CLOA with the
conjunctive word “and" betweentheir names;
b. DAR shall screen bonafide agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs). As such, either
spouseorpartyin a relationship whoindividually possessqualifications shall have
theright to identification, screening and selection of ARBs;
c. Inno case shall a womanbe excludedeitherin thetitling of the land or issuance of
stewardship contracts and patents on the accountofsex, being married, or being
in a union without marriage to an agrarian reform beneficiary;
d. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) shall issue
Certificate of Stewardships in the name of both spouses whoshall then be co-
stewardsofthe land;
e. The DENR shall ensure that women,regardlessofcivil status, shall enjoy equal
rights as menin the filing, acceptance, processing, and approval of public land
applications;
f.
All concerned agencies shall review and revise their judicial and administrative
forms, harmonize their database, and generate sex-disaggregated information; and
g. The Land Registration Authority (LRA) shall comply with the provisions of the Act
and these Rules and Regulations.
. Equal treatment shall be given to women and men beneficiaries of the agrarian reform
program, wherein the vested right of a womanagrarian reform beneficiary is defined
by a woman's relationship totillage,i.e., her direct and indirect contribution to the
developmentofthe land. Further:
a. The DAR,in coordination with other concerned agencies,shall develop guidelines
that will recognize women's paid and unpaid work as bases for her direct and
indirect contribution in the developmentof the land; and
b. Both spouses and parties shall be accorded equal rights and accessin availing of
supportservices as providedforin agrarian reform laws,without discrimination of
sex.It shall be the joint and mutualobligation and responsibility of both spouses
and parties that the support services extended to them by DAR,DA, and other
concerned agenciesbefully and exclusively utilized for the intended purpose.
. Customary rights of womento the land, including access to andcontrol ofthe fruits
and benefits, shall be recognized in circumstances where private ownership is not
possible, such as ancestral domain claims. Further:
a. Property rights under customary lawsshall be respected as long as they are not
discriminatory to women;
b. The management and utilization of forest resources shall provide equal
opportunities for men and women to participate and share in attendant
responsibilities and benefits;
c. In developing Comprehensive Development and Management Plans (CDMP),
Industrial Forest Management Agreement(IFMA) holders shall integrate gender
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