1. Traininginstitutions inall levels shall be made accessible to migrant womenirrespective
oftheir age, ethnicity, religion, class and marital status;
2. Extensive dissemination of available training and scholarship programs for women
migrant workersto facilitate access to such opportunities that will widen their career
options;
3. Languageskills training and culture familiarization on the country of destination as
requirements for departure, including the dissemination of information on available
training providers;
4. Databaseonreturning migrant workers who would wantto avail of skills development
and training; and
5. Measurestoprioritize returning women migrant workers in the various skills training
programsof government, subject to qualification requirements.
Gender Sensitivity Trainings and Seminars — All governmentandprivate training and
learning providers shall develop and implement gendersensitivity training program. In
the conductof said training program,the adoptionofflexible training hours, and gender
sensitive trainingfacilities to include child-care services to accommodate womenworkers
with work responsibilities and family obligations shall be strictly observed.
Equal Opportunities in Scholarships — All concerned agencies and organizations shall
strictly observe criteria on merit and fitness in the grant of scholarships for technical
skills training and developmentespecially in thefield of research and developmentaimed
towards women-friendly farm technology, whetherin the field of agriculture, horticulture,
aquacultureor other similar areas.
Section 28
Right to Representation and Participation — The State shall ensure women's
participation in policy-making or decision-making bodies in the national, regional
andlocallevels.All national government agencies shall ensurethattheir existing participatory
mechanismsshall include adequate representation of women.
A.
Concerned agencies, in cooperation with women's organizations, shall implement
capability-building and leadership formation programs as well as undertake affirmative
action measures to enable grassroots womenleaders to effectively participate in the
decision and policy-making bodies in their respective sectors, including but notlimited
to the following bodies:
1. Presidential Agrarian Reform Council (PARC)andits local counterpartslike the Provincial
Agrarian Reform Coordinating Committee (PARCCOM) and Barangay Agrarian Reform
Committee (BARC);
2. Community-based resource managementbodies or mechanisms onforest management
and stewardship;
3. NationalAgricultural and Fishery Council (NAFC)andits regionalandlocal counterparts;
4. National Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Council (NFARMC) andits
regional and local counterparts;
5. National Commissionon Indigenous Peoples(NCIP);
6. Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP) for membership in its Board of
Commissioners;
7. Local Housing Boards (LHBs), wheneverapplicable; and
8. National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC)Basic Sectoral Councils.
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