Approving and adopting the philippine plan for gender-responsive development, 1995 to 2025

Case Overview and Summary

Summary of Executive Order No. 273

Approving and Adopting the Philippine Plan for Gender-Responsive Development, 1995 to 2025

- Recognizes the role of women in nation-building and ensures fundamental equality before the law of women and men, as mandated by the Constitution. (Preamble)
- Approves and adopts the "Philippine Plan for Gender-Responsive Development, 1995-2025" (hereinafter referred to as the Plan). (Section 1)

Directives to Government Agencies:

- Take appropriate steps to ensure full implementation of the policies, strategies, and programs outlined in the Plan. (Section 1.1)
- Institutionalize Gender and Development (GAD) efforts by incorporating GAD concerns in their planning, programming, and budgeting processes, specifically:
    - Include/incorporate GAD concerns in the formulation, assessment, and updating of their annual agency plans, inputs to medium/long-term development plans, and inputs to sectoral performance assessment reports, public investment plans, and other similar documents. (Section 1.2.1)
    - Incorporate and reflect GAD concerns in their agency performance commitment contracts, annual performance reports to the President, annual agency budget proposals, and work and financial plans. (Section 1.2.2)

Roles and Responsibilities:

- The National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW), in coordination with the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), shall:
    - Monitor the implementation of the Plan by various government agencies. (Section 2.1)
    - Conduct periodic assessment and updating of the Plan every six years or upon every change in national leadership. (Section 2.2)
- The NCRFW is authorized to issue orders, circulars, or guidelines for the implementation, coordination, monitoring, assessment, and updating of the Plan, and may constitute inter-agency committees for these purposes. (Section 3)
- The heads of concerned agencies and their respective offices, with the assistance of their Women in Development (WID)/GAD Focal Points, if any, are responsible for mainstreaming GAD in their agencies. (Section 4)

Funding:

- The initial amount necessary for the implementation of the Plan shall be charged against the appropriations of government agencies authorized to be set aside for the purpose under Republic Act No. 7845, including sources from bilateral/multilateral agencies/organizations or official development assistance (ODA) pursuant to Republic Act No. 7192. (Section 5)
- Budgetary requirements for succeeding years shall be incorporated in General Appropriations Bills to be submitted to Congress. (Section 5)

Effectivity:

- This Executive Order shall take effect immediately. (Section 6)