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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 77 - APPROVING
AND ADOPTING THE FRAMEWORK PLAN FOR WOMEN [2001-2004] AND INTENSIFYING
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 5% BUDGET PROVISION FOR GENDER AND
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS
WHEREAS,
Section 14, Article II of the Constitution provides “The State
recognizes the role of women in nation-building, and shall ensure the
fundamental equality before the law of women and men”;
WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 7192 entitled “Women in Development and
Nation Building Act” mandating agencies to ensure that women benefit
equally and participate directly in the development programs and
projects of government, and Executive Order No. 273 series of 1995
entitled “Philippine Plan for Gender-Responsive Development (PPGD)
1995-2025” were signed pursuant to the Constitutional proviso;
WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 273 mandates and authorizes the National
Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW) to coordinate and
monitor the implementation of the PPGD;
WHEREAS, the General Appropriations Act from 1995 to the present,
mandates all departments including their attached agencies, offices,
bureaus, agencies, state universities and colleges, government-owned
and controlled corporations (GOCCs), and other government
instrumentalities, to formulate a Gender and Development (GAD) Plan,
the cost of which shall be at least five percent (5%) of the agency’s
total budget appropriations;
WHEREAS, NCRFW was directed by the President to formulate a Framework
Plan for Women to advance and guarantee the concretization of the
policy on women and development women’s empowerment and gender equality
and equity;
WHEREAS, the Framework Plan for Women is a time-slice of the Philippine
Plan for Gender-Responsive Development (PPGD), 1995-2025 and shall
serve as a guide for national government agencies and Local Government
Units in the formulation of their respective GAD Plans and budgets;
WHEREAS, the Framework Plan for Women, 2001-2004 was formulated after a
series of consultations, coordination and cooperation with various
government agencies, non-government organizations, local government
units, and members of the academe.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
order and direct the following:
Section 1.
Sec. 2.
They shall likewise submit their annual reports on the implementation
of the GAD Plan to the DBM, Congress, and the NCRFW indicating the
accomplishments and amounts utilized/disbursed for the projects and
programs;
Sec. 3.
Sec. 4.
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Sec. 7.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and caused the seal of the
Republic of the Philippines, to be affixed.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 6th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Two.
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