Executive Order 348
Executive Order 348
MANILA
WHEREAS, Article II, Section 14, of the 1987 Constitution provides that “The
State recognizes the role of women in nation-building, and shall ensure the fundamental
equality before the law of women and men;”
WHEREAS, the Philippine Development Plan for Women for 1989 to 1992 was
formulated through the efforts of various government agencies and non-governmental
organizations;
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Executive Order 348
4. The NCRFW is hereby authorized, upon consultation with the President, to
issue orders, circulars or guidelines as may be necessary in the implementation,
coordination and monitoring of the Plan, as well as in its assessment and updating. For
these purposes, the NCRFW may constitute the appropriate inter-agency committees.
5. The initial amount necessary to implement the Plan for Calendar Year 1989
shall be charged against the appropriate funds of the government agencies concerned and
from any available lump sum fund under Republic Act No. 6688 as may be determined
by the Department of Budget and Management. Appropriations for succeeding years
shall be incorporated in the budget proposals for Congressional action.
Done in the City of Manila, this 17th day of February in the year of Our Lord,
nineteen hundred and eighty-nine.
By the President:
WHEREAS, Executive Order. No. 348 (EO 348) issued by the Office of President
on February 17, 1989 approved and adopted the Philippine Development Plan for
Women (PDPW) for 1989 to 1992;
WHEREAS, EO 348 also directed the creation of focal points for women’s
concerns in each department to ensure the implementation and monitoring of
implementation, review and updating of programs and projects identified in each sector
of the Plan;
Focal points for women’s concerns or other similar mechanisms shall be created
in each department, bureau, office, agency, or instrumentality of the government,
including government-owned or controlled corporations to ensure the PDPW’s
implementation, monitoring, review and updating in each agency. Recognizing that a
careful study on the nature of such focal points or mechanisms is necessary, interim focal
points shall be created and these shall be modified based on lessons, insights and
experiences gained during their initial operation.
1.1 Each focal point for women’s concerns shall have the following
functions:
Each focal point shall take the lead and coordinate the conduct of a
detailed review and evaluation of the agency’s current policies and strategies
relative to the identified priority needs/concerns of its women employees as
well as those of the women within its area of sectoral responsibility, and as to
their impact on women, including the extent of women’s participation either
as workers or beneficiaries of existing programs and projects of the agency.
This review shall also identify problem areas, issues and gaps aside from
those already identified in relevant chapter/s of the PDPW. Taking into
consideration the primacy of needs being addressed and the number of women
involved or benefitted, priority programs shall be identified which may either
be programs that need to be continued or expanded as they positively improve
the situation of women, or those in need of reformulation to make them more
sensitive and responsive to women’s particular situation and needs.
All duly designated members of each focal point shall undergo gender
consciousness training with the NCRFW.
2.3 The NCRFW shall likewise provide all necessary guidelines to facilitate
the work of the focal points in the various agencies.
4. The NCRFW shall, from time to time, issue other guidelines as may be
necessary to ensure the effective implementation of the plan.