The National action plan 2023-2033 adopts a whole-of-nation approach and aims to strengthen government collaboration with civil society organizations, ensuring its effective implementation that will result into meaningful impacts on the lives of women in all their diverse and intersecting identities, especially those in conflict-affected and vulnerable areas, recognizing their diverse and intersecting identities.
The Sunset Review of the NAPWPS 2017–2022 highlighted key achievements, including increased women’s participation in peace processes, particularly in the Bangsamoro. Women played vital roles in the decommissioning process, peace negotiations, and the drafting of the Bangsamoro Organic Law. Their concerns were integrated into major peace agreements, ensuring resources and programs for their welfare. Civil society organizations actively supported WPS initiatives, especially in conflict-affected areas. Security agencies also advanced gender responsiveness through institutionalized policies and mechanisms, reflecting growing recognition of women’s critical role in peacebuilding and sustaining inclusive peace efforts in the country.
Gender Equality Policies
- Republic Act No. 9710 (Magna Carta of Women of 2009)
- Republic Act No. 9262 (Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004)
- Republic Act No. 8353 (Anti-Rape Law of 1997)
- Republic Act No. 11313 (Safe Spaces Act or Bawal Bastos Law)
- JMC 2012-01🡪PCW-NEDA-DBM Joint Memorandum Circular No. 2012-01: Guidelines the Preparation of Annual Gender and Development (GAD) Plans and Budgets and Accomplishment Reports to Implement the Magna Carta of Women
- JMC 2013-01🡪PCW-DILG-DBM-NEDA Joint Memorandum Circular No. 2013-01: Guidelines on the Localization of the Magna Carta of Women
- JMC 2014-01🡪 PCW-OPAPP Joint Memorandum Circular No. 2014-01: Integration of Women, Peace and Security Programs, Activities and Projects in Annual GAD Plans and Budgets and GAD Accomplishment Reports
- BARMM RAPWPS 2020-2022
- BARMM RAPWPS 2023-2028
key WPS Reports
- Indicators Handbook for the NAPWPS 2023-2033
- Women, Peace and Security: A Study on the Initiatives to Implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (2016)
- National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security Implementation: The Philippine Experience (2016)
Focal Point
Secretary Carlito G. Galvez Jr. – Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity