“Together with my colleagues, we fortified this important piece of legislation to safeguard the rights and welfare of women in our nation,” she said.
With Senator Pia Cayetano as principal sponsor and all other co-sponsors of Senate Bill 2396 and House Bill No. 4273, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo then signed the document into law after it had been approved by the 14th Congress.
The law provides for necessary mechanisms to enforce women’s rights and adopt and undertake all legal measures necessary to foster and promote equal opportunity for women to participate in and contribute to the development of the political, economic, social, and cultural realms.
The Magna Carta of Women is also in consonance with the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) an international treaty to which the Philippines has been a signatory since July 15, 1980.
