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Missing Targets: An alternative MDG midterm report sensitivity to the plight of women (i.e. women whose labor are not given due value, who are sexually abused, who are displaced because of internal armed conflict and exploitative industries), can it be said that indeed there is women representation Facing challenges of gender inequality and inequity What is blatantly obvious from the statistical reports is the fact that gender inequality and inequity persist in Philippine society. The slow pace of development towards gender equality and inequity in the Philippines is a testament to this. Yet, it cannot be denied as well that perhaps, the women’s contribution in political decision-making and in productive enterprises or engagements are not captured very well by the tools of research that intend to measure the indicators of gender equity and empowerment in the Philippines. This may be <strong>one</strong> of the reasons behind NCRFW’s suggestion to improve systems for gender tracking in education, training, employment and in other areas of development. Many Philippine societies are matriarchal in nature. Though women do not take the legitimate political position in households or communities, many women have influenced policies and major decisions in public and private office. Furthermore, many cases of women-led productive efforts in the Philippines, especially in households suffering in poverty, have been heavily documented. Yet, these efforts of women in the nonagricultural sector may have not been given due credit in official measures of gender equity and empowerment. A challenge for monitoring gender equity in the Philippines is how can we actively and innovatively document and contribute to the continuing process of gender mainstreaming, as well as effectively capture valid and reliable measures of gender equity and empowerment. On the other hand, moving onwards to hit the MDG targets may require that policies and programs that restrict access of boys and girls to quality education; women and men to quality employment; and women to meaningful participation in processes of significant decision-making, be reviewed. Applying the principle of gender equity, there is a need to take significant action in ensuring that women get better access to employment opportunities that pay justly for their work, enhance their public participation capacities by developing women leaders who truly represent women’s concerns, and that allow for better access of females to quality education opportunities. Corresponding policies and programs that facilitate equality and equity among women and men that will result from the review will have to be developed and or improved. However, for as long as there is no real recognition of the basic rights of women and men to access quality education, meaningful employment and sustainable livelihoods, and to participate significantly in decision-making processes that matter most to the nation in the programs and policies implemented in the country, the Philippines’ gender and development efforts will not bear the outcomes being aspired for by its advocates. • 66 S O C I A L W A T C H P H I L I P P I N E S
Missing Targets: An alternative MDG midterm report Security among Indigenous Peoples By Victoria tauli-corpuz* There can be no security among indigenous peoples in the Philippines if their inherent right to own, manage and control their lands is not respected. Majority still stay in the rural areas, in most cases, in their own ancestral domain. Researches have shown that as long as indigenous peoples are in control of ancestral lands and waters, they can still survive with their subsistence economies mixed with other economic activities such as small-scale mining, marketing of handicrafts, raising of agricultural products and livestock for local markets. Most of them are neither members of social security schemes like the <strong>Social</strong> Security System (SSS) or the GSIS (Government Security and Insurance System) nor hired in paying jobs. Education services and health services are ruefully inadequate in their territories, which further exacerbates insecurity in their midst. * Victoria Tauli Corpuz is the Chairperson of United Nations (UN) Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Executive Director of Tebtebba (Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy Research and Education), and Convenor of Asian Indigenous Women’s Network (AIWN). S O C I A L W A T C H P H I L I P P I N E S 67
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