Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1992, published 79th ILC session (1992)

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Philippines (Ratification: 1960)

The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in reply to its previous direct request.

1. The Committee notes with interest the launching and implementation of the Philippine Development Plan for Women (1989-1992). In this regard, it notes the efforts undertaken by the National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women to ensure the implementation of the Plan through the institutionalisation of gender-sensitive or responsive development planning and programming, including, among other things, an emphasis on gender consciousness raising and training. It further notes that, in response to the Development Plan, the Department of Labor and Employment included in its 1990-92 Agenda for Social Justice the reorientation of programmes to enhance full participation of women in the labour force and the promotion of women's access to training and career guidance services. The Committee requests the Government to supply information on the impact and evaluation of the Development Plan as it relates to the promotion of equality of opportunity and treatment between men and women in employment and occupation and the results achieved in this regard.

2. The Committee notes from the information attached to the Government's report that numerous House and Senate Bills are pending which concern the promotion of equality of opportunity and treatment between women and men in employment and occupation on topics such as the provision of day-care centres, sexual harassment, the granting of paternity leave, and the establishment of implementing national machinery to ensure equality of opportunity for women. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the status of the relevant Bills and to supply copies of any texts adopted as well as any implementing guidelines.

3. The Committee notes with interest the recent adoption of the Women in Development and Nation-Building Act and requests the Government to supply a copy of this Act with its next report, as well as to provide relevant information on its implementation.

4. Further to its previous comments concerning the special civil service examinations to qualify members of the cultural communities for appointment to the civil service with a view to facilitating their integration and accelerating the development of the areas occupied by the cultural communities, the Committee notes from the Government's report that for the positions of Regional Cultural Community Officer (RCCO), Cultural Community Employee (CCE) and Cultural Community Officer (CCO), specialised written examinations have been given in 1989. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information on the manner in which this programme promotes the employment of members of the cultural communities in the civil service. It further requests the Government to supply information on any other promotional measures, legislative or administrative, taken or contemplated to promote equality of opportunity in access to employment and training for the country's national minorities.