GADS Zamboanga City

Laws and Policies

The City Government of Zamboanga, as a hub for Gender Equality and Women Empowerment, pushed for the passage of significant policies way back in 1999 aimed to institutionalize Republic Act No. 7192 otherwise known as “Women in Development and Nation-Building Act” and further institutionalize Republic Act No. 9710 otherwise known as Magna Carta of Women, to include all related national laws and international treaties. Gender and Development Advocacy in Zamboanga City has been in existence since July 26, 1999, formally created through Executive Order No. L-30-99 as a committee, a vehicle for mainstreaming GAD in the local government programs, plans and activities.

International Laws and Treaties

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

Beijing Platform for Action of (1995 Beijing China)

National Laws

PCW-DILG-DBM-NEDA JMC 2024-01 - Revised Guidelines on the Localization of Magna Carta of Women

Proclamation No. 224- Declaring the week of March of every year as Women's Week and March 8, 1988, and every year thereafter as Women's rights and International Peace Day.

Proclamation No. 731- "National Awareness Week For The Prevention Of Child Sexual Abuse And Exploitation"

Proclamation No. 759- "Protection And Gender-Fair Treatment Of The Girl Child Week"

Proclamation No. 847 -Declaring Every Fourth Sunday Of September As Family Thanks Giving day

Proclamation No. 976- Declaring The Period January To December 1997 as the Anti-Migrant Trafficking Year

Proclamation No. 1105 -Declaring October 15, 1977, And Of Every Year Thereafter as "National Rural Women's Day”

Proclamation No. 227- Providing for the Observance of the Month of March As " Women's Role in History Month"

Proclamation No.1172 Declaring November 25 to December 12 Of Every Year As the "18-Day Campaign To End Violence Against Women"

Executive Order. 348- Approving And Adopting the Philippine Development Plan For Women for 1989 To 1992

Executive Order No. 21- Adopting a National Code Of Marketing Of Breastmilk Substitutes, Breastmilk Supplements And Related Products, Penalizing Violations Thereof, And For Other Purposes

Executive Order No. 209- The Family Code of the Philippines

Executive No. 273- Approving and Adopting the Philippine Plan for Gender- Responsive Development, 1955 to 2025

Executive No. 275- Creating A Committee for the Special Protection of Children from all forms of Neglect, Abuse, Cruelty, Exploitation, Discrimination and Other Conditions Prejudicial to their Development

Executive No. 329-Designating The National Council of Women of The Philippines (NCWP) As One Of The Lead Monitoring Arm Of Non-Governmental Organizations Effective Implementation (NGOS) for The Effective implementation The Global Platform For Action And The Philippine Plan For Gender-Responsive Development In The NGO And Private Sector

Executive No. 368- Amending Executive Order 356 Dated 12 August 1996 Which Provides for the Implementing Guidelines on the Institutional Arrangements To Fasttrack SRA Localization, Include The National Council On The Role Of The Filipino Women In The Membership Of The Social Reform Council

Executive No.167- Strengthening the Philippine Commission on Women, Further Amending Executive Order No. 288 (S. 1994) as Amended for the purpose

City Ordinances

City Ordinance No. 764 (2025) - Revised Child Welfare Code of Zamboanga City

City Ordinance No. 719 (2025) - Safe Spaces Ordinance of Zamboanga City

City Ordinance No. 663 (2024) - Zamboanga City HIV, AIDS, and STIs Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support Ordinance of 2022

City Ordinance No. 580 (2022) - The 2022 Revised Gender and Development Code of Zamboanga City

City Ordinance No. 579 (2022) - Free Eye Examination for PWD and Senior Citizen

City Ordinance No. 543 (2020) - Comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Ordinance of Zamboanga City

City Ordinance No. 450 (2016) - Amending C.O. 412 (GAD Code of Zamboanga City)

City Ordinance No. 425 (2014) - Breastfeeding in the Workplace

City Ordinance No. 412 (2013) - The Gender and Development Code of Zamboanga City

City Ordinance No. 356 (2010) - Barangay GAD Focal Committee

Executive Orders

Executive Order No. JD 2024-002 - Reconstituting and Strengthening of the GAD Focal Point System of the City Government of Zamboanga

Executive Order No. JD 2023-067 - Creation of Safe Spaces Ordinance TWG

Executive Order No. JD 2023-015 - Reconstituting and Strengthening of the GAD Focal Point System of the City Government of Zamboanga

Executive Order No. JD 2022-049 - Reconstituting and Strengthening of the GAD Focal Point System of the City Government of Zamboanga

Executive Order No. BC 505-2019 - Reconstituting and Strengthening of the GAD Focal Point System of the City Government of Zamboanga

Administrative Orders

Administrative Order No. JD 2024-005 - Gender and Development Database in the City Government of Zamboanga

Administrative Order No. BC 138-2022-A - Gender-Fair Language Policy in the City Government of Zamboanga

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