COMMITTEE INFORMATION

15th Congress of the Philippines

WOMEN AND GENDER EQUALITY »

JURISDICTION: All matters directly and principally relating to the rights and welfare of women and female children and youth, inclusive of their education, employment and working conditions, and their role in nation building, and all concerns relating to gender equality.

MEMBERSHIP: 55 Members

HOUSE MEASURES REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE

• HB02091 [History] [Text As Filed (PDF), 420k]
  AN ACT GRANTING WOMEN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS AND TO PRIZES OF SPORTS
  Principal Author: SAMBAR, MARK AERON H.
  Status: Tabled by the Committee on 2012-05-15
• HB03962 [History]
  AN ACT AMENDING R.A. 6949, "AN ACT TO DECLARE MARCH EIGHT OF EVERY YEAR AS A WORKING SPECIAL HOLIDAY TO BE KNOWN AS NATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY", TO MAKE THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY A NON-WORKING HOLIDAY
  Principal Author: ILAGAN, LUZVIMINDA C.
  Status: Approved by the House on 2012-03-05, transmitted to on 2012-03-08 and received by the Senate on 2012-03-08
• HB04434 [History] [Text As Filed (PDF), 393k]
  AN ACT DECLARING NOVEMBER TWENTY-FIVE OF EVERY YEAR AS 'NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN'
  Principal Author: ILAGAN, LUZVIMINDA C.
  Status: House adopted SB02080 as an amendment to the house bill 2013-01-21
• HB05734 [History] [Text As Filed (PDF), 98k]
  AN ACT DEFINING THE CRIME OF SEXUAL INFIDELITY AND PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLE 333 (ADULTERY), ARTICLE 334 (CONCUBINAGE) AND ARTICLES 344 AND 345 OF TITLE ELEVEN, BOOK II OF ACT NO. 3815, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE
  Principal Author:
  Status: Business for the day on 2012-02-15
• HB06155 [History] [Text As Filed (PDF), 184k]
  AN ACT ESTABLISHING RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND CRISIS ASSISTANCE CENTERS FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN EVERY PROVINCE AND CITY OF THE COUNTRY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8505, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'RAPE VICTIM ASSISTANCE AND PROTECTION ACT OF 1998'
  Principal Author: AMANTE-MATBA, MA. ANGELICA M.
  Status: Approved by the House on 2012-05-21, transmitted to on 2012-05-23 and received by the Senate on 2012-05-23
• HB06620 [History] [Text As Filed (PDF), 559k]
  AN ACT EXPANDING THE DEFINITION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT, STRENGTHENING THE MECHANISM FOR ITS PREVENTION AND INCREASING THE PENALTIES THEREFOR, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7877, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'ANTI-SEXUAL HARASSMENT ACT OF 1995'
  Principal Author: ILAGAN, LUZVIMINDA C.
  Status: Business for the day on 2012-10-16
• PS00421 [History]
  NEED FOR GOVERNMENT POLICY ON UNSOLVED RAPE CASES COMMITTED BY PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND FOREIGN NATIONALS AGAINST FILIPINAS
  Principal Author: ILAGAN, LUZVIMINDA C.
  Status: Pending with the Committee on RULES since 2012-05-08
• SB02814 [History]
  
  Principal Author:
  Status:

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