CHR Gender Ombud guidelines : promoting gender equality and women's empowerment under the MCW (RA 9710) and related laws.

This publication was produced in collaboration with the Spanish Cooperation through the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID). The content thereof is sole responsibility of the Commission on Human Rights and does not necessarilty reflect the position of AECID.

Chapter I: The Commission on Human Rights and its mandate in the promotion of gender equality and women empowerment -- Chapter II: Definition of terms -- Chapter III: CEDAW and the Magna Carta of Women -- Chapter IV: Definitions and dimensions of discrimination -- Chapter V: Investigating human rights violations against women and persons with diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions -- Chapter VI: Procedure in investigating complaints -- Chapter VII: Legal aid services -- Chapter VIII: Case referral mechanisms -- Chapter IX: Monitoring under the MCW -- Chapter X: Gender Ombud advisories -- Chapter XI: Human rights promotion and advocacy -- Annex 1: Areas of responsibility -- Annex 2: Rights and empowerment -- Annex 3: Protocols -- 3.A. Handling of women’s cases (Protocol 1) -- 3.B. Handling cases of girl children (Protocol 2) -- 3.C. Handling of cases involving persons with diverse sexual orientation and gender identity and expression (Protocol 3) -- Annex 4: Monitoring templates.