In the Philippines, not many of us know about the international treaties that our government has signed into. One of the conventions which the Philippines has ratified is the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women or CEDAW for short.
The Philippines, being one of the signatories of CEDAW, is legally bound to put into practice the 30 provisions of the convention. This means that our country is supposed to create a local law that will pave the way for the implementation of the convention and concretize the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms of women, and with this, we have passed the Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children or commonly known as VAWC. CEDAW's provisions also affirms the reproductive rights of women, and also because of our commitment to CEDAW, the Reproductive Health Bill has finally been signed into as law even after much debate and objection.
You can visit the UN website for the complete text of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.
