World Bank2014-04-152014-04-152014-03https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17794Just as development means less poverty or better access to justice, it also means fewer gaps in wellbeing between males and females. Women's empowerment and gender equality are development objectives in their own right, as embodied in the Millennium Development Goals. It is espoused as well in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), ratified by the Philippines in 1981; the convention established a comprehensive framework for the advancement of women and has been mainstreamed in the Magna Carta of Women, RA 9710. Gender equality is smart economics: it can enhance economic efficiency and improve other development outcomes in three ways: first, removing barriers that prevent women from having the same access as men to education, economic opportunities, and productive inputs can generate broad productivity gains. Second, improving women's absolute and relative status contributes too many other development outcomes, including those for their children. Third, leveling the playing field, where women and men have equal chances to become socially and politically active, make decisions, and shape policies, is likely to lead to more representative, and more inclusive, institutions and policy choices and thus to a better development path.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABORTIONACCESS TO EDUCATIONADOLESCENT PREGNANCIESADOLESCENTSADVANCEMENT OF WOMENAGRARIAN REFORMANTENATAL CAREARMED CONFLICTBABIESBOTH SEXESCANCERCENSUS OF POPULATIONCHILD HEALTHCHILD LABORCHILD MORTALITYCHILD MORTALITY RATECHILDBEARINGCHILDBIRTHCHILDREN PER WOMANCITIZENSCIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONSCONDOMCONDOMSCONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCECONTRACEPTIVE USECULTURAL PRACTICEDEMOCRACYDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCEDEVELOPMENT GOALSDEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVESDISABILITYDISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMENDISSEMINATIONDIVORCEDOMESTIC VIOLENCEDRUGSECONOMIC EMPOWERMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIESECONOMIC STATUSELDERLYELDERLY POPULATIONELEMENTARY EDUCATIONEMPOWERMENT OF WOMENENROLMENT RATIO FOR GIRLSEQUAL OPPORTUNITIESEQUAL OPPORTUNITYEQUAL RIGHTSEXPERIENCED VIOLENCEFAMILY HEALTHFAMILY MEMBERSFAMILY PLANNINGFAMILY RESPONSIBILITIESFERTILITYFERTILITY RATEFERTILITY RATESFIRST BIRTHFIRST MARRIAGEFOOD INSECURITYFOOD SECURITYFORMS OF DISCRIMINATIONGENDER DIFFERENCESGENDER DISPARITIESGENDER EQUALITYGENDER GAPGENDER GAP IN EDUCATIONGENDER INEQUALITIESGENDER ISSUESGENDER MAINSTREAMINGGENDER PARITYGENDER PARITY INDEXGIRL CHILDGOVERNMENT AGENCIESGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROSS ENROLMENT RATIOGROSS NATIONAL PRODUCTHEALTH CENTERSHEALTH FACILITIESHEALTH INSURANCEHEALTH PROBLEMSHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH SYSTEMHIVHOSPITALHOUSEHOLD ASSETSHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RIGHTSIDEAL FAMILY SIZEIMMUNIZATIONINCIDENCE OF POVERTYINCOME INEQUALITYINDIGENOUS PEOPLESINEQUITIESINFANTINFANT MORTALITYINFANT MORTALITY RATEINFORMED CHOICESINHERITANCEINTERNATIONAL COOPERATIONINVESTMENT IN CHILDRENINVESTMENTS IN EDUCATIONJOB CREATIONLABOR CODELABOR FORCELABOUR FORCELABOUR MARKETLACK OF AWARENESSLAND TENURELEGAL STATUSLEGISLATIVE CHANGESLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLEVELS OF EDUCATIONLIFE EXPECTANCYLIVE BIRTHSLIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIESLOCAL AUTHORITIESMANDATESMARRIED WOMENMASS COMMUNICATIONMATERNAL DEATHSMATERNAL MORTALITYMATERNAL MORTALITY RATEMETHOD OF FAMILY PLANNINGMIDWIFEMIGRATIONMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMOTHERNATIONAL AIDSNATIONAL GOVERNMENTNATURAL DISASTERNATURAL DISASTERSNEED FOR FAMILY PLANNINGNEWS AGENCYNURSEOLDER WOMENOWNERSHIP OF LANDPEACEPLAN OF ACTIONPOLICIES ON GENDERPOLICY MAKERSPOOR FAMILIESPOPULATION DIVISIONPOPULATION GROWTHPOPULATION GROWTH RATEPOPULATION PROJECTIONSPOPULOUS COUNTRIESPOSTNATAL CAREPREGNANCYPREGNANCY COMPLICATIONSPREVENTION METHODSPRIMARY HEALTH CAREPRIMARY HEALTH CARE SYSTEMPROGRESSPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC POLICYREMITTANCESREPRODUCTIVE AGEREPRODUCTIVE HEALTHREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CAREREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICESREPRODUCTIVE ROLESREPRODUCTIVE ROLES OF WOMENRESPECTRESPONSIBLE PARENTHOODRURAL AREASSAFE WATERSAFETY NETSSCHOOL CHILDRENSCHOOL ENROLMENTSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSECURITY SITUATIONSEXSEXUAL ACTIVITYSEXUAL INTERCOURSESEXUAL ORIENTATIONSEXUAL PARTNERSEXUAL RISKSEXUALITYSIGNIFICANT POLICYSKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANTSSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL SERVICESTEENAGE PREGNANCIESTERTIARY EDUCATIONTERTIARY LEVELTETANUSTRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTTRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTSUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT LEVELSUNEMPLOYMENT RATESUNFPAUNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR WOMENUNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUNDUNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATIONURBAN AREASURBAN DEVELOPMENTURBAN POPULATIONURBAN SLUMSVIOLENCE AGAINST WOMENWOMANWORKING-AGE POPULATIONSWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONWORLD POPULATIONYOUNG ADULTYOUNG PEOPLEYOUNG WOMENYOUTH DEVELOPMENT10.1596/17794