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Magna Carta des femmes des Philippines (RA 9710, 2009) — Budget genre obligatoire de 5 % pour tous les organismes publics

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La Magna Carta des femmes (RA 9710, 2009) impose aux Philippines ≥5 % de chaque budget d'organisme public aux programmes Genre et Développement. En 2023, PHP 807,6 Mds (23 % du budget national) ont été fléchés vers le GAD ; tous les organismes déposent des plans genre annuels.

807.64 PHP billion

Budget affecté au GAD (2023)

442.5 PHP billion

Fonds GAD effectivement utilisés (2023)

Details

Maturity: Established
Promoter: Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) / Department of Budget and Management (DBM)
Period: 2009–present
Keywords: public sector, gender-responsive budgeting, governance, gender mainstreaming

Context

La Magna Carta of Women des Philippines (RA 9710, 2009) exige de chaque agence gouvernementale nationale, société publique et gouvernement local qu'ils consacrent au moins 5 % de leur budget annuel à des programmes en faveur du genre et du développement (GAD) ; la Commission philippine sur les femmes (PCW) publie des directives obligatoires et examine les plans et rapports GAD des agences.

Results

Dans le budget national 2023, 807,64 milliards de pesos philippins (23 % des 3 513 milliards de pesos philippins de crédits nationaux) ont été affectés à des initiatives GAD, selon le ministère du Budget et de la Gestion.

Conclusions

L'évaluation indépendante PEFA (2025) a constaté que l'utilisation effective des fonds GAD affectés s'élevait à 442,5 milliards de pesos philippins (13 % du total), révélant un écart entre l'affectation budgétaire et le décaissement ; l'annexe genre du PEFA 2025 classe néanmoins la gestion des finances publiques sensible au genre des Philippines parmi les plus institutionnalisées d'Asie du Sud-Est.

Implementation

Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.

Data sources

Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.

C-NAPSE web research — accessed 2026-06-23
Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) / Department of Budget and Management (DBM) — accessed 2026-06-23
Philippine Commission on Women — GAD Budget Reports — accessed 2026-06-23
PEFA 2025 — Philippines Gender-Responsive Public Financial Management Annex — accessed 2026-06-23
DBM — Gender-Responsive Budgeting speech (PHP 807.64 bn, 2023) — accessed 2026-06-23

Quality score: 85/100

How is this calculated?

Evidence: Observational / pre–post

Top 22% in this catalogue (719 scored practices)

Scores cluster high, so position within the catalogue is often more telling than the number alone.

Evaluation

Evaluated by C-NAPSE

Score profile — the dimensions behind the score — how it's computed

Transferability / replicability2/3

The 5% GAD budget mandate has been cited by UN Women and World Bank as a model for gender-responsive budgeting in Asia; Vietnam and Indonesia have studied it, though cross-country uptake remains partial.

Impact on gender equality1/1

PHP 807.6 bn tagged for GAD in 2023 (23% of national budget); mandatory sex-disaggregated data requirement has measurably improved gender statistics infrastructure across all agencies.

Effectiveness1/1

PCW enforces the 5% minimum by refusing to endorse non-compliant plans; the PCW-DBM-NEDA joint circular mechanism has standardised planning and reporting across government.

Efficiency1/1

The 5% floor is a low-cost compliance mechanism; standardised GPB template reduces agency burden; however, actual GAD disbursement (PHP 442.5 bn vs PHP 807.6 bn tagged) indicates an execution gap.

Evaluated outcomes1/1

PEFA 2025 Gender Annex (independent international assessment), triennial MCW Assessment Reports to Congress, and annual PCW GPB data provide multi-source evaluation evidence.

Sustainability1/1

Institutionalised through the budget cycle for 15+ years; PCW-DBM-NEDA joint circulars updated regularly; no legislative repeal attempts recorded since 2009.

Achievement / evidence1/1

PHP 807.6 bn GAD-tagged in 2023; all government agencies required to have annual GAD plans and focal points; triennial congressional reporting establishes accountability.

Gender-mainstreaming embedding1/1

This mechanism IS gender mainstreaming by statutory definition — mandatory for every government agency, corporation, and local unit in the Philippines.

Curator validation0/1

Not yet validated by a C-NAPSE human curator.

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