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UDHR ICCPR ICESCR DOMESTIC LAW(S) DOMESTIC ISSUE(S)

Art. 25 Art. 24 Art. 9 SSS Act (RA 1161, RA Minimum wage not
Protection of every Access to social 8282) enough to support a
(1) Right to an child security family
adequate The laws that establish the
standard of living Social Security System A worker who earns
(2) Care and provide the guidelines on minimum wage in the
assistance of how the system is country will only have
mothers and implemented, identifies the around a P150 daily budget
children benefits such as disability, for food according to
maternity, and retirement computations based on the
benefits, and how these Family Income and
can be availed by citizens. Expenditure Survey (FIES)
of the Philippine Statistical
Authority.

Art.10 (2) Barangay-Level Total
Special protection Development and
accorded to Mothers Protection of Children
before and after Act (RA 6972)
childbirth,
Protection of all Provides that children up to
children 6 years of age are entitled
to assistance, proper care
and nutrition, and
protection from abuse. The
programs under the law
include the establishment
(source:
http://www.rappler.com/mo
ve-ph/issues/hunger/87468-
minimum-wage-enough-
daily-nutritious-meals)
High number of
undernourished children
in NCR
A report done by the Food
and Nutrition Research
Institute show that 13% of
children in NCR, under 5
years old, are underweight.
The national average on
the other hand is pegged at
19.9%
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of a daycare center in each

barangay along with (Source:
sanctuaries for abused and http://www.rappler.com/mo
neglected children. ve-ph/issues/hunger/86374-
undernourished-children-
ncr)

Art.11 Act Increasing Maternity Maternal mortality rate

Adequate standard Benefits (RA 7322 still high; the
of living amending RA 1161) Philippines was not able
to achieve its
Provides that pregnant Millennium Development
women can get 60 days Goal (MDG) of 52
maternity leave with pay,
this is increased to 78 days A UN report based on data
for those who will undergo from the UNICEF, World
caesarian deliveries. Bank, and the World Health
Organization show that
during 2015, the maternal
mortality rate was still at
114 per 100,000 live births.
Hence, there is still a need
to increase social and
health services to Filipino
mothers in order to address
this problem.

(Source:
http://www.gmanetwork.co
m/news/story/571904/lifest
yle/healthandwellness/mat
ernal-mortality-in-phl-
declined-during-aquino-
term-un-report)
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Wage Rationalization
Act (RA 6727)

The law rationalized the

fixing of the minimum
wage in order to ensure a
decent standard of living
for workers and their
families. The law also
created the National Wages
and productivity
commission, which is
tasked to formulate policies
on wages, and undertake
researches to determine
cost-of-living/ employment
data among others.
Home Development
Mutual Fund Law of
1980 (PD 1530, PD
1752, RA 9679)

These law aims to improve

the quality of life of
Filipinos by providing
sufficient shelter through
the creation of the Pag-ibig
fund. Guidelines on how to
utilize the fund are laid out
in the laws as well as how a
person can avail of housing
loans.