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LAWS, LEGISLATION AND FILIPINO WOMEN

Highlights of the 2010 Statistics on Women

Republic Act 7322

There were more males (23,489) than females (22,010) born in

year 2010 (see Table B below). These figures resulted to a sex ratio of
106 males in every 100 females.
Table A. Number of Birth Occurrences by Sex
Rizal, 2010

"AN ACT INCREASING MATERNITY BENEFITS IN FAVOR OF WOMEN WORKERS IN

THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 14-A OF
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1161, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES" Signed:
March 30, 1992
This Act increased maternity benefits of women workers in the private sector from the 45day to 60-day benefit equivalent which equalizes those benefits given in the public sector.
Republic Act 6725

Municipality

Male

Female

Total

Angono

1835

1701

3536

Antipolo

7723

7239

14962

"AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE PROHIBITION ON DISCRIMINATION AGAINST

WOMEN WITH RESPECT TO TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT,
AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE OF THE
LABOR CODE, AS AMENDED" Signed: May 12, 1989
It strengthens the prohibition of discrimination against women in employment, promotion
and training opportunities. Under DOLE Implementing Rules dated 16 January 1990,
work of equal value refers to "activities, jobs, tasks, duties or services, workers or
employees are required or called upon to perform and which are identical or substantially
identical. Payment of a lower compensation or benefits to a female employee does not
constitute a failure to comply with this Section if the difference between the rates of pay is
based on length of service or seniority, on location or geographical area of employment,
or any factor than sex and factors on which the difference is based would normally justify
such difference in rates of pay.

Baras

224

206

430

Binangonan

1799

1656

3455

Cainta

862

800

1662

Cardona

630

594

1224

Jala-jala

268

236

504

Rodriguez

2170

2040

4210

Morong

1961

1793

3754

Pililla

526

487

1013

San Mateo

1362

1299

2661

Tanay

1156

1091

2247

Taytay

2571

2477

5048

Teresa

391

402

793

23478

22021

45499

Total

Source: DVSS2K Preliminary Tabulations as of March 2012, NSO Rizal

Republic Act No. 679, as amended by Republic Act No. 1131

"An Act further amending Republic Act No. 679, as amended by Republic Act No. 1131
or the Woman and Child Labor Law . Signed: June 19, 1971
This is an Act that further amends Republic Act No. 679, as amended by Republic
Act No. 1131. Section 7 of the same Act is further amended to include terms and
conditions on prohibition from performing work:

which requires always standing or which involves the lifting of heavy objects
between ten o'clock at night and ten o'clock in the morning of the following day
(in any industrial undertaking or branch thereof)
between twelve o'clock midnight and seven o'clock in the morning of the
following day (in any commercial or industrial undertaking or branch thereof,
other than agricultural)
at night without giving her a period of rest of not less than nine consecutive
hours (in any agricultural undertaking)
without granting her a rest period of eleven consecutive hours of work between
two working periods (in any shop, factory, commercial or industrial
establishment)

LAWS, LEGISLATION AND FILIPINO WOMEN

Republic Act 9710
The Magna Carta of Women is a comprehensive women's human rights law that seeks to
eliminate discrimination against women by recognizing, protecting, fulfilling and promoting
the rights of Filipino women, especially those in the marginalized sectors. Signed on
August 14, 2009
Republic Act 8972

There were 983 nonresident mothers who gave

birth in Rizal in year 2010.
Statistics revealed that majority of women in Rizal prefers the
services of medical attendants (physicians, nurses and midwives)

"AN ACT PROVIDING FOR BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES TO SOLO PARENTS AND
THEIR CHILDREN, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES" . Also known as: "Solo Parents' Welfare Act of 2000" Signed: November 7,
2000

while giving birth (refer to Figure 2 below) totaling 34,177 or 75.12

percent. On the other hand, 11,320 births or 19.42 percent were
attended by hilot and other non-medical attendants.

This Act aims to develop a comprehensive program of social development and welfare
service for solo parents and their children to be carried out by the Department of Social
Welfare and Development (DSWD), the Department of Health (DOH), the Department of
Education, Culture and Sports (DECS), the Department of Interior and Local Government
(DILG), the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), the Technical Education and Skills
Development Authority (TESDA), the National Housing Authority (NHA), the Department
of Labor and Employment (DOLE), and other related government and non-government
agencies.

Figure 1. Distribution of Number of Births by

Attendant at Birth: Rizal, 2010

Republic Act 7688

"AN ACT GIVING REPRESENTATION TO WOMEN IN THE SOCIAL SECURITY
COMMISSION, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 3(A) OF REPUBLIC ACT
NO. 1161, AS AMENDED"
Signed: March 03, 1994

Hilot
10,864,
24%

Not
Stated
2, 0%

Others
456, 1%

Physician

This gives representation to women in the Social Security Commission.

Republic Act 8171
"AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE REPATRIATION OF FILIPINO WOMEN WHO HAVE
LOST THEIR PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP BY MARRIAGE TO ALIENS AND OF
NATURAL-BORN FILIPINOS"
Signed: October 23, 1995
This Act provides repatriation to: Filipino women who have lost their citizenship by
marriage to aliens, and Natural-born Filipinos who have lost their citizenship on account
of political or economic necessity provided that he/she is not opposed to organized
government, not teaching or defending violence, and of good moral and mental standing.

Civil Service Commission M.C. No. 12, s. 2005

Pursuant to CSC Resolution No. 050433 dated March 30, 2005, government officials and
employees are encouraged to use non-sexist language in all official documents,
communications and issuances.

Midwife
19,508,
43%

14,303,
31%
Nurses
366, 1%

Source: DVSS2K Preliminary Tabulations as of March 2012, NSO Rizal

More than half of the employed by Health and Wellness

establishments were female workers with 74,299 or 67.7
percent while the remaining 35,410 or 32.3 percent were
male.
Source: NSO, 2009 Survey of Tourism Establishments in the Philippines

Table B. Registered Live Births by Age Group of Mother

Rizal, 2010

LAWS, LEGISLATION AND FILIPINO WOMEN

Republic Act 9262

Live Births

Age Group of
Mothers

Number

Percent

<15

29

0.06

15-19

5402

11.87

20-24

13031

28.64

25-29

11818

25.97

30-34

8721

19.17

35-39

4711

10.35

"THE ANTI-VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN ACT OF 2004"

Signed: July 28, 2003
RA 9262 penalizes the commission of violence against women their children (VAWC) in
the context of domestic violence or violence in intimate relationships.
Republic Act 7877
"AN ACT DECLARING SEXUAL HARASSMENT UNLAWFUL IN THE EMPLOYMENT,
EDUCATION OR TRAINING ENVIRONMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES" Also
known as: Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995 Signed: February 14, 1995
The "Anti-Sexual Harassment Act" upholds the State policy to value the dignity of every
human individual, to guarantee full respect for human rights and to uphold the dignity of
students, trainees, workers, employees and those seeking employment. It declares that
all forms of sexual harassment in the employment environment as well as in the
education or training environment are unlawful. It provides for the duty of the employer
and head of the education environment to prevent or deter commission of acts of sexual
harassment and promulgate rules and administrative sanctions.
Republic Act 6955

40-44

1576

3.46

45-49

168

0.37

Not stated

43

0.13

Total

45499

99.99

"AN ACT TO DECLARE UNLAWFUL THE PRACTICE OF MATCHING FILIPINO

WOMEN FOR MARRIAGE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS ON A MAIL-ORDER BASIS AND
OTHER SIMILAR PRACTICES, INCLUDING THE ADVERTISEMENT, PUBLICATION,
PRINTING OR DISTRIBUTION OF BROCHURES, FLIERS AND OTHER
PROPAGANDA MATERIALS IN FURTHERANCE THEREOF AND PROVIDING
PENALTY THEREFOR" Signed: June 13, 1990
It declared unlawful the business of matching Filipino women for marriage to foreign
nationals either on mail-order basis or through personal introduction as well as through
advertisement publication, printing or distribution of brochure and fliers and through
membership in clubs created for matching Filipinas to foreign nationals and through the
use of the postal service.

Source: DVSS2K Preliminary Tabulations as of March 2012, NSO Rizal

Proclamation No. 744

The peak age of mothers was at group 20-24 years old with
13,031 or 28.64 percent of the total. Teenage mothers (below 19
years old) contributed 5,431 births or 11.94 percent. Not stated
group includes those birth certificates with no entries on mothers
age which recorded 43 or 0.13 percent (see Table B).

DECLARING THE LAST MONDAY OF MARCH OF EVERY YEAR AS WOMEN WITH

DISABILITIES DAY
Proclamation No. 227
PROVIDING FOR THE OBSERVANCE OF THE MONTH OF MARCH AS WOMENS
ROLE IN HISTORY MONTH

Table F shows more death in males than females with

an outcome of 138 male deaths for every 100 female deaths.
Death sex ratio is highest in Tanay with 177 male deaths for
every 100 female deaths and lowest in Baras with 104 males
for every 100 females.

Table C. Registered Marriages by Age Group of Bride

Rizal, 2010
Age

No. of Brides

Under 20

952

20-24

3312

25-29

3107

30-34

1350

Table E. Registered Deaths by Municipality

and by Sex: Rizal, 2010
Municipality

Male

Female

Total

35-39

500

Angono

460

367

827

40-44

235

Antipolo

1526

1025

2551

45-49

114

Baras

71

68

139

50 & over

127

Binangonan

527

392

919

Total

9697

Cainta

381

289

670

Cardona

170

148

318

Jala-jala

71

56

127

Rodriguez

553

375

928

Morong

420

317

737

Pililla

150

85

235

San Mateo

392

305

697

Tanay

261

147

408

Taytay

619

465

1084

Teresa

110

75

185

5711

4114

9825

Total

Source: DVSS2K Preliminary Tabulations as of March 2012, NSO Rizal

Source: DVSS2K Preliminary Tabulations as of March 2012, NSO Rizal

Most women in Rizal preferred to get married at age 20

to 24 years old registering a total of 3,312 (34.15%) marriages.
It was noted that a number of Rizaleas in their golden years
(50 and over) remained faithful in the sacrament of matrimony
with 127 brides. City of Antipolo (27) and Taytay (26) recorded
the highest frequency in the 50 and over group.

Tanay was profiled as the

municipality with highest
percentage from the total on
teen brides.

More females had attained higher levels of education

There were more women than men among those who had
attained higher levels of education. Among academic degree
holders, women made up 55.8 percent. Of those with post
baccalaureate courses, women accounted for 55.3 percent.
Among the household population 5 to 24 years old, 65.7
percent attended school at anytime during the School Year 2007 to
2008. Of the total men aged 5 to 24 years, 66.3 percent attended

Among all age groups,

group 15-19 manifested
higher number of women
than men who were
attending school.
Source: National Statistics Office, 2007 Census of Population

school at anytime during the said school year. Attendance for women
was 65.2 percent of the total females aged 5 to 24 years old.
Table I. Population 5 Years Old and Over by Highest
Grade/Year Completed: Rizal, 2007
Highest Grade/Year
Completed
No Grade Completed
Pre-school
Elementary
1st-4th Grade
5th-6th Grade
Graduate
High School
Undergraduate
Graduate
Post Secondary
Undergraduate
Graduate
College Undergraduate
Academic Degree Holder
Post Baccalaureate
Not Stated
Total

Both
Sexes
95,268
53,801
573,878
155,421
81,902
219,555
752,613
270,215
482,398
76,189
15,345
60,844
219,686
215,432
3,043
32,258
2,022,168

Table H. Household Population 10 Years Old and Over

by Marital Status: Rizal, 2007
Both
Sexes

Women

Men

Single

774,602

370,768

403,834

Married

746,558

376,472

370,086

Widowed

64,182

49,733

14,449

Divorced/Separated

28,273

18,851

9,422

Common Law/
Live-in

130,354

65,732

64,622

7,586

3,960

3,626

1,751,555

885,516

866,039

Marital Status
Women

Men

45,168
24,928
283,771
130,890
40,306
112,575
380,733
134,541
246,192
33,557
6,416
27,141
108,889
120,294
1,683
16,842
1,015,865

50,100
28,873
290,107
141,531
41,596
106,980
371,880
135,674
236,206
42,632
8,929
33,703
110,797
95,138
1,360
15,416
1,006,303

Source: National Statistics Office, 2007 Census of Population

Unknown
Total

Source: National Statistics Office, 2007 Census of Population

Never-married persons comprised more men than women

Forty-four percent of the household population 10 years old and
over in 2007 were never-married while 42.6 percent were
married. About 13 percent of the population were either widowed,
divorced/separated, or in common law/live-in arrangement, or
with unknown marital status. There were more men than women
among never-married persons (52.1 percent). Women
outnumbered men in the remaining marital status categories.

Figure 2. Age-Sex Pyramid of Household Population

Rizal, 2007

There were 259 Filipino women

who married foreign nationals in
year 2010 in the province of Rizal.
Source: DVSS2K Preliminary Tabulations as of March 2012, NSO

Table D. Registered Marriages by Municipality

and by Previous Marital Status of Bride: Rizal, 2010
Single

Widow

Annulled/
Divorced

Total

Angono

424

428

Antipolo

2241

2255

Baras

223

224

Binangonan

1341

1344

Cainta

575

577

Cardona

202

205

Jala-jala

161

163

Rodriguez

621

627

Morong

278

282

Pililla

334

337

Proportion of women of voting age was higher than men

San Mateo

582

584

More than half (59.1 percent) of the household

population of Rizal belonged to the voting-age population (18
years old and over), in which, the proportion of women (50.9
percent) was higher than men (49.1 percent). The proportion
of voting-age population in 2007 is slightly higher than the
proportion of voting-age population (58.3 percent) recorded in
2000.

Tanay

582

587

Taytay

1831

1838

Teresa

244

246

9639

48

10

9697

Municipality

Source: National Statistics Office, 2007 Census of Population

Females in the province predominated in the age

groups 15 to 34 years and 50 years old and over. On the other
hand, males dominated the household population in age
groups 0 to 14 years and 35 to 49 years.

Total

Source: DVSS2K Preliminary Tabulations as of March 2012, NSO Rizal

Diseases of the heart was consistently the number one

leading cause of death in Rizal (refer to Table G). About 2,562
died due to this disease which comprised the 26.08 percent of
the total deaths for year 2010. Of this figure, 59.48 percent were
men (1,524) while the 40.52 percent were women (1,038). Next

Highlights of the 2007 Statistics on Women

The total population of Rizal, as August 1, 2007, was
2,298,691 persons. Of the total household population, women
outnumbered the men. There were 1,146,991 men and

in rank was Hypertension with 922 fatalities consists of 57.70

1,147,790 women, resulting in a sex ratio of 100 men for every

percent men (532) and 42.30 percent women (390). Cancer

100 women.

followed with 846 victims. Out of the five leading cause of

deaths, Cancer and Diabetes showed a higher proportion of
women mortality than men. The top five diseases contributed
5,584 counts or 56.83 percent of the total deaths.
Table F.
Five Leading Causes of Deaths: Rizal, 2010

Table G. Population by Age Group: Rizal, 2007

Age Group

Women

Men

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Under 1

27,067

48.41

28,847

51.59

1-4

104,858

48.39

111,841

51.61

5-9

130,349

48.17

140,264

51.83

Causes of Death

Male

Female

Total

10-14

123,229

48.99

128,297

51.01

Heart Diseases

1524

1038

2562

15-19

116,634

50.57

114,003

49.43

20-24

107,117

51.12

102,411

48.88

Hypertension

532

390

922

25-29

106,975

50.91

103,158

49.09

Cancer

397

449

846

30-34

88,342

50.18

87,721

49.82

Tuberculosis

481

231

712

35-39

82,193

49.58

83,577

50.42

40-44

67,296

49.95

67,424

50.05

Diabetes

223

319

542

45-49

56,192

49.82

56,604

50.18

Total

3157

2427

5584

50-54

45,751

50.59

44,684

49.41

55-59

32,080

50.68

31,225

49.32

60-64

21,636

52.31

19,723

47.69

65-69

15,532

55.18

12,618

44.82

70-74

10,358

57.79

7,564

42.21

75-79

6,153

60.85

3,958

39.15

80 and over

6,028

66.24

3,072

33.76

Total

1,147,790

Maternal mortality resulted to 23 counts for

an average of 2 registered maternal deaths per
month. It was observed that most of the fatalities
were recorded in Angono (4) and Antipolo City (5).
Source: DVSS2K Preliminary Tabulations as of March 2012, NSO Rizal

1,146,991

Source: National Statistics Office, 2007 Census of Population