This document summarizes women's rights to health as established in Philippine law. It outlines an 11-point comprehensive health services framework for women that is culture-sensitive, gender-responsive, and covers all stages of a woman's life cycle, from maternal care and breastfeeding to family planning, sexual health, reproductive cancers, and care for elderly women. The framework aims to address the major causes of mortality and morbidity for women in the Philippines.

1. November 21, 2013
1:00 – 1:30 P.M.
By: Milagros L. Fernandez, M.D.

2. Women are a major target
group for development
policy and planning.

3. refers to the relations
between women and men
and to socially sanctioned
roles that are acceptable
for each sex.

4. refers to
biological
differences
between males
and females.

5.  Most
significant sex
differences relates to
menstruation, pregnancy and
breastfeeding in females;
and the production of sperm
in males.

6. refers to the provision and
actualization in decisionmaking of women in the
socio-economic, political
and cultural development
activities.

7.  In
short, to improve the legal,
political, economic,
educational, health and
professional status of women
through service and advocacy.

8. Women’s Rights
to
HEALTH
as embodied in R.A.
9710,
otherwise known as the
“Magna Carta of

9. A.
Comprehensive
Health Services
culture-sensitive
gender-responsive
covers all stages of a
woman’s life cycle
addresses the major causes of
woman’s mortality & morbidity

11. 1.
Maternal Care to
include pre-natal
services, delivery and
post-natal services to
address pregnancy
and infant health and
nutrition.

12. 2. Promotion of
breastfeeding and
proper nutrition for
lactating mothers.

13. 3. Responsible, ethical,
legal, safe and effective
methods of family
planning.

14. 4. Youth Sexuality Education
and Health Services.

15. 5. Prevention and
Management
of
reproductive tract infections
including Sexually
Transmitted
Infections
(STI’s), Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

16. 6.
Prevention and
Management of
Reproductive tract
cancers such as Breast &
Cervical
cancers, and
other gynecological
conditions and
disorders.

17. 7.
Prevention of Abortion &
Management of
pregnancy-related
complications.

18. 8. In cases of Violence
against women &
children,
women & children victims
and survivors shall be
provided with psychological,
therapeutics, medical & legal
interventions & assistance.

19. 9. Prevention & management
of infertility and sexual
dysfunction.

20. Care of
elderly
women.
10.

21. 11.
Management,
treatment, and
intervention of mental
health problems of women
and girls.