Legislative Agenda for the 17th Congress


The Women’s Priority Legislative Agenda (WPLA) for the 17th Congress, composed of 12 legislative agenda, is the result of a series of consultations with various local women’s groups in three key cities in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao and a careful deliberation based on specific criteria to strategically address women and gender equality issues and concerns across the country.


It is hoped that all the legislative measures in the Women’s Priority Legislative Agenda (WPLA) will be passed through the support and collaboration of our legislators, national government agencies, civil society organizations and stakeholders.



Two of these legislative agenda were already enacted into law: