Legislative Agenda for the 18th Congress
The Women’s Priority Legislative Agenda for the 18th Congress, composed of 10 legislative agenda, is a result of 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 WPLA will be passed during this Congress through the support and collaboration of our legislators, national government agencies, civil society organizations and stakeholders.
| Agenda | Status |
| Adopting Divorce in the Family Code | Senate: Pending in the Committee (July 31, 2019) House of Representatives: Deliberated by the Technical Working Group on March 4, 2020 |
| Amending the Anti-Rape Law | STATUTORY RAPE: Signed into law March 4, 2022 |
| Amending the Family Code Provision on Legal Separation | Senate: Pending in the Committee (May 5, 2020) on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality House of Representatives: Pending with the Committee on REVISION OF LAWS since July 24, 2019 |
| Enacting the Anti-Discrimination Based on SOGIE Act | Senate: Consolidated/Substituted in the Committee Report (December 7, 2020) House of Representatives: Deliberated upon by the Mother Committee on November 4, 2020 |
| Enacting the Anti-Prostitution Law (Amending Articles 202 & 341 of the RPC) | Signed into law through the Republic Act No. 11862: An Act Strengthening the Policies on Anti-Trafficking in Persons, Providing Penalties for Its Violations, and Appropriating Funds Therefor, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No. 9208, As Amended, Otherwise Known As the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003, and Other Special Laws (approved on June 23, 2022) |
| Ensuring Women’s Equal Rights in Marriage and Family Relations | Senate: Pending in the Committee (January 27, 2020) on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality House of Representatives: Pending With the Committee on Rules (Included in OB on January 28, 2020) |
| Magna Carta of Workers in the Informal Economy | Senate: Pending in the Committee (December 11, 2019) House of Representatives: Transmitted to the Committee on Appropriations on January 25, 2021 |
| Repeal of RPC Provisions on Adultery and Concubinage | Senate: NOT PCW VER (1 Bill) ; Pending in the Committee (August 5, 2019) of Justice and Human Rights House of Representatives: Pending with the Committee on REVISION OF LAWS since July 24, 2019 |
| Upholding the Right to Life and Security of Spouses and Daughters (Repeal of Art 247 of RPC) | Senate: Pending in the Committee (March 11, 2020) House of Representatives: Pending with the Committee on REVISION OF LAWS since March 9, 2021 |
| Women’s Political Participation and Representation | Senate: Transmitted to the Committee on Appropriations on 2021-02-23 House of Representatives: Passed in the Committee Level – Committee on Women & Gender Equality (February 2021); transmitted to the Committee on Appropriations |
