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| ARCHIVES OF CLD PUBLICATIONS Legislative Development and Advocacy Manuals Book Occasional Papers Information Packs
Journal for Legislative Development Article Gender and Governance Manuals
Occasional Papers
Information Packs
Newsletters and Fact Sheets
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1. Legislative Development and Advocacy MANUALS Local Legislative Advocacy This manual discusses the different kinds of public policy and various strategies for advocacy, analyzes the factors that determine effective legislative advocacy, describes the advocacy process in the executive branch and the bureaucracy, explains what happens after an ordinance is passed, illustrates the basics and importance of media advocacy, and identifies the types of groups that can be tapped and the techniques that can be used for community advocacy. How to Run and Win in Local Elections This manual introduces tools and strategies for running in local elections. It provides information on the requirements and guidelines for candidacy and discusses the process of environmental assessment and self-analysis, including tips on drafting of platforms, forming the winning team, preparing the campaign budget, mobilizing the campaign team, using the media, preparing campaign songs, and writing/delivering speeches. Legislative Support Services in Asia: An Introductory Survey The survey introduces the nature and level of support services given to members of legislatures in Asia—Philippines, Thailand, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, Nepal, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea—by their respective Secretariats and non-government organizations in the exercise of their constituent and representative functions. OCCASIONAL PAPERS Legislative Advocacy for a New Anti-Rape Law in the Philippines This paper documents the experience of SIBOL, a women's coalition in advocating for the passage of the anti-rape law from a feminist perspective. It also shares insights on advocacy techniques including link up of national and local advocacy, and how it affects decision making in Congress. INFORMATION PACKS It provides information on Philippine politics and assist voters in deciding who to vote among the qualified candidates. Citizen's Advocacy Guide to Congress, 1999 A guide for advocates to understand the structure and processes of the Philippine legislature, it provides individual profiles and other relevant information on the members of the 11th Congress including their legislative agenda and committee membership. It also contains important listings and directories for getting information in Congress. This reference material on the 10th Philippine Congress discusses the structures and processes of the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Secretariat. It provides detailed flow chart on how a bill becomes a law, and a listing of members and their party affiliation and membership in committees. Special Issue on Local Governance, 1996-1997
Issue on Local Political Participation, July 1993
Local Legislative Advocacy on Women's Issues in Bacolod City This article looks into the legislative advocacy of women's groups in trying to change laws and policies toward gender equity in an urban setting in the Philippines. It also presents the various programs and thrusts of different women's groups, which are usually focused on education and skills training, delivery of social services, and livelihood assistance.
2. Gender and Governance MANUALS Guide to Launching a National Campaign for 50-50 in Government This manual provides a world situationer on women in government and presents strategies on how to launch a national campaign for 50-50 in government. Increasing Women's Political Awareness and Consciousness: A Manual of Exercises (also in Tagalog version) It shares various methods and creative techniques to raise women's political awareness and participation and discusses the process and importance of revisioning politics to enhance women's contribution to the transformation of their lives by helping them identify and overcome barriers to their political participation. Women's Participation and Advocacy in the Party List Election The paper assesses how women participated and how the women's agenda was carried out in the first party list election in the Philippines. Trafficking and Prostitution - Old Abuses, New Approaches The paper deals with the scope, trends, and reasons for the increase in trafficking, and the legislative responses to it in the EU, Sweden, and Australia. Monitoring the Philippine Government's Implementation of the Platform for Action: Focus on Legislative Initiatives on Violence Against Women in the 10th Congress (1995-1998) It illustrates how the Beijing Platform for Action may be used as a framework for monitoring bills and similar government instruments on eliminating violence against Filipino women and girls. Legislative Agenda on Women's Issues for the New Philippine Congress The Role of Women Legislators in the Democratization Process: A Case Study of the Philippines It determines the role of women legislators in the democratization process and examines the thrust and direction of bills filed by women legislators in the 8th Congress. It indicates women's lack of initiatives in addressing basic socio-economic issue of land redistribution and broadening people's participation. However, it highlights that women legislators are active in promoting economic welfare of the underprivileged as well as promoting efficacy and accountability in government service. Strengthening the Linkage between Selected Women's Groups and Women in Government It looks into the kind of relationship that exists between women in policy-making positions in government and women public policy advocacy groups, and determines if the increase of women in electoral posts would indeed constitute the true meaning of empowerment. It emphasizes that women political candidates should carry and address socio-economic and gender-based agenda which can further be strengthened by involving women's groups and building coalitions. Likewise, it argues that it is not only the number of political seats women can occupy that is important but how they use their power and influence to positively change women's lives. Women Negotiating through Local Politics - A Study of Women Candidates in the 1997 Barangay Elections in Two Metro Manila and Three Cotabato Communities It looks at how women fared in the 1997 village elections in the Philippines as far as carrying a women's agenda is concerned and how this affects women's transformational role in electoral politics and creation of women's vote. Legislative Monitor on Women's Issues It provides summary and analysis of bills and resolutions filed in the Philippine Congress during a particular period categorized according to the critical areas of concern in the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action: education and training, health, violence against women, armed conflict, economy/work/poverty, power and decision-making, institutional mechanisms, media, environment, girl-child, and human rights. Migrant Women Workers: What Is Congress Doing for Them It discusses the issues and problems experienced by migrant women workers in the receiving countries, such as physical abuse and violence. It also urges the Philippine Congress to come up with appropriate legislative measures on the issue of women and migration. Issue Brief on Rape It presents the provisions of the original House and Senate bills on anti-rape and seeks for the passage of a new legislation on rape. The new Anti-Rape Law was passed on September 1997. Issue Brief on Quota Systems for Women's Political Participation, 1994 It discusses the issue of providing a quota system to increase the number of women in government positions and other political organizations. It also looks at pending bills on women empowerment. NEWSLETTERS and FACT SHEETS Fact Sheets on Women in Government: Getting the Balance Right The fact sheets identify strategies and approaches on how to attain gender balance in political participation. Legislative Women's Watch
Women Around the World Fact Sheet It provides policymakers and advocates a survey of strategies and policies used by governments and civil society to increase participation of women in politics and decision making.
Women in Politics Resource Network Newsletter Women in Politics Newsletter (WIP Flyer) It carries views and analysis of political issues and concerns by women from Asia-Pacific region and presents an updated list of resources, including features and interviews with women personalities about approaches, strategies, and tools in political participation and advocacy.
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