LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY FOR WOMEN (LAW)
GOALS
Mission: To advocate for women-specific laws for the promotion and protection of women’s rights
Short Term Goals:
Long Term Goals:
AUDIENCE
SCENARIOS
SCENARIO 1
Juanita de la Cruz is 22 years old and just graduated from a reputable school in Manila with a B.S. degree in Commerce. She’s very ambitious, determined and very eager to get a job. When she was called for an interview, she readily accepted the secretarial position as an entry level to a large marketing corporation in Makati. Because she is pretty and young, her presence in the office caught the attention of mostly male workers in the office specially the department manager. One day, the department manager instructed her to stay late in the office just to finish a report. In the middle of her work, the department manager called her for a conversation. During the conversation, he made sexual advances that left Juanita speechless and unable to move. The manager then told her that he would promote her to the next higher position in the office if she keeps her mouth shut. Juanita was confused and did not know what to do. She felt that she has been violated. She wanted to complain about her boss but she didn’t know what to do or who to turn to. While at work, she decided to look for websites on sexual harassment and found
www.law.net, which provided her a discussion of the Anti-Sexual Harassment Law as well as contact numbers of persons and organizations that can help her.
SCENARIO 2
EFAW is a network of women’s groups involved in policy advocacy. One of its researchers, Ver Galdosa is in need of data on draft bills filed in the 12th Congress. She went to the Library of both chambers of Congress and found a huge number of hardcopies of draft bills. She found it difficult to bring all of the documents back to the office because she was on limited budget for her research and cannot afford to take a cab. The following day, she surfed the Internet and found a site where she can download updated bills and other information on women’s issues. She got so excited that she told her colleagues about the site and encouraged them to support the network’s advocacy.
SCENARIO 3
Representative Jose Paez is a partylist representative for co-operatives. It was his first time to be elected to Congress and since he was supportive of women’s issues, he became a member of the Committee on Women. To familiarize himself on women’s issues and bills filed by his colleagues, he asked for assistance from his staff and they found
www. law.net that caters to their needs. After studying the matrix of the different versions of bills filed on domestic violence, Representative Paez was convinced that he should sponsor the Anti-AWIR Bill.COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS
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National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW) www.ncrfw.gov.ph |
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5 – Slow downloading process
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9 – Simple visuals, light colors, no distracting illustrations
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Salidumay www.salidumay.org |
7- Not updated
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8 – Fast and easy to locate |
9 – Colorful
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Center for Legislative Development (CLD) www.cld.org
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9 – Sufficient information and excellent policy analysis papers
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8 – site easily accessed but downloading process is slow |
8 - Simple design, not cluttered
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Committee on Women www.philwomen.net |
7 – List of bills and laws including directory not updated |
8 – site easily accessed but downloading process is slow |
7- text-heavy, dull |
SITE CONTENT
SITE STRUCTURE
Site Structure Listing
Section 1 About Us
Section 2 Existing Women-Related Laws
2.1 Anti-Rape Law
2.1.1 Abstract
2.1.2 Implementation Reports
2.1.4 Full Copy
2.3.1 Abstract
2.3.2 Implementation Reports
2.3.3 Discussion Points
2.3.4 Full Copy
2.4 Others
Section 3 Draft Bills for Women
3.1 Anti-Abuse of Women in Intimate Relationships (Anti-AWIR)
3.1.1 Salient features
3.1.2 Authors
3.2 Anti-Trafficking
3.2.1 Salient features
3.2.2 Authors
3.2.3 Status
3.2.4 Discussion Points
3.3 Reproductive Health and Rights
3.3.1 Salient features
3.3.2 Authors
3.3.3 Status
3.3.4 Discussion Points
3.4 Others
Section 4 Resource Center
4.1 Resource Materials
4.1.1 Legislative Advocacy Materials
4.1.1.1 How a bill becomes a law
4.1.1.2 Tips on legislative lobbying
4.1.2 Materials on Women’s Issues
4.1.2.1 Research Studies
4.1.2.2 FactSheets
4.1.2.3 Primers
4.1.2.4 Books
4.1.2.5 Newsletters
4.1.3 Cases
4.1.4 Photo Gallery
4.1.5 Directories
4.1.5.1 Organizations Involved in Legislative Advocacy for Women
4.1.5.2 Support Groups
4.1.5.3 Crisis Centers
4.1.5.4 Legal offices
4.1.5.5 Resource Centers
4.1.5.6 Individual Advocates
Section 5 News
5.1 Campaigns
5.2 Announcements
5.3 Press Releases
Section 6 How can you help?
Section 7 Opinion Poll
Section 8 Links
8.1 House of Representatives
8.2 Senate