An ordinance providing for a Gender and Development Code of the Municipality of Burauen, Leyte, and for other purposes.
BE IT ORDAINED by the members of the Sangguniang Bayan of Burauen, Leyte in session assembled, that
BOOK I-GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER I – BASIC PRINCIPLE
ARTICLE I – TITLE AND GENERAL POLICY
Section 1. Title. This ordinance shall be known as the “GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT CODE OF BURAUEN, LEYTE” and for other purposes.
Sectio 2. Declaration of Policy and Principles of the Local Government of Burauen.
It shall be the policy of the Local Government of Burauen to uphold the rights of women and the belief in their worth and dignity as human beings. Women shall be recognized as full and equal partners of men in development and nation building and men shall equally share in all forms of productive and reproductive activities.
The Local Government of Burauen shall actively contribute to the establishment of a national and international economic order based on sustained, equitable growth and balanced ecology. And that any development efforts if undertaken should enhance women’s full potentials, uplift their status and lead to the improvement of their quality of life, their families and that of their communities.
Towards this end, the Local Government of Burauen, shall pursue and implement vigorously gender responsive development policies, design an integrated gender development support systems, taking into consideration women’s immediate economic survival with support
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