Philippine Commission on Women

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Philippine Commission on Women

Komisyon sa Kababaihan ng Pilipinas
Agency overview
Formed	January 7, 1975
Jurisdiction	Government of the Philippines
Headquarters	1145 J.P. Laurel St., San Miguel, Manila, Philippines
Annual budget	₱140.32 million (2023)[1]
Agency executives	Atty. Kristine Rosary E. Yuzon-Chaves, Executive Director
Parent agency	Department of the Interior and Local Government
Website	www.pcw.gov.ph

The Philippine Commission on Women (formerly the National Commission on the Role of the Filipino Women), is a government agency run by the government of the Philippines with the intention of promoting and protecting the rights of the Women in the Philippines. It was established on January 7, 1975, through Presidential Decree No. 633.

On August 14, 2009, the Magna Carta of Women was signed into law providing better protection for women. According to the United Nations' 2009 Human Development Report, the Philippines is 40th out of 155 nations when the gender-related development index is compared directly to the human development index, While the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report for 2009 lists the country at a ranking 9 among of about 130 countries.^[2]

On July 4, 2016, PCW was among the 12 agencies, formerly from the Office of the President reassigned to the Office of the Cabinet Secretary, based on Executive Order No. 1 issued by President Rodrigo Duterte.^[3] On October 31, 2018, through Executive Order No. 67, the commission, along with the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos and the National Youth Commission, was transferred from the Office of the Cabinet Secretary to the Department of the Interior and Local Government.