ARTICLE XXI On Other Disadvantaged Sectors
SECTION 71. Equal Treatment – Any ridicule, embarrassment or insult to persons belonging to cultural communities, those with disabilities, the elderly or persons with sexual preferences shall be penalized in accordance with the penal provisions of this Code.
SECTION 72. Prohibition Against Degrading Programs and Publications – It shall be unlawful for any person or entity to present reports, programs or advertisements in print, broadcast, electronics, film or other forms of media including stage shows or presentations that degrade or treat a person as an inferior being or which, in any manner subject a person to humiliation and ridicule. Publishers, reporters, station or program managers, advertisers, producers, directors, actors or other persons responsible for such, shall be penalized with a fine of Two Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (P2,500.00) or imprisonment of one (1) month or both at the discretion of the court. The court may impose suspension or revocation of the business permit or franchise to operate as an additional penalty.
CHAPTER IV
IMPLEMENTATION, MONITORING AND EVALUATION
ARTICLE XXII
Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
SECTION 73. Gender Mainstreaming – The municipal government shall adopt gender mainstreaming as a strategy towards the promotion of gender-responsive governance. It shall integrate gender equality goals into the development plans, programs, projects and services of the local government and in the whole planning and budgeting cycle. The development plans referred to are the Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP); Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP); Local Development Plan Investment Program (LDIP); Executive-Legislative Agenda (ELA); Annual Investment Plan (AIP) and other plans to be formulated by the LGU out of the main instruments which are the CLUP and the CDP.
SECTION 74. Participatory Governance and Implementation – The Municipal and Barangay Councils shall lead in the implementation of this Code. In this regard, the participation of civil society organizations shall be ensured and partnership or linkages with other concerned agencies, institutions and individuals shall be established by the Municipal and Barangay Councils.
SECTION 75. The Urbiztondo Gender and Development Focal Point System (UGFPS); Establishment; Functions –
a. Pursuant to Republic Act No. 9710 (Magna Carta of Women) and its implementing rules and regulations, the Urbiztondo Gender and Development Focal Point System (UGFPS) is hereby established to ensure and sustain the municipality’s critical consciousness and support on women and gender issues. It shall take a lead role in direction-setting, advocacy, planning, monitoring and evaluation, and technical advisory on mainstreaming GAD perspectives in the municipality’s programs, projects, activities, and processes.
b. Specifically, the MCGFPS shall have the following functions:
1. Lead the assessment of the gender-responsiveness of policies, strategies, programs, activities, and projects of the municipality based on the priority needs and concerns of its constituency, and the formulation of recommendations and ensure their implementation;
2. Assist in the formulation of new policies, such as the GAD Code, in advancing women’s empowerment and gender equality;
3. Lead in setting up appropriate systems and mechanisms to ensure the generation, processing, review, and updating of sex-disaggregated data or GAD database to serve as basis in performance-based and gender-responsive planning and budgeting;
