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  • Title: Republic Act No. 6766, 23 October 1989.
    Author: Philippines.
    Journal: Annu Rev Popul Law; 1989; 16():5, 273-6. PubMed ID: 12344445.
    Abstract:
    This document contains major provisions of the 1989 Republic Act setting forth the Organic Act for the Cordillera Autonomous Region in the Philippines. Article 2 contains guiding principles and policies which call for 1) ensuring equal access to resources, employment, and services; 2) minimizing inequities and disparities; 3) preventing sex discrimination in the work place; and 4) protecting children from abuse or harmful employment. Article 10 covers personal, family, tribal, and property relations and recognizes customary law in these areas (including marriage) among members of indigenous groups or cultural communities. Article 9 deals with ancestral domain and ancestral lands and directs the Regional Government to protect the same. Article 16 discusses social justice and welfare and provides for a living wage, profit-sharing schemes, and occupational safety. In the area of health care, this article calls for establishment of a primary health care delivery system, health education, training for health care workers, establishment of a food and drug regulatory system, research into traditional medicine, financing schemes to lower health care costs, and protection of vulnerable groups. Housing programs will be instituted where needed, women's status will be enhanced, child care support systems will be established, and women will receive education in regard to their rights and responsibilities to correct stereotypes.
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