TABLE OF ACRONYMS

AFP / Armed Forces of the Philippines
ALS / Alternative Learning System
AO / Administrative Order
ASEAN / Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ATN / Assistance To Nationals
BJMP / Bureau of Jail Management and Penology
BOSH / Basic Occupational Safety and Health
BUCOR / Bureau of Corrections
CAFGU / Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit
CCT / Conditional Cash Transfer
CEDAW / Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women
CHR / Commission Human Rights
CICL / Children In Conflict with the Law
CPP / Communist Party of the Philippines
CWC / Council for the Welfare of Children
CSC / Civil Service Commission
DA / Department of Agriculture
DepEd / Department of Education
DENR / Department of Environment and Natural Resources
DFA / Department of Foreign Affairs
DO / Department Order
DOH / Department of Health
DOLE / Department of Labor and Employment
DSWD / Department of Social Welfare and Development
DO / Department Order
EJK / Extrajudicial Killing
EO / Executive Order
FOE / Formal Offer of Evidence
GAD / Gender and Development
GCRV / Grave Child Rights Violations
GRP / Government of the Republic of the Philippines
HIV / Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HR / Human Rights
IHL / International Humanitarian Law
HRAO / Human Rights Affairs Office
IAC / Inter-Agency Committee
IACAT / Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking
IAC-CIAC / Inter-Agency Committee on Children In Armed Conflict
ILO / International Labor Organization
IP / Indigenous People
KALAHI-CIDSS / Kapit-Bisig Laban saKahirapan -- Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services
LGBT / Lesbian, Gays, Bisexual and Transgender
LGU / Local Government Unit
MCW / Magna Carta for Women
MC / Memorandum Circular
MILF / Moro Islamic Liberation Front
MRRS-GCRVSAC / Monitoring, Reporting and Response System for GCRVs in the Situations of Armed Conflict
MSME / Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
NAECTF / National Anti-Environmental Crime Task Force
NAPOLCOM / National Police Commission
NBI / National Bureau of Investigation
NCIP / National Commission on Indigenous Peoples
NDF / National Democratic Front
NPA / New People’s Army
OFW / Overseas Filipino Workers
OWWA / Overseas Workers Welfare Administration
PDP / Philippine Development Plan
PHILJA / Philippine Judicial Academy
PNP / Philippine National Police
POEA / Philippine Overseas Employment Agency
PPASC
PHRC / Philippine Plan of Action for Senior Citizens
Presidential Human Rights Committee
PWD / Persons With Disability
RA / Republic Act
RPRH / Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health
SOGIE / Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Expression
SC / Supreme Court
SY / School Year
TESDA / Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
TIP / Trafficking In Persons
TVET / Technical-Vocational Education and Training
UN / United Nations
UPR / Universal Periodic Review
US / United States
VAW / Violence Against Women
WEDC / Women in Especially Difficult Circumstances
WPLA / Women’s Priority Legislative Agenda