Legal Gender Recognition in the Philippines: A Legal and Policy Review

Laws and Policies - Released in 2018

The Legal Gender Recognition in the Philippines: A Legal and Policy Review is the cumulative result of the desk review of laws, regulations, and policies regarding legal gender recognition in the Philippines. It likewise included research into how these existing laws, regulations, and policies are implemented and how they impact or will impact on transgender people in the Philippines. The project also looked into local transgender community efforts and initiatives that could provide new platforms for asserting transgender rights or those which could open the doors for more enhanced collaboration among the various sectors.

Organizations

  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  • Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHR)