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RA 9710 (The Magna Carta of Women) Section 28

Recognition and Preservation of Cultural Identity and Integrity.

Section 28

SEC. 28. Recognition and Preservation of Cultural Identity and Integrity. — The State shall recognize and respect the rights of Moro and indigenous women to practice, promote, protect, and preserve their own culture, traditions and institutions and to consider these rights in the formulation and implementation of national policies and programs. To this end, the State shall adopt measures in consultation with the sectors concerned to protect their rights to their indigenous knowledge systems and practices, traditional livelihood, and other manifestations of their cultures and ways of life: Provided, That these cultural systems and practices are not discriminatory to women.

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CitationRA 9710 (The Magna Carta of Women) Section 28 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

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