List of Abbreviations ACORD ADB AFF Akbayan BBGC BPO CBA CEDAW CHED CMO COMELEC CPP DEATH DIWATA EO EPZ FQS GABRIELA GAD G-10 HUKBALAHAP KABAPA KALAYAAN LEARN LFPR LBT LGBT LGU Alternative Center for Organizational Reforms and Development Anti-Discrimination Bill Asociacion Feminista Filipina Akbayan Citizens' Action Party Barangay Bayan Governance Consortium Business Process Outsourcing Collective Bargaining Agreement Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women Commission on Higher Education CHED Memorandum Circular Commission on Elections Communist Party of the Philippines Divorce, Euthanasia, Abortion, Total population control and Homosexuality Development Initiative for Women's Alternative and Transformative Action Executive Order Export Processing Zone First Quarter Storm General Assembly Binding Women for Reforms, Integrity, Equality, Leadership and Action Gender and Development Lakas ng Kababaihan Group of 10(Women's Strength Group of 10) Hukbong Bayan Laban sa Hapon Katipunan ng Bagong Pilipina(Collective of New Filipinas) Katipunan ng Kalayaan para sa Kababaihan, or the Organization of Women for Freedom Labor Education and Research Network Labor Force Participation Rate Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Local Government Unit 21