Editing Moro Islamic Liberation Front (section)

===Peace talks===
{{Main|Peace process with the Bangsamoro in the Philippines}}"Moro women were initially disenfranchised in the peace talks, even if they are equal stakeholders in the war making and peacebuilding in Mindanao, and that "the war years took their toll mostly on women and children" (Arguillas 2014)." Jopson said.<ref name="jop01">Jopson, T. L. (2023). Moro Women’s Participation and Legitimation in the Bangsamoro Peace Process. Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 42(2), 143-167. https://doi.org/10.1177/18681034231178327</ref> There were no Moro women publicly involved in the peace talks. The all-men panels reflected the military framework of the earlier talks.<ref name="jop01"/>

Emily Marohombsar was the first Moro woman negotiator for the GPH from 1998 to 2004.<ref name="jop01"/> The rounds of peace talks from 2010 was more diverse in terms of participation and leadership.<ref name="jop01"/> Women's involvment in peace talks justified the limited scope and narrow focus of gender content in the peace documents, since securing the BARMM was the main goal and the Moro identity was important.<ref name="jop01"/>

On October 7, 2012, President [[Benigno Aquino III|Benigno Aquino]] announced [[Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro|a peace deal]] with the MILF and that "This framework agreement paves the way for a final and enduring peace in Mindanao". MILF vice-chair [[Ghazali Jaafar]] said, "We are very happy. We thank the president for this." The deal was signed on October 15, 2012. Its aim is to pave the way to enduring peace between the two parties by officially envisaging an autonomous region in Mindanao.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 16, 2012 |title=Rebel Leaders, Filipino Officials Sign Landmark Peace Deal |language=en |work=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2012/10/15/world/asia/philippines-peace-agreement/index.html |access-date=June 27, 2022}}</ref>

According to the framework, this semi-independent Muslim area would have a more just share of revenues from the extraction of its own plentiful resources, budgetary autonomy, its own police, and [[sharia law]] only for Muslims.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 17, 2012 |title=The Bangsamoro Roadshow |url=http://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2012/12/peace-plan-philippines |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130214181555/http://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2012/12/peace-plan-philippines |archive-date=February 14, 2013 |access-date=March 19, 2013 |newspaper=The Economist |url-status=live }}</ref> In exchange for this, the MILF would be willing to stop armed movements against the government for autonomy and allow the national government to retain its control of [[national security]] and [[foreign policy]].<ref name="BBC News 2012">{{Cite news |date=October 7, 2012 |title=Philippines and Muslim Rebels Agree Peace Deal |language=en |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-19860907 |access-date=June 27, 2022}}</ref> The autonomy agreement to be gradually implemented would also rename the region ''[[Bangsamoro]]'', after the Moro people.<ref name="BBC News 2012"/>

Chief peace negotiator Miriam Coronel-Ferrer said that the government was cautiously optimistic for a final agreement soon following six days of talks on July 13, 2013. She said: "This signing indicates that both sides are really committed to finish the peace negotiations. Nobody wants this not to reach its fruition." The agreement would see government allowances for the MILF to have a 75 percent share of earnings from natural resources and metallic minerals in a proposed autonomous region. For other energy resources, earnings would be split equally in accordance with Malaysia-brokered talks.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 14, 2013 |title=Philippines and Rebels Reach Deal |language=en |work=Al Jazeera |agency=AFP |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2013/7/14/philippines-and-rebels-reach-wealth-deal |access-date=June 27, 2022}}</ref>