AidaSantos-Maranan: Curriculum Vitae

AIDA SANTOS-MARANAN

Building 15, Unit 41BLP Condominium, Road 3, Brgy. Pag-asa,Quezon City 1105, PhilippinesPhone/Fax: +63.2.4267479Mobile: +63.918.4375907aida.fulleros.santos@gmail.com

AREAS OF INTEREST AND EXPERTISE

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Gender and development mainstreaming

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Gender/women and governance

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Training and Facilitation

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Modules development

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Planning, monitoring and evaluation

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Research and publication

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Literary and technical writing

My professional background includes experiencewith various multilateral and bilateral donors and international development institutions—includingthe United Nations—and in various capacities,including research, training, module development,capacity building, and evaluation. I have worked in different settings—with government agencies,community-based groups, NGOs, academicinstitutions, the media and in the legislative arena. I am a member of the internationally-based Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) and the Gender Resource Network (GRN),a national network of gender advocates and consultants. I currently sit as the vice-chairpersonof the Board of Trustees of ISIS International- Manila. I do volunteer work for several local/national organizations working ongovernance issues, legislative advocacy/legal reforms, sex trafficking and women’s rights, peaceand security issues, among others. I am theCountry Coordinator of the Philippine Women’s Network on Peace & Security, which is affiliated with the international network of Women for Genuine Security. I have been a women’srights/gender advocate since the early 1980s inthe Philippines. As a co-founder of the legislative network of civil society organizations and women’s groups called SIBOL or Sama-Samang Inisyatiba para sa Pagbabago ng Batas at Lipunan (Collective Initiatives for Transforming Law and Society), I had been an active participant of the core groupthat drafted and lobbied for the passage of laws onrape, violence against women, and anti-trafficking. I have served as a Training Consultant on Gender and Development Mainstreaming to the following Philippine government institutions: the Department of Finance (DoF), the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), the OverseasWorkers Welfare Administration (OWWA), the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA), the National Commission onthe Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW), the National Transmission Corporation (TransCo),the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), among others.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (LATE 1990S—PRESENT) Women’s Education, Development, Productivity & ResearchOrganization (WeDpro),

with support from the European Union

Project Manager

Quezon City, PhilippinesNov 2009—PresentP

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. LGU and barangay level collaborative activities that include research, developing andpublishing instructional and educational materials, capacity-building trainings and workshops,community-based theatre development, advocacy, and organizing special events to promote awarenesson VAWC and trafficking laws from a gender and human rights perspective.

CORDAID

(formerly Bilance, a European donor institution)

and Philippine Programme Partners

Facilitator / Resource Person

Quezon City & Davao City, PhilippinesJul—Aug, 2009Development of a module and workshop facilitation on S

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as partof the mainstreaming mandate of CORDAID among its Philippine partners, as part of an ongoingprogram of CORDAID.

Institute of Popular Governance

,funded by One World Action

Consultant

Zamboanga City & Quezon City, PhilippinesMar—May, 2009Program assessment of the

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Evaluation of several partner programs towards betterunderstanding of how gender can be mainstreamed into their activities; developed interview and FGDtools, conducted KIIs and FGDs of programme stakeholders, write-up of assessment report; facilitation of the validation workshop; assistance provided in developing gender indicators for the program andprojects.

UNDP / UNIFEM / UNFPA

Consultant

Cambodia and Philippines22 Oct—14 Dec, 2008M

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(GBV). Finaloutput consisted of a mapping of programs and projects on GBV and needs-assessment report thatincluded general recommendations for the developing of a Joint Programme Cambodia-based UN-ledinitiatives addressing GBV. Evaluation of existing UN programs on VAW; rapid research and developmentof FGD instruments for UN program partners; write-up of report.

Oxfam-NOVIB

Consultant

Philippines15 Nov -30 Dec, 2007Research and write-up of the report, S

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. Final output included a situationer on women’s political participationin the Philippines as an input into a regional activity of Oxdam-NOVIB; the report was published.

UNICEF

National Consultant

Philippines2007D

EVELOPMENT OF

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NALYSIS ON

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HILDREN

using a rights-based perspective. Responsibilitiesincluded review of several UN, government and NGO documents / materials; participation in validation

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workshops; report writing.

National Transmission Corporation (TransCo)

, a government-ownedand -controlled corporation

Consultant / Trainer / Facilitator

Philippines2006-Q1 2008G

ENDER AND

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EVELOPMENT

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AINSTREAMING PROGRAM

. Responsibilities included assessment of gendermainstreaming efforts within the organization and its constituents; developing strategies on advocatingfor inclusion of key gender concerns into the mandate/vision of the institution; training of trainers;conduct of 19 batches of gender sensitivity training in major island-regions of the Philippines (Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao regional offices); provided skills to the Gender Mainstreaming Committee ongender-responsive planning and budgeting.

UN International Labour Organization

Consultant

Jakarta, IndonesiaJune—Dec, 2007Development of a master training manual on migration and pilot training for middle managers of thenewly established migration management department, BNP2TKI.

WeDpro and the Institute for Popular Democracy

Project Manager / Research Coordinator

Philippines1 Dec 2006—30 Mar 2007S

TRENGTHENING WOMEN

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. Responsibilities included project management; conduct of key informants interviews, focus group discussion and validation workshops, report writing

UNFPA

(Technical Services Team for East andSoutheast Asia Bangkok, Thailand)

National Consultant

Philippines15 Aug—15 Sept, 2006D

OCUMENTING

UNFPA

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BASED VIOLENCE

. Responsibilitiesincluded the development of a case study based on analyzing the processes that were undertaken to designand implement the selected project, and ensured that the case study includes a detailed component on theimpact of the project on women, men and the community; analyzed good practices that allowed successand constraints faced during the process (design and implementing phases) including advocacy and policy dialogue in addition to the opportunities; formulated recommendations to sustain and broaden successes.

CORDAID

Consultant

PhilippinesMay 2006—Feb 2007Evaluation of gender components in programs of and training on gender mainstreaming among itsPhilippine partners

AFESIP and Paz Desarollo / GAD ASIA (Spain)

Consultant-Lead Trainer/Facilitator

PhilippinesNov 2007R

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ROPOSALSFOR A REGIONAL STRATEGY

. Responsibilities lead facilitation and synthesis; report writing (participatingcountries (Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Timor/Timor Leste, Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam).t

UNFPA (Technical Services Team for East and South-East AsiaBangkok, Thailand)

Consultant

Philippines30 Jul—Sept, 2006