Exercise II

Name: ______________________________________ Date:

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Year/Course/Section: _________________________ Score:
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Fill in the blanks.
Instruction: Read each statement carefully and write the most appropriate
word/s that can complete the sentences.
1. Before gender and development, ______________ are expected to work only
as secretaries, teachers, librarians, and the like.
2. Before gender and development, ______________ are expected to be in-
charge of things, telling others what to do.
3. The _______________________ of 1945 and the ____________________________ in
1948 established the first official worldwide recognition of women’s equality
and non-discrimination on the basis on sex.
4. The ____________________________ applied in 1970s fell short of improving
unequal relationships.
5. Gender and development focuses on two major frameworks including,
______________________ and _______________________________.
6. ______________________denotes women having same opportunities as men,
including ability to participate in the public sphere
7. __________ refers to the biological distinction of being male and female
8. ____________ is a social construct about the role of males and females,
which results from sociocultural influences throughout an individual's
development.
9. A set of attitudes, more likely unfavorable, towards members of a group
is called ______________.
10. _________________ is an overt negative behavior towards a person based
on his or her membership in a group.

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11. Any bias against an individual or group based on the individual's or
group's sex is referred to as ___________.
12. Gender ______________ and ________________ can be both identified to
show beliefs about the characteristics, attributes, and behaviors against
women.

Exercise III

Name: ______________________________________ Date:

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Year/Course/Section: _________________________ Score:
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True or False
Instruction: Read the sentences thoroughly and recognize the truthfulness
of each. Write TRUE if sentence is correct and FALSE if it is not. Write your
answers before each number.

__________1. Gender mainstreaming is the considerate integration of gender-

relevant concepts in development and strategy planning.
__________2. Having the capacity “to do” and the capacity “to be” shows
development.
__________3. Development is about expanding the range of choices for
people, both for women and men.
__________4. Gender blindness referred to the neglect of concerns particular
to women.
__________5. Gender-responsiveness is an act of discrimination based on
one’s gender.
__________6. Ability to exercise freedom and responsibility is one of the aims
of development.

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__________7. Gender and development is the process of empowering,
equitable, sustainable, free from violence, respectful of human rights,
supportive of self-determination and actualization of human potentials.
__________8. Gender and development was primarily created to address
rights of women.
__________9. Gender and development implementation may be optional,
depending on the implementing agency.
__________10. All government agencies are required to allocate at least 5%
of their total budgets for gender and development.

Exercise IV

Name: ______________________________________ Date:

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Year/Course/Section: _________________________ Score:
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Instruction: Use the provided space to identify the appropriate answer:

MDG for Millennium Development Goals; SDG for Sustainable
Development Goals; and PDP for Philippine Development Plan.

________ 1. Quality, equitable, culture-based, and complete basic education

________ 2. Good governance
________ 3. Peace, justice and strong institutions.
________ 4. Ensure environmental sustainability

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________ 5. Quality education
________ 6. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
________ 7. Development that is national and has a government that
advocates
________ 8. Develop globe partnership for development
________ 9. Decent work and economic growth
________ 10. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
________ 11. Inclusive growth
________ 12. Clean water and sanitation
________ 13. Achieve universal primary education
________ 14. Gender equality
________ 15. Climate action

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