Easy Round

1. Who was the first Filipino woman President of the Philippines?

a. Maria Corazon Cojuangco Aquino
b. Corazon Sumulong-Aquino
c. None of the choices
2. Who lead the bloody and perilous road to emancipation and the first female leader of
the Philippine revolution?
a. Josefa Llanes Escoda
b. Maria Josefa Gabriela
c. Fe del Mundo
3. An act declaring March 8 of every year as National Women’s Day.
a. Republic Act 9292 s. 1991
b. Republic Act 9262 s. 2011
c. Republic Act 6964 s. 1990
4. A government agency of the Philippines with the intention of promoting and
protecting the rights of the Women in the Philippines.
a. Commission on Women Rights
b. Women Welfare Agency
c. Philippine Commission on Women
5. Refers to any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in
physical, sexual, or psychological harm or suffering to women.
a. Violence Against Women
b. Women’s Human Rights
c. Human Rights
6. What is the theme of this year’s National Women’s Month Celebration?
a. We make change work for women - Juana Laban sa Pandemya: Kaya!
b. Visionary Women: Champions of Peace and Nonviolence
c. Women in Leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world
7. A global celebration of the economic, political and social achievements of women.
a. National Women’s Month
b. International Women’s Day
c. Philippine Women’s Day
8. A facility that would address VAW cases in a gender-responsive manner, managed by
a person designated by the punong barangay.
a. VAW Assistance Desk
b. VAW Desk
c. VAW Information Center
9. CEDAW is an acronym of _______________.
a. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women’s
b. Convention on the Emancipation of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women’s
c. Convention on the Eradication of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women’s
10. When was the Magna Carta of Women (R.A. 9710) signed into law?
a. August 14, 2009
b. March 8, 2004
c. March 19, 2011

Average Round
 1. Is a comprehensive women’s human rights law that seeks to eliminate discrimination
through the recognition, protection, fulfillment, and promotion of the rights of
Filipino women.
a. Republic Act 9262
b. Republic Act 9710
c. Republic Act 9210
2. When was the first International Women’s Day celebrated?
a. March 19, 1911
b. March 25, 1911
c. March 8, 1975
3. Refers to an act which is sexual in nature, committed against a woman or her child.
a. Physical Violence
b. Sexual Violence
c. Psychological Violence
4. This is the guidelines in the establishment of a Violence Against Woman (VAW) desk
in every Barangay.
a. Joint Memorandum Circular No. 2010-2
b. Joint Memorandum Circular No. 2009-1
c. Joint Memorandum Circular No. 1990-8
5. Acts of violence which are covered under R.A. 9262 except?
a. Physical Violence
b. Economic Abuse
c. Spiritual Freedom
6. An active member of the suffrage movement of the Philippines. And who said that,
“The modern woman is no longer the wife that clings; she now helps the husband”.
a. Josefa Llanes Escoda
b. Maria Josefa Gabriela
c. Fe del Mundo
7. A proclamation declaring the first week of March each year as Women’s Week and
March 8 as Women’s Rights and International Peace Day.
a. Proclamation No. 224 s. 1988
b. Proclamation No. 227 s. 1988
c. Proclamation No. 121 s. 1988
8. The Philippine Commission on Women was established on January 7, 1975 through
Presidential Decree No.?
a. 627
b. 638
c. 633
9. Also known as “The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the
Empowerment of Women”
a. International Women’s League
b. UN Women
c. International Women’s Right
10. On October 31, 2018, through Executive Order No. 67, the Philippine Commission on
Women, was transferred from the Office of the Cabinet Secretary to the
_____________________________.
a. Department of Justice
b. Department of the Interior and Local Government
c. Department of Education

Difficult Round
1. Spearheaded the fight for truth, dubbed as the “great dame of journalism and the
founder of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
a. Eugenia Apostol
 b. Fe del Mundo
c. Paz Marquez-Benitez
2. In 1995, Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a historic roadmap signed by
189 governments, focused on 12 critical areas of concern except:
a. Women and poverty
b. Education and training of women
c. Women and child
3. A proclamation providing for the observance of the Month of March as Women’s
Role in History Month
a. Proclamation No. 224 s. 1988
b. Proclamation No. 227 s. 1988
c. Proclamation No. 121 s. 1988

4. Refers to the development perspective and process that are participatory and
empowering, equitable, sustainable, free from violence, respectful of human rights,
supportive of self-determination and actualization of human potentials.

a. Gender Mainstreaming

b. Gender and Development

c. Violence Against Women

5. All rights in the Constitution and those rights recognized under international
instruments duly signed and ratified by the Philippines, in consonance with Philippine
law, shall be rights of woman under this Act to be enjoyed without discrimination.

a. Human Rights of Women

b. Protection from Violence

c. Suppletory Effect

6. In the levels of Gender Mainstreaming, where the level of gender awareness of an

organization is heightened through raising people’s awareness and generating support
for gender mainstreaming.

a. Foundation Formation

b. GAD Application

c. Replication and innovation

7. Refers to the provision, availability, and accessibility of opportunities, services and

observance of human rights which enable women to actively participate and
contribute to the political, economic, social, and cultural development of the nation.
a. Women Empowerment
b. Women Rights
c. Women Freedom
8. Refers to a scientifically defined pattern of psychological and behavioral symptoms
found in women living in battering relationships as a result of cumulative abuse.
a. Turner Syndrome
b. Battered Woman Syndrome
c. Swyer Syndrome
9. Is the major global strategy for ensuring that the government pursues gender equality
in all aspects of the development process to achieve the vision of a gender-responsive
society where women and men equally contribute to and benefit from development. 
a. Gender Mainstreaming
b. Women Empowerment
c. Violence Against Women
10. The date when the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming a UN Day
for Women’s Rights and International Peace to be observed on any day of the year by
Member States
a. March 1898
b. December 1977
c. March 1911