WHAT IS GENDER AND TESDA TRAINING CENTER -

GENERAL SANTOS CITY

DEVELOPMENT?
Gender and Development (GAD) –

GENDER
refers to the development perspective
and process that is participatory and
MAGNA CARTA OF WOMEN
empowering, equitable, sustainable,
free from violence, respectful of
human rights, supportive of self-
Republic Act No. 9710
The Magna Carta of Women is comprehensive
women’s human rights law that seeks to
AND
determination and actualization of
human potentials. It seeks to achieve
eliminate discrimination against women by
recognizing, protecting, fulfilling and promoting DEVELOPMENT
gender equality as a fundamental the rights of Filipino women, especially those
value that should be reflected in in marginalized sector.
development choices and contends
that women are active agents of
development, not just passive
recipients of development.
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW TESDA GAD INITIAVITES
ABOUT THE RA 9710 OR
Gender and Development (GAD)
THE MAGNA CARTA OF mainstreaming in TVET is focused towards
WOMEN building awareness on gender equality to
increase the participation of women in
RECOGNIZING technical-vocational education and training.
The law provides for equal
treatment for men and women
before the law. The law ensures
• GENDER SENSITIVITY TRAINING “If women are
(GST)
the equal participation of women and non-
discrimination in sports.
expected to do
• GENDER-BASED
PROMOTING PROGRAMS/PROJECT PLANNING the same work as
The law guarantees all the human
rights of women and fundamental • GENDER ANALYSIS
men, we must
freedoms in civil, social, political,
economic, cultural, and other fields.
teach them the
PROTECTING same things.”
B The law protects women from all
ub forms of violence. The law also
guarantees the security of women
- Plato, The Republic -
during times of crisis and disaster.