GENDER AND

DEVELOPMENT (GAD)
 GENDER is refers to the “socially constructed characteristics
of women and men –such as norms, roles and relationships of
and between groups of women and men.
 Development PERSPECTIVE and PROCESS that is ;

 Participatory and empowering

 Equitable
 Sustainable
 Free from violence
 Respectful of human rights
 Actualization of human potentials

 Seeks to achieve GENDER EQUALITY as a

FUNDAMENTAL value that SHOULD be reflected in
development CHOICES
 Contends that women are ACTIVE AGENTS of
development

 In 1993, the National Economic and Development Authority

(NEDA) and the National Commission on the Role of
Filipino Women, now known as the Philippine Commission
on Women (PCW), in conjunction with various Philippine
 government agencies, produced the Guidelines for
Developing and Implementing Gender-Responsive Program
and Projects. The document sought to assist line or
implementing agencies in;
 Complying with the Republic Act NO. 7192, known as the
Women in Development and development and Nation-
Building Acts its Implementing Rules and Regulations;
 Integrating a gender and development (GAD) perspective in
development planning processes and various stages of the
project cycle; and
 Addressing the issues of inadequate sex-disaggregated data
and statistics for development planning and programming.

Reporters:
Catihan , Nida D.
Ansil , Reginabel D.