Carlos Hilado Memorial State College

Talisay Campus/Fortune Towne Campus/Alijis Campus/Binalbagan Campus

GENDER and DEVELOPMENT (GAD-GRC)

CHAPTER TEST - Module Quiz: MODULE 2 (Legal Basis of GAD Implementation)

Student’s Name: VANESSA G. LONGNO Instructor’s Name: Dr. Aquiles R. Dejalde

Course & Year: BSIT 2-1 Score: 30 items = 50% passing

A. Write TRUE if the statement is true and write FALSE if the statement is false.
Each answer is equivalent to 2 points. STRICTLY NO CORRECTION of answers.

❖ POLICIES AND GUIDELINES ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT:

FALSE 1 The Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against
against women is adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1989 and entered
into force as an international treaty on October 3, 1981.
TRUE 2. The equality of men and women is enshrined in the 1987 Philippine Constitution
FALSE 3. The Philippines being a State Party to the United Nations was signed on
August 15, 1980 and ratified on July 5, 1981.
FALSE 4. The Beijing Platform for Action Convention affirms women’s rights to acquire,
change or retain their nationality and the nationality of their children.
TRUE 5. The State recognizes the role of women in nation building and shall ensure the
fundamental equality before the law of women and men.

❖ MAGNA CARTA OF WOMEN / GENDER MAINSTREAMING:

TRUE 1. The Magna Carta for Women 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.

TRUE 2. GAD mainstreaming requires interventions from different stages of development

planning processes, from planning to programming, budgeting, implementation,
monitoring and evaluation
TRUE 3. The process of gender mainstreaming necessitates the transformation of
institutional structures, culture and practices wherein gender concerns become
central instead of remaining as peripheral issues and concerns
FALSE 4. The implementing rules and regulations of Magna Carta for Women which were
approved on March 2000, identify the Commission of Higher Education as the
agency mandated to develop and promote gender sensitive curriculum.
TRUE 5. The Philippine Commission on Women is a government agency run by the
government of the Philippines with the intention of promoting and protecting
the rights of the Women in the Philippines.

❖ GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 2000:

TRUE 1. All concerned government entities shall submit their GAD plan to the
National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women for review.
FALSE 2. The cost of implementation of the GAD Plan shall be at least 10% of the
agency’s total Fiscal Year 2000 budget appropriations.
TRUE 3. The GAD Plan shall be designed to empower women and address gender
issues in accordance with the Philippine Plan for Gender-Responsive
Development.
FALSE 4. The General Appropriations Act on Programs and Projects related to
Gender and Development is stipulated in Section 25 of the Philippine
Constitution.
TRUE 5. The evaluation of the agencies’ utilization of the GAD budget shall be
Performance-based.

Prepared by:
Dr. AQUILES R. DEJALDE