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COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
LEARNING OUTCOMES
∙ Timeline
∙ Quiz
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. Familiarize with the Philippine Laws concerning sex and
gender 2. Identify current gender issues in the country
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ENGAGE
Watch the United Nation’s Video entitled “The Impossible
Dream” See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=t2JBPBIFR2Y
EXPLORE
Students will be asked to share their insights and/or points-of-view about
the scenes from the video. Are the scenarios observable in your own
household? Relate the video with your personal experiences.
EXPLAIN
A. Laws that led to the implementation of Gender and Society in the College
Curricula
2015
CHED MEMORANDUM ORDER No. 01 Series of 2015
∙ Establishing the policies and guidelines on gender and development in
the Commission on Higher
Education and Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)
∙ Mandates:
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2010
Establishment of the Gender and Development(GAD) Focal Point
System ∙ July 2, 2010
2009
MAGNA CARTA OF WOMEN
∙ September 2009
∙ Comprises the major statutory guidelines that all Responsible Agencies are
expected to pursue and implement, guided principally by the Philippine
Commission on Women (PCW)
∙ The MCW Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR), which were approved
in March 2010, identify the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) as
the agency mandated to:
(1) develop and promote gender-sensitive curriculum;
(2) develop gender fair instructional materials;
(3) ensure that educational institutions implement a capacity
building program on gender, peace and human rights
education for their officials, faculty and non- teaching staff and
personnel, promote partnerships between and among players of
the
education sector;
(4) promote partnerships between and among players of the
education sector;
(5) encourage advertising industry and other similar
institutions to provide free use of space and installation of displays
for schools, colleges and universities for campaigns to end
discrimination and violence against women; and
(6) guarantee that educational institutions provide
scholarship programs for marginalized women and girls set the
minimum standards for programs and institutions of higher learning.
-(MCW IRR, Rule IV, Section 16
1995
BEIJING PLATFORM FOR ACTION (BPFA)
∙ September 1995
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1992
Republic Act 7192 "Women in Development and Nation-Building Act" ∙ An act
promoting the integration of women as full and equal partners of men in
development and nation building and for other purposes ∙ Mandates:
1987
Constitution of the Philippine Republic, Article II, Section 14
∙ "The State recognizes the role of women in nation-building, and shall
ensure the fundamental equality before the law of women and men."
1981
United Nation Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination
Against Women (CEDAW)
∙ The CEDAW defines discrimination against women as "any distinction,
exclusion or restriction made on the basis of sex which has the effect or
purpose of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or exercise
by women, irrespective of their marital status, on a basis of equality of
men and women, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the
political, economic, social, cultural, civil, or any other field."
-(CEDAW, Part I, Article 1)
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Provided, That the crime shall not be extinguished or the penalty shall not
be abated if the marriage is void ab initio.”
Breast-Ironing (Cameroon)
also known as breast flattening, is the pounding and massaging of a
pubescent girl's breasts, using hard or heated objects, to try to make them stop
developing or disappear. The practice is typically performed by a close female
figure to the victim, traditionally fulfilled by a mother, grandmother, aunt, or
female guardian who will say she is trying to protect the girl from sexual
harassment and rape, to prevent early pregnancy that would tarnish the family
name, preventing the spread of sexually transmitted infections such as HIV/AIDs,
or to allow the girl to pursue education rather than be forced into early marriage.
Corrective Rape
also called curative orhomophobic rape, is ahate crime in which
one or more people are raped because of their perceived sexual orientation
or gender identity. The common intended consequence of the rape, as seen
by the perpetrator, is to turn the person heterosexual or to enforce conformity
with gender stereotypes
Honour Killing
or shame killing, is the murder of a member of a family, due to the
perpetrators' belief that the victim has brought shame or dishonor upon the
family, or has violated the principles of a community or a religion with an honor
culture. Typical reasons include divorcing or separating from their spouse,
refusing to enter
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an arranged, child or forced marriage, being in a relationship or having
associations with social groups outside the family that is strongly disapproved
by one's family, having premarital or extramarital sex, becoming the victim of
rape or sexual assault, dressing in clothing, jewelry and accessories which are
deemed inappropriate, engaging in non-heterosexual relations
Foot-binding (China)
Chinese custom of applying tight wrappings to the feet of young
girls to modify their shape and size. The bound feet were an enhancement to
a woman's beauty and made her movement more =dainty, and a woman
with perfect lotus feet was likely to make a more prestigious marriage. The
desirability varies with the size of the feet.
Cybersex trafficking
Victims are transported by traffickers to 'cybersex dens', which are
locations with webcams and internet-connected devices with live streaming
software. There, victims are forced to perform sexual acts on themselves or
other people, in sexual slavery, or raped by the traffickers or assisting
assaulters in live videos.
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E. Status of Filipino Women during the Pre-Colonial Era
∙ The pre-colonial Filipino wife was treated as a companion, not as slave. ∙
She enjoyed freedom in making decisions in the family.
∙ What name to give a child was also her prerogative.
∙ She enjoyed a key role in the economic stability of the family. ∙ It was
seldom that a woman did not know how to manage the family
landholdings.
∙ She had the task of agricultural production once the ground had
been prepared by the man.
∙ She engaged herself in weaving and pottery-making and usually
managed the trading of products and wares.
∙ The practice of primogeniture with regard to inheritance regardless of sex
allowed women to succeed their fathers as rulers of tribes.
∙ Being a pact holder was recognized among women in the pre-Spanish
society.
∙ Some were treated as Babaylans or deities of their tribes
ELABORATE
Timeline of the Legal Basis for the Study of Gender and Society in the
College Curriculum
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5. How can you apply what you learned today on your current daily roles as
a human being?
EVALUATE
Asynchronous Quiz No. 1 will be given to the students via Google
Form Homework 1:
Asynchronous Activity No.1 in preparation for next module's topic (what
constitutes a person's sex), students will be asked to evaluate themselves; and
identify their personal characteristics that define their sex.
REFERENCES
See: “The Impossible Dream” by The United Nations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2JBPBIFR2Y See:
https://ched.gov.ph/cmo-1-s-2015/ See:
https://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/ cedaw.aspx See:
https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/constitutions/the-1987-constitution-of-
the republic-of-thephilippines/the-1987-constitution-of-the-republic-of-
the philippines-article-ii/ See: https://library.pcw.gov.ph/sites/default/files/ra-
7192- irr.pdf See:
https://beijing20.unwomen.org/en/aboutSee:https://pcw.gov.ph/sites/default/
fil es/documents/laws /republic_act_9710.pdf See: https://nhcp.gov.ph/risen
opportunity-the-economic-role-of-filipino-women-during-the-
americanregime/ See:
https://www.univie.ac.at/ksa/apsis/aufi/wstat/mujer.htm
ADDITIONAL
MATERIALS
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See: Martha Nussbaum(Sex and Social Justice, 1999) See: Gastón, Colleen
Murray; Misunas, Christina; Cappa (2019)."Child marriage among boys: a
global overview of available data".Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies.
14(3): 219 228.doi:10.1080/17450128.2019.1566584. See: United Nations
(2015)."UNAIDS 2015 Terminology Guidelines"(PDF).UNAIDS.org. See:
"SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ADDRESS TO "WOMEN 2000" SPECIAL SESSION, SAYS
FUTURE OF PLANET DEPENDS UPON WOMEN". United Nations
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