RIZAL TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Brgy. Malamig, Boni Avenue, Mandaluyong City

RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS UNIT

GAD AWARENESS

AY 2023-2024
SCOPE OF PRESENTATION

● BACKGROUND
● GAD HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
● DEFINE GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT
● AGADO MISSION
● RESPONSIBILITIES
● FUNCTIONS
● FUNCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
● SPECIFIC GUIDELINES

BACKGROUND
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS

Beijing Platform for Action

‘The girl-child’

1. Poverty

2. Education, training and HRD

3. Health

4. Violence against women

5. Armed conflict

6. Economy

7. Power and decision-making

8. Human rights
9. Media

10. Environment

11. Girl child

12. Institutional mechanisms

UN-CEDAW

UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against

Women (UN-CEDAW)

CEDAW (1979)

- International Bill of Rights for Women

- General Recommendation 30 (2013): on women in conflict

prevention, conflict and post-conflict situations
❑equality in all fields

❑affirmative action

❑protection from violence against women

• They are also committed to submit national reports, at least every

four years, on measures they have taken to comply with their treaty
obligations.

• As a signatory to the Convention, the Philippines have been

reporting regularly to the UN committee on the Elimination of All
Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Millennium Development Goals

1. Eradicate extreme poverty

2. Achieve universal primary education

3. Promote gender equality and empower women

4. Reduce child mortality

5. Improve maternal health

6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases

7. Ensure environmental sustainability

8. A global partnership for development

LEGAL MANDATES
 WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS?

January 1, 2016 – Released the 17 SDGs of the 2030 Agenda for

Sustainable Development adopted by world leaders in September
2015 at a historic UN Summit.

• Sustainable Development Goal Nr 5: Achieve gender equality

and empower women and girls

✔Seek to change the course of the 21st century, addressing key

challenge such as poverty, inequality, and violence against
women.

✔Goal 5 is known as the stand-alone goal because it is dedicated

to achieving recognition to women’s equality and empowerment
as both the objective, and as part of the solution.

BACKGROUND

1995-1997: Section 27 2012: Section 27

1998: Section 28 2013: Section 28

1999 – 2002: Section 27 2014: Section 33

2003 – 2005: Section29/30 2015: Section 34

2006 – 2007: Section 30 2016: Section 35

2017: Section 30
2008: Section 31
2018: Section 30
2009: Section 29

2010: Section 32
Sec 30, RA 10964. Programs and Projects Related to
Gender and Development. All agencies of the government
shall formulate a Gender and Development (GAD) Plan
designed to address gender issues within their concerned
sectors or mandate and implement the applicable
provisions under R.A No. 9710 or the Magna Carta of Women,
Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination
Against Women, the Beijing Platform for Action, the Philippine
Plan for Gender Responsive Development (1995-2025) and the
Philippine Development Plan (2017-2022)

The GAD Plan shall be integrated in the regular activities of

the agencies, which shall be at least five percent (5%) of
their budgets. For this purpose, activities currently being
undertaken by agencies which relate to GAD or those that
contribute to poverty alleviation,economic empowerment
especially of marginalized women, protection, promotion,
and fulfillment of women’s human rights, and practice of
gender-responsive governance are considered sufficient
compliance with said requirement. Utilization of the GAD
budget shall be evaluated based on the GAD performance
indicators identified by said agencies.
 GAD HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

Welfare Approach Women in Development

Welfare Approach

• Originated in 1950s as a result of the first official world wide

recognition of women’s equality and non discrimination
on the basis of sex as established by UDHR in 1948.

• Response to outcomes of inequalities among the local

elites and the common people.

Women in Development

• Originated in 1970s as a result of the debate of the

women’s role in economic development.

• Emerged from a liberal feminist framework and was

particularly influential in North America

• The WID approach focuses on the integration of women

into the workforce and increase their level of
productivity in order to improve their lives.

• Women’s significant productive contribution was made visible,

although their reproductive role was downplayed.
 Women and Development Gender andDevelopment

Women and Development

• Originated back in 1975 in Mexico City which focuses on the
relation between patriarchy and capitalism.
• Focuses on the relationship between women and
development processes rather than purely on strategies
that seek women’s integration in development.
• Tends to group women together without considering the
impact of class, race or ethnicity on women’s status.

- WID and WAD fell short in improving unequal relationships.

A significant number of projects were unsustainable as
development projects failed to consider the multiple roles
carried out by women, leading to a development model that
in the end became disadvantageous to the women.

Gender and Development

• In the late 80’s there was a growing need to understand the

unequal status and treatment of women and men,and the failure
of development initiatives to advance women’s status.
• GAD emerged from a frustration with the lack of progress of
WID and WAD, in changing women’s lives and in influencing
the broader development agenda. It
challenged the WID’s/WAD’s focus on women in isolation
and seeing women’s real problem as the imbalance of power
between women and men
 GAD LEGAL MANDATES

1. The 1987 Constitution – “The state recognizes the role of

women in nation-building, and shall ensure the fundamental
equality before the law of women and men."

2. Executive Order No. 348 of 1989, Approving and Adopting the

Philippine Development Plan for Women for 1989 to
1992

• Mandates the creation of Gender and Development (GAD)

focal points within an agency, a sector or a locality.

• Executive Order No. 273 – The 1995-2025 Philippine Plan

for Gender Responsive Development (PPGD)

3. Republic Act 7192 of 1992, Women in Development

and Nation- Building Act

• This promotes the integration of women as full and equal

partners of men in development and nation building.

• Passed by the Congress of the Philippines on December 11,

1991, and was approved by the President on February 12,
1992.

4. The Philippine National Action Plan on UNSCRs 1325 &

1820: 2011- 2016
Principle of PARTICIPATION in
decision-making Means that …

- All Sectors must participate in the development process

and benefit from the results of development.

When we say All Sector, it means participation of …

- They participate through a consultation process for the

purpose of identifying the concern of their sectors and the
determination of appropriate interventions to address these
concerns.

Principle of EMPOWERMENT

A multi-dimensional social process that helps people gain control

over their own lives.

A process that fosters power in people for use in their own lives,
their communities and in their society, by acting on issues they
define as important.

Measures designed to increase the degree of autonomy and self

determination in people and in communities in order to enable
them to represent their interests in a responsible and self
determined way, acting on their own authority.

- FREEDOM from VIOLENCE and RESPECT for HUMAN

RIGHTS

Principle of Support for self-determination and

actualization of human potentials

- This means that every individual is able to actualize their

Human Potentials beyond Basic Needs.
 GENDER EQUALITY THRU PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT AND
EMPOWERMENT
BACKGROUND - HPA Ltr Dir on the Creation of Gender and
Development Office
- (GADO) at PAMU Level dtd 17 August 2015.

MISSION - To Develop a Gender Sensitive Army

Reserve Command that is Relevant and
responsive to the clients and
organization.

RESPONSIBILITY - The Chief, GADO is a special staff

responsible to Commander in all
matters pertaining to GAD, its
promotion,
mainstreaming and cascading to its line
units in order for gender equality to
flourish in ARESCOM.-
FUNCTIONS A. Plan, prepare and implement GAD Advocacy
and training programs on gender and
development to their respective line units.

B. Prepare and submit their unit GPB &

AR consolidated from their HQs & line
units.

C. Monitor and report the status of gender

mainstreaming efforts and other GAD
performance scorecards/accomplishment
reports, GAD PAPs and Budgets.

D. Establish and maintain continues strong

linkages and partnerships with the local
counterpart of Philippine Commission on
women (PCW), non-government organizations
and people’s organizations.

E. Conduct and implement other

GAD-mandated programs and policies
published from higher HQs.

F. Act as secretariat of the GAD Focal

Point Committee (GFPC).

G. Maintain the GAD management information

system (MIS) and update unit
sex-disaggregated database (SDD) as well as
the statistics on its women personnel
that will serve as basis for gender
analysis and planning of unit programs
and policy measures addressing unit
gender issues.
FUNCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
- Focus on Four (4) entry points of Gender Mainstreaming (GM)

1. ON POLICY Review/Development of Policies

1. Education, Training, Recruitment,

Facility, Promotion, Health, GBV
Prevention, Justice System, etc.

2. Protection and Security of women and

children 3. Empowerment of women

4. Equal access to
employment/assignment opportunities 5.
Use of gender-fair language

2.ON PEOPLE GAD Focal Point Committee shall under gender

education program

1. GAD Orientation,

2. Gender Sensitivity Training (GST),

3. Gender-Fair Training Language,

4. Gender Analysis Seminar, GAD Plan and

Budget/GAD AR Workshop,

5. Gender Peace and Security Seminar,

6. Gender-Based Violence Awareness Seminar,

7. GAD-related Training/Seminar/Activities
(Health, Justice, Sports etc.)
3. ON Strengthen system and mechanism to
ENABLING support gender mainstreaming efforts.
MECHANISM
1. Collection and Updating of SDD

2. GMAPTool Administration

3. Conduct of Gender Audit

4. HGDG Tool Administration

5. Engagement with PCW/local GAD office &

agencies 6. Sustainment of GFPC/TWG

4. ON PAPS Activities to maximize the conduct of

Gender Mainstreaming Program

1. GAD Orientation

2. Gender Sensitivity Training

3. Gender-Fair Language Training

4. Gender Analysis Tool Training

5. Gender, Peace and Security Forum

6. Gender Audit Orientation

7. GBVRS Review and Orientation

8. GST Trainer’s Training

9. GAD Plan and Budget/GAD AR Development

Workshop 10. GFPC Monitoring & Evaluation of GAD

PAPs 11. Consolidation/review of GAD Plan to GAD

Budget 12. Integration of GPB in APB

13. Consolidation/review of GAD

Accomplishment 14. Development of GAD

Agenda

15. Observance of GAD-related Advocacies and events

(National Women’s Month Celebration and 18th Day
Campaign to End VAW)

16. Meeting and focused Group discussion with partner

agencies on NAPWPS/MOVE

17. Meeting and focused Group Discussion with LGU’s

and LGA’s NAPWPS/MOVE

18. Men opposed to VAW Everywhere (MOVE)

19. Combating Gender Based Violence and

Criminalities (through MOVE)

20. Creating Positive Atmosphere Seminar

21. Responsible Parenting/Family Welfare Seminar

22. Maintenance/construction of child-care/breast

feeding area/GAD Office at PAMU and GAD-section at
RCDG’s and CDC’s

23. Support to GAD administration of Office at

HARESCOM and GAD Section at RCDG’s and CDC’s.
 SPECIFIC GUIDELINES
Gender - Gender mainstreaming
Mainstreaming (GM) requires that the entire PA
commits to
the promotion of gender
equality in its plans and
processes

- PA directs all units and offices

to adopt

- is a strategy to transform
both PA men and women to be
gender-sensitive and
gender-responsive

- Concerns and experiences of

both PA men and women as
integral dimension of
design,
implementation,
monitoring and evaluation
of all policies, programs,
activities and projects
Army Gender Sensitivity - Enhanced gender
Training (GST) HPA Ltr awareness among PA
personnel
Dir dtd 11 Oct 20
- GST as a mandatory
training for PA units effective
2017

- All unit commanders

should include GST in
in-house
training and in-service
training program

- Funds charged to allocated GAD

funds of units

GAD Focal Point - PAMUs: GAD Focal Persons as

Committee (GFPC) the channel of PA GAD FP - to
the implementation of GAD
plans, programs, and activities
Gender Based - GBVRS shall be observed in
Violence Referral handling GBV cases
System
- Strict observance of gender
and culture-sensitive
protocols in handling
captured combatants and
surrendered
rebels

- Separate sanitation facilities of

men and women - Provision
of child-friendly facilities

- Availability of social workers and

counsellors

National Action Plan - All PA units and offices to

for Women, Peace effectively address Women,
Peace, and Security (WPS)
and
concerns through capacity
Security building and skills
Ltr Order#5 dtd 06 Oct 2016 development

- Adopt Information,
Education, and
Communication (IEC)
strategies to address WPS

- Cascade WPS trainings down

to PA units

- ntegrate WPS trainings,

projects, activities, and
programs in GAD PB
 - Coordinate with government
agencies that can provide legal
assistance, health support
services, etc.

- Strengthen PA commitment to
empower women

Gender Statistic and SDD - Sex-disaggregated

database (SDD) to serve as
inputs or
bases for planning,
programming and policy
formulation

GPB - At least Five (5) percent of the

total annual budget designed
to address gender issues

- Gender Analysis shall be

conducted prior to the dev. of
the GPB - reflect 5% budget
allocation and GAD PAPs in
GPB

- utilize at least 5% of unit’s or

office’s MOOE for GAD PAPs

- periodically prepare and submit

GAD Plan Budget (GPB)

- Incorporated to Annual
Plan and Budget (APB)
Gender Analysis Process - to identify gaps and difference
on the PAPs undertaken

- Determine priority GAD PAPs

- Gender Mainstreaming
Monitoring, Evaluation,
Assessment and Planning
(GMMEAP)

- Review and assess existing

major programs using HGDG
Toolkit

Attribution to GAD - Required to utilize the

Harmonized Gender and
Development Guidelines
(HGDG)

Integrate NAP GPS Integrate NAP GPS perspective in

the conduct of ff opns:

- CIVAC

- OPNs during emergencies

(natural/manmade) to
protect/secure vulnerable
women, elderlies, children,
and PWDs in refugee/IDP
camps

- Security OPNs to
protect/secure marginalized
and vulnerable women, youth,
Ips
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