Let us look at gender responsive development planning.

Gender-responsive development planning means mainstreaming gender considerations in the

planning, budgeting, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and actions for
development. This is imperative because, among other reasons, affirmative action programs have to
be developed and implemented to address gender inequalities and allow women to advance.

The GAD plan of an agency is a blueprint of how agencies could make themselves gender responsive.
It addresses gender issues and concerns of agencies and their constituents, and with appropriate
strategies, activities and monitoring and evaluation indicators

How does an agency make sure that its plan is gender responsive? To address this need. a gender
and development (GAD) checklist was developed to ensure development plans are not only aware of
or sensitive to gender issues faced by women and men, girls and boys, but also address key, relevant
gender-related issues or concerns.

The checklist is culled from the manual, “Mainstreaming Gender in Development Planning:
Framework and Guidelines.” Published by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA),
the National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW; now, the Philippine Commission on
Women, or PCW), and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA; now known simply as
Government of Canada) in 2002, the manual forms part of the Gender Mainstreaming Resource Kit
(GMRK).

Click the icon to view the checklist:

References:

NEDA. GAD Checklist for Development Planning

National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW) and the Canadian International
Development Agency(CIDA) (2008

APPLICATION

Answer the questionnaire on Attitudes toward gender roles. Compute your score and write a brief
insight on your results.
 CLOSURE

Congratulations! You were just given an overview of gender and development as a

development approach. Take note that your answers to the Activity, Reflection AND the
Application have to be submitted through the CDM 202 class page in the USeP UVE on or
before 11 PM of April 30, 2023