Republic of the Philippines

Province of Misamis Oriental

Municipality of Jasaan
Barangay San Antonio

EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 5

Series of 2024

AN ORDER RE-ESTABLISHING AND RE-ORGANIZING THE GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT

(GAD) FOCAL POINT SYSTEM OF BARANGAY SAN ANTONIO, MUNICIPALITY OF JASAAN,
MISAMIS ORIENTAL AND DEFINING ITS DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS.

WHEREAS, Section 14, Article II of the Constitution provides that the State recognizes the
role of women in nation building, and shall ensure the fundamental equality
before the law of women and men;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 36 of RA 9710, otherwise known as the Magna Carta of

Women (MCW) all government departments, including their attached agencies,
offices, bureaus, state universities and colleges, government institution shall
adopt gender mainstreaming as a strategy to promote women’s human rights
and eliminate gender discrimination in their systems, structures, policies,
programs, processes and procedures;

WHEREAS, Section 37-C of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the MCW
provides for the creation or strengthening or GAD Focal Point System or a similar
GAD mechanism in LGUs and other instrumentalities of the government to
catalyze and accelerate gender mainstreaming within the agency or LGU;

WHEREAS, PCW-DILG-DBM-NEDA JMC 2013-01 sets the Guidelines on the Localization of

the Magna Carta of Women;

WHEREAS; There a need to Institutionalize and organize the GAD Focal Point System and
define its functions and responsibilities.

NOW THEREFORE, I, HERBY M. MORENO, Punong Barangay of San Antonio, Jasaan,

Misamis Oriental, by virtue of the power vested upon me by law, do hereby
order the following;

SECTION 1, ORGANIZATION OF GAD FOCAL POINT SYSTEM. The GAD Focal Point System
(GFPS) of Barangay San Antonio, Jasaan, Misamis Oriental is hereby organized.

SECTION 2. Composition of the Barangay GAD Focal Point System. The Barangay GFP
System of Barangay San Antonio, Jasaan, Misamis Oriental shall be established
and shall be composed of the following.

Chairman : HON. HERBIE M. MORENO Punong Barangay

Co-Chair : HON. CARMEL E. BALASOLLA
Members:
HON. MARIDEL G. TAPULGO
HON. LOURDESO M. MORENO:
Chairman, SB Committee On
Women, Children and Family
Vice-Chair, CWPW
SB Committee On Appropriations
 HON. WRENDELL JUDAH C. LEDESMA :SK Chairman
DANILO T. NACUA:
ALILI H. NACUA:
ARLYN O. MACARAYO:
MANUEL APLUT:
LUCILA Q. MABANTA :
ELENA N. AGBO:
HERMOGENES I. MACARAYO
BENJIE A. EBAJAY :
LYDIA G. MABAYO:
MARISSA L. VALDE:
MENILYN I. MACARAYO
Barangay Administrator
Barangay Treasurer
Barangay Secretary
Barangay Human Rights Action Officer
Barangay Nutrition Scholar
Day Care Worker
Lupong Tagapamayapa member
Tanod Executive Officer
VAWC Desk Officer
Barangay Health Worker
Barangay Population Officer

SECTION 3. General Functions of the GAD Focal Point System. – The GAD Focal Points
System shall perform the following:

General Functions:
1. Ensure and sustain the Barangay’s critical consciousness in supporting gender
and development, women’s empowerment and responding to gender issues;
2. Take the lead role in direction-setting, advocacy, planning, monitoring and
evaluation, and technical advisory in mainstreaming GAD perfectives in the
Barangay Programs, projects, activities and processes;

Specific Functions:
1. Lead in mainstreaming GAD perspective in Barangay policies, plans and
programs. In the process, they shall ensure the assessment of the gender-
responsiveness of systems, structures, policies, programs, processes and
procedures of the LGU based on the priority needs and concerns of each
constituencies and employees, and the formulation of recommendations
including their implementation;
2. Assist in the formulation of new policies such as the GAD code in advancing
Women’s Empowerment and gender equality ;
3. Lead in setting up appropriate systems and mechanisms to ensure the
generation, processing, review, and updating of sex-disaggregated data or
barangay GAD data base to serve as basis in performance-based and gender-
responsive planning and budgeting;
4. Coordinate efforts of different units of the Barangay and advocate for the
integration of GAD perspectives in all their systems and processes;
5. Spearhead the preparation of the Annual and Performance-based GAD plan
and budget (GPB) in response to the gender issues and or concerns of their
locality and in the context of their LGU mandate; and consolidate the same
following the form and procedures prescribed by the PCW, DBM and NEDA in
Joint Circular 2011-1. The GFPS shall likewise be responsible for submitting
the consolidated GPBs of the Barangay;
6. Lead in monitoring the effective implementation of the GAD-related policies
and the annual GAD Plans, programs and Budget of the Barangay;
 7. Lead the preparation and on-time submission of the annual Barangay GAD
accomplishment report (GAD AR) and other GAD reports, that may be
required under the MCW and the JMC to the Municipality Planning and
Development Office to ensure the alignment of the Barangay GAD PPAs with
the priorities of the Municipality and thereafter to the DILG municipal LGOO
for review and approval;
8. Strengthen the linkages with other LGUs concerned agencies or organizations
working on Women’s Rights and gender and development to harmonize and
synchronize GAD efforts at various levels of governance;
9. Promote and actively pursue the participation of Women and gender
advocates, other civil society groups and private organizations in the various
stages of development planning cycle, giving special attention to the
marginalized sectors; and
10. Ensure that all personnel of the Barangay (e.g. treasurer, secretary) are
capacitated on GAD. Along this line, the Barangay GFPS will recommend and
plan an appropriate capacity development program on gender and
development for its employees as part of and implemented under its regular
human resource development program.

SECTION 4. Meetings. The GFPS shall meet quarterly or as often as may be necessary.

SECTION 5. Repealing Clause. All related issuances in conflict herewith are superseded by
this Order, and/or modified accordingly.

SECTION 6. Effectively. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately and shall remain
in force and effect unless otherwise.

Issued this 2ND day of January 2024 at Barangay San Antonio, Jasaan, Misamis Oriental

HERBY M. MORENO
Punong Barangay