The Core Values And Guiding

Principles Of Community
Action

Community Engagement, Solidarity, and Citizenship

Objectives
Students Be Able To: SLIDE 2

Explain The Core Values Of Promote Awareness Of Appraise The Value Of Analyze Strategies Of
Community Action Human Rights In Social Equity And Gender Empowerment And
Communities Equality In The Context Of Advocacy Through
Participatory Community Action
Development

Community, Engagement, Solidarity, And Citizenship

Core Values
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are the fundamental beliefs of a person or

organization. These guiding principles
dictate behavior and can help people
understand the difference between right
and wrong.
The Core Values And Guiding Principles
Of Community Action SLIDE 4

Gender
Empowerment
And
Equality
Advocacy
Participatory
Human
Development
Rights Social
Justice
Human Rights
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Are rights inherent in all human

beings whatever their nationality,
place of residence, sex,
national or ethnic origin, color,
religion, language, or any other
status is.
We are all equally entitled to our
human rights without
discrimination
The Basic Human Rights
1• Right To Live
Right to life
• Right To Safe Environment
• No Torture, Force And
Violence
• Free Access To Court
• Right To Due Process Of
Law
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1. Freedom Of
Right to Liberty
Speech
2. Right Against Unreasonable
Searches And Seizure
3. Right To Information
3
“Universal Declaration Of
Right to Property
Human Rights”
Article 17 Every One Has A
Human Right To Own A
4. Religious Freedom
Property
5. Right To Bail
6. Right To Form Union Article 12 Every One Has
Human Life To Privacy And
7. Right To Political Beliefs And
Aspirations. Family Life
Social Justice
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Is a societal value which

guides human interaction and,
in particular, the fair
distribution of society’s
benefits, advantages, and
assets. Social justice is being
equal under the law and all
aspects of society
Social Justice
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Jose P. Laurel defined social justice as
the humanization of laws and
equalization of social and
economic force by the state so that
justice may be at least be
approximated.
- Social Justice is enshrined in the
Philippine Constitution specifically in
Article XIII, Section 1 to
19.
Social Justice
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Social justice is a mandate of the
constitution which requires adoption of
the State of measure that will promote
the right of all people in equality of
opportunities in all human endeavor
and equitable sharing of socio-
economic benefits that will improve the
standard of living of the
underprivileged group of people
Principles Underlying Social Justice SLIDE 10

1. Promotion of Equality Of Opportunity

2. Promotion of Full Employment and Equal Work Opportunities
3. Promotion of the Right to Health
4. Respect and Recognition of People’s Organizations
5. Promotion of Humane Conditions of Work
6. Fair and Just Compensation
7. Participation in Policy and Decision-Making
Empowerment and Advocacy
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Is based on the idea that giving people

skills, resources, authority, opportunity,
motivation, as well holding them
responsible and accountable for
outcomes of their actions, will
contribute to their competence and
satisfaction.
Two Categories of Empowerment SLIDE 12

• Individuals: building confidence, insight and

understanding, and developing personal skills.
• Groups: building trust, cooperation and
communication between and among members
Four Pillars of Community Engagement SLIDE 13

1. Information
2. Consultation
3. Involvement
4. Empowerment
Empowerment and Advocacy
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 Is the act or process of supporting
cause or proposal for enhancing
effective practices to improve
behavior.
 It enables the people to engage in
actions and activities that seek to
positively influence outcome
directly affecting the lives of the
people.
General principles of advocacy SLIDE 15

Advocacy is taking action to help people say what they

want, secure their rights, represent their interests and
obtain services they need. Advocates and advocacy plans
work in partnership with people they support and take
their side. Advocacy promotes social inclusion, equality,
fairness, and social justice.
Participatory Development
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Is an approach to development that is
designed to enhance sustainability and self-
reliance to achieve social justice through
improvements in the quality of people’s
participation. The focal point of participatory
development is the qualitative enhancement
of participation in local societies which can
be defined as groups of rural communities
and as administrative and development
units.
Characteristics of Participatory Development
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• Cognitive – it generates new ways of

understanding community issues and problems.
• Political – It capacitates the powerless.
• Instrumental – It proposes alternative solutions.
Forms of Participatory Development
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Participation is at the minimum;
stakeholders are merely
Passive informed about the plans and
progress of projects. The
Participatio people’s involvement hardly
goes past the discussion during
n meetings.
Forms of Participatory Development
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Stakeholders answer queries
Participation posed by external researchers or
experts. The decision making
by power remains in the hands of
external parties who ultimately
Consultation are not obliged to actually use
the stakeholders’ inputs
Forms of Participatory Development
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Participation Stakeholders with pre-

determined goals participate
by during the discussion, analysis
and decision-making stage.
Collaboratio
n
Forms of Participatory Development
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Stakeholders actively participate in the

Empowerment process and its analysis. This features a joint
decision making process, wherein

Participation
stakeholders are considered equal co-
partners with the external experts. Most
significantly, control and ownership of the
process are in the hands of the primary
stakeholders.
Gender Equality SLIDE 22

Also known as sex equality, gender egalitarianism,

sex equality or equality of the genders, is the view
that both men and women should receive equal
treatment and not to be discriminated against, based
solely on their gender. This is the objective of the
United Nations Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, which seeks to create equality in law and in
social institutions. In practice, gender equality is for
people to acquire equal treatment throughout a
society, in politics, in the workplace, or any other
policy-designated sphere.
Gender Equality SLIDE 23
 Men often experience better opportunities, more freedom, and
higher social regard than women who share the same social
characteristics such as class origins, nationality, and age.
 Men often hold more weight in marriages and other direct
relationships between men and women.
 Men predominantly occupy social positions that possess
significantly political, legal, or cultural powers.
Gender Equality SLIDE 24

 does not denote that both genders are the same. It

emphasizes equality of women and men as humans
imbued with the same fundamental rights. Gender
equality recognizes that men and women are of
equal value and should be accorded equal treatment
and opportunities.