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Gender and
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 Purpose Why this subject
matter is vital?
• After the Class session, the students will be able to
understand and reflect about the essence GAD subject.

• After the class session, the students will be able to value

the importance of different laws created for the
protection of Women and it’s relationship of pent and
future generation.

• After the class session,the students will be able to

develop his personality and discover into a new
perspective.
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The Gender and Development (GAD)

approach focuses on the socially
constructed differences between men and
women and the need to challenge existing
gender roles and relations.

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Gender Equality and Equity

• Equity and equality are

two strategies we can use
in an effort to produce
fairness. Equity is giving
everyone what they need
to be successful. Equality
is treating everyone the
same. Equality aims to
promote fairness, but it
can only work if everyone
starts from the same
place and needs the same
help
Areas of Interest
Disability, Economy & Finance, Education &
Training, Employment, Entrepreneurship,
Environment, Climate, Energy, Gender
Mainstreaming Methods & Tools, Gender Statistics
& GE Index, Gender-based Violence, Health,
Institutional Mechanisms, International
Cooperation & Development, Justice & Human
Rights, LGBTI*, Media & Communication, Poverty &
Social Exclusion, Power & Decision-making,
Security, Armed Conflict & Humanitarian Affairs,
Youth & Girl-child, Other
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With utmost importance to the

principal of law enforcement is that
citizens have basic rights that must be
considered. Now here is the protection
of these rights more important than in
a democracy (Human Rights)

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Gender Socialization is the process

by which norms and expectations
in relation to gender are learned
by men and women.

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FAM I LY
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Gender Bias is the unequal treatment in

employment opportunity
(such as promotion, pay, benefits and pri
vileges), and expectations due to
attitudes based on the sex of an
employee or group of employees.

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 What is WID/WAD/GAD?

WID -”Women in Development” concept is based ona

recognition of the importance of the roles and status of
women in development process. It is meant to give a
special attention to the women’s role, while extending
development assistance. RA 7192 An Act promoting the
integration of women as full and equal partners with men
in development and nation building.
WAD - Women and Development

To offer a more critical conceptualization

of women’s position compared to WID. The
WAD approach emphasizes the distictive
nature of women’s knowledge, work, goals
and responsibilities, as well as advocating
for the recognition of their distinctiveness.
 Purpose/GOAL of GAD
• As a development approach, GAD seeks to
equalize the status and conditions of and
relations between women and men by
influencing the process and output policy
making, planning, budgetting,
implementation and monitoring, and
evaluation so that they would deliberately
address the gender issues and concerns
affecting the full development of women.
Gender Equity
• Giving more opportunities to those who have less
and those who are historically socially
disadvantaged based on their needs for them to
operate on a level playing field. “Focusing on the
needs of women does not mean discriminating
against men or putting them at a disadvantage.

• UN-CEDAW- United Nations Convention on the

• Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against
Women)
 GENDER MAINSTREAMING/
WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT
- Essential process for women’s advancement
- process and condition by which women mobilize to
understand, identify, and overcome gender descrimination
and achieve equality.
- women become agents of development and not just
beneficiaries.
- A kind of participation in development that enables
women to make decisions based on their own views and
perspective.
- To empower women, access to information, training,
technology, market, and credit is necessary.
 How can gender issues hinder
social development?

Persistent and entrenched gender

inequalities mean that women often
experience lower human development
outcomes than men. These factors result in
women’s disproportionate ill health, lower
education levels and poor access to services.
 10 ways to promote gender
equality in daily life
1. Share household chores and childrencare equally.
2. Watch for signs of Domestic Violence.
3. Support Mothers and parents.
4. Reject Chauvinist and Racist Attitudes
5. Help Women gain Power
6. Listen and Reflect.
7. Hire Diversity - merit, competitive advantage , greater productivity and engagement
8. Pay (and demand) the same salary for equal work.
9. Sexual Harrashment and Racism: Zero Tolerance
10. Provide (or request) Anti- Bias Training
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Laws Protecting the

Human Rights of women

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RA 9262 (Anti-VAWC Act) - R.A. 9262 is a

special law that defines acts of violence
against women and their children, or
“VAWC”; penalizes such acts; and provides
protective measures and remedies.

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RA 7877 (Anti-Sexual Harassment Act) - an

act declaring sexual harassment unlawful in
the employment, education or training
environment, and for other purposes.

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RA 8353 (Anti-Rape Act) - an act expanding

the definition of the crime of rape,
reclassifying the same as the crime against
persons.

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RA 6955 (Anti-Mail Order Bride Act) - An

act to declare unlawful practice of
matching Filipino women for marriage to
foreign nationals on a mail order basis and
other similar practices

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RA 9208 (Anti-Trafficking in Human Beings

Act) - an act to institute policies to
eliminate trafficking in persons specially
women and children

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 Republic Act No. 11313: Safe
Spaces Act (Bawal Bastos Law)

The law covers all forms of gender-

based sexual harassment (GBSH)
committed in public spaces, educational
or training institutions, workplace, as
well as online space.
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RA 9710 (Magna Carta of Women) - is a

comprehensive women's human rights law
that seeks to eliminate discrimination
through the recognition, protection,
fulfillment and promotion of the rights of
Filipino women, especially those belonging
in the marginalized sectors of the society

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RA 6725
Prohibits discrimination with respect to
terms and conditions of employment
solely on the basis of sex. Under this law,
any employer favoring a male employee
over a female in terms of promotion,
training opportunities, and other
benefits solely on account of sex is
considered discrimination.
Article 135 of Violation of Labor Code.
RA 8972
SOLO PARENT WELFARE ACT OF 2000.
... A solo parent, as defined by RA 8972
is: A woman who gives birth as a result
of rape and other crimes against
chastity even without a final conviction
of the offender, provided that mother
keeps and raises the child.
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• (1) A woman who gives birth as a result of rape and other crimes
against chastity even without a final conviction of the offender:
Provided, That the mother keeps and raises the child;

• (2) Parent left solo or alone with the responsibility of parenthood

due to death of spouse;

• (3) Parent left solo or alone with the responsibility of parenthood

while the spouse is detained or is serving sentence for a criminal
conviction for at least one (1) year;

• (4) Parent left solo or alone with the responsibility of parenthood

due to physical and/or mental incapacity of spouse as certified by a
public medical practitioner;
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• (5) Parent left solo or alone with the responsibility of parenthood
due to legal separation or de facto separation from spouse for at
least one (1) year, as long as he/she is entrusted with the custody
of the children;

• (6) Parent left solo or alone with the responsibility of parenthood

due to declaration of annulment of marriage as decreed by a
court or by a church as long as he/she is entrusted with the
custody of the children;

• (7) Parent left solo or alone with the responsibility of parenthood

due to abandonment of spouse for at least one (1) year;
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• (8) Unmarried mother/father who has preferred to keep and

rear her/his child/children instead of having others care for
them or give them up to a welfare institution;

• (9) Any other person who solely provides parental care and
support to a child or children;

• (10) Any family member who assumes the responsibility of head

of family as a result of the death, abandonment, disappearance
or prolonged absence of the parents or solo parent.
RA 8972
• “Children” – refer to those living with and
dependent upon the solo parent for support who
are unmarried, unemployed and not more than
eighteen (18) years of age, or even over eighteen
(18) years but are incapable of self-support because
of mental and/or physical defect/disability.
RA 8972

“Parental responsibility”- Article 220

of Executive Order No. 209, as amended,
otherwise known as the “Family Code of
the Philippines.”
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Flexible Work Schedule. – The employer
shall provide for a flexible working schedule
for solo parents: Provided, That the same shall
not affect individual and company
productivity: Provided, further, That any
employer may request exemption from the
above requirements from the DOLE on certain
meritorious grounds.
RA 8972
• Work Discrimination. – No
employer shall discriminate against
any solo parent employee with
respect to terms and conditions of
employment on account of his/her
status.
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Educational Benefits. – The DECS, CHED and TESDA shall
provide the following benefits and privileges:

(1) Scholarship programs for qualified solo parents and their

children in institutions of basic, tertiary and technical/skills
education; and

(2) Nonformal education programs appropriate for solo

parents and their children. The DECS, CHED and TESDA shall
promulgate rules and regulations for the proper
implementation of this program.
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Housing Benefits. – Solo parents shall be
given allocation in housing projects and shall
be provided with liberal terms of payment on
said government low-cost housing projects in
accordance with housing law provisions
prioritizing applicants below the poverty line
as declared by the NEDA.
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Medical Assistance. – The DOH shall
develop a comprehensive health care program
for solo parents and their children. The
program shall be implemented by the DOH
through their retained hospitals and medical
centers and the local government units (LGUs)
through their provincial/district/city/municipal
hospitals and rural health units (RHUs).
RA 8187 - Paternity Leave Act
of 1996“.
• AN ACT GRANTING PATERNITY LEAVE OF
SEVEN (7) DAYS WITH FULL PAY TO ALL
MARRIED EMPLOYEES IN THE PRIVATE
AND PUBLIC SECTORS FOR THE FIRST
FOUR (4) DELIVERIES OF THE
LEGITIMATE SPOUSE WITH WHOM HE
IS COHABITING AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
RA 8187
•For purposes, of this Act,
delivery shall include
childbirth or any
miscarriage.
RA 8187

• This Act, which is a consolidation

of Senate Bill No. 1032 and
House Bill No. 7134 was finally
passed by the Senate and the
House of Representatives on
June 8, 1996.
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SUMMARY/CONCLUSION

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Gender is an important consideration

in development. Looking at how social
norms and power structures effect on
the lives and opportunities available
to different groups of men and
women,

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we can make plans on how we can

manage to develop and enhance
the community or institutions we
are into.

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Many thought that men are more

supreme than women because they
were stronger than them,

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however, the knowledge and

practice that we have learned from
GAD opens our minds that women
too can do what men can in terms
of education and jobs.

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THANK YOU & GOOD DAY

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