UNDERSTANDING

GENDER AND
DEVELOPMENT
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01 03
RA 9710 Basic GAD Concepts

02 04
Gender Timelines Gender Stereotypes in
Transportation
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RA 9710
An Act Providing for the
Magna Carta of Women
MAGNA CARTA
OF WOMEN
HISTORY

CEDAW
CHARTER
MCW
PKKK
MAGNA CARTACHANGE
PUBLIC HEARING
OF WOMEN
Early
1981
2002
2009
2002 2000s
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GENERAL PROVISIONS

DEFINITION OF TERMS

DUTIES RELATED TO HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN

RIGHTS AND EMPOWERMENT

RIGHTS AND EMPOWERMENT OF MARGINALIZED

SECTORS

INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS
GENERAL PROVISIONS

NATION BUILDING AGAINST

EQUALITY
DISCRIMINATION
GENERAL PROVISIONS

NATION BUILDING PARTICIPATE

PROMOTE
DEFINITION OF TERMS

MARGINALIZE SUBSTANTIVE GENDER

EQUALITY EQUALITY
DEFINITION OF TERMS

GENDER EQUITY GENDER AND

DEVELOPMENT

TEMPORARY
GENDER SPECIAL
MAINSTREAMING MEASURES
DEFINITION OF TERMS

VIOLENCE WOMEN IN THE SOCIAL

AGAINST WOMEN MILITARY PROTECTION
DUTIES RELATED TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS
OF WOMEN

Provides that the State, private sector,

society in general, and all individuals shall
contribute to the recognition, respect and
promotion of the rights of women defined
and guaranteed under the Act
RIGHTS AND EMPOWERMENT

Human Rights of Protection from Women Affected by

Women Violence Disasters, Calamities,
Section 8 Section 9 and Other Crisis

Section 10
RIGHTS AND EMPOWERMENT

Equal Access and Elimination

Participation and Equal Treatment of Discrimination in
Representation Before the Law Education, Scholarships, and
Section11 Section 12 Training

Section 13
RIGHTS AND EMPOWERMENT

Non-Discriminatory and Non-

Women in Sports Women in the Derogatory Portrayal of
Military Women in Media and Film
Section 14 Section 15

Section 16
RIGHTS AND EMPOWERMENT

Women’s Right to Special Leave Benefits for Equal Rights in all Matters
Health Women Relating to Marriage
Section 17 Section 18 and Family Relations

Section 19
 • Indigenous Peoples Rights Act
RIGHTS AND • Urban Development and Housing Act
• Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law
EMPOWERMENT OF • Fisheries Code
• Labor Code
MARGINALIZED • Migrant Workers Act
• Solo Parents Welfare Act
SECTORS • Social Reform
• Poverty Alleviation Act
 GENDER MAINSTREAMING
GENDER FOCAL POINT
NCRFW
CHR
MONITORING PROGRESS
PENALTIES
INSTITUTIONAL
INCENTIVES AND AWARDS
MECHANISMS FUNDING
IRR
SEPARABILITY CLAUSE
REPEALING CLAUSE
EFFECTIVITY CLAUSE
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GENDER
TIMELINES
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TWO ULTIMATE GOALS OF GAD

GENDER WOMEN'S
EQUALITY EMPOWERMENT

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GOAL

GLOBAL NATIONAL DPWH INDIVIDUAL

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HOW

BEFORE
1970s 1980s
1970s

1990s 2000s 2010s

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QUESTION

What are the policies, programs, events, and actions at

aforementioned levels can you think of that have impacts on
women and gender equality, separated according to the decade in
which they occurred? Each group shall name as many as they
can. Gather insights on the timeline afterwards to process the
answers.

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GLOBAL GENDER
EQUALITY
TIMELINES
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1 9 M A R C H 1 9 11 1919 1945

First celebration of International International Labor Organization Gender equality enshrined in the
Women’s Day (ILO)* adopted the C003 – United Nations Charter
Maternity Protection Convention

1948 1951 1952

ILO adopted C100 – Equal ILO adopted C103 – Maternity
Remuneration Convention Protection Convention (Revised)
ILO adopted C089 - Night Work
(Women) Convention (Revised)
ILO adopted R090 - Equal ILO adopted R095 - Maternity
Remuneration Recommendation Protection Recommendation

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1958 1964 1974

ILO adopted C111 – Discrimination
(Employment and Occupation)
Convention
ILO adopted R111 – Discrimination
(Employment and Occupation)
Recommendation
ILO adopted C122 – Employment
Policy Convention
ILO adopted C140 – Paid
Educational Leave Convention
ILO adopted R122 – Employment
Policy Recommendation

1975 1976 1979

International Year of Women United Nations adopted the
Establishment of the ILO Office for Convention on the Elimination of
First World Conference on Women Women Workers’ Questions All Forms of Discrimination
(FEMMES) Against Women (CEDAW)
Beginning of the United Nations
Decade for Women

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1980 1981 1982

ILO adopted C156 – Workers with
Family Responsibilities Convention
Second World Conference on ILO Mid-Term Plan (1982-87)
Women includes “women workers” as one
ILO adopted R165 – Workers with
of six (6) global themes
Family Responsibilities
Recommendation

1984 1985 1987

ILO adopted R169 – Employment
Policy (Supplementary Provisions)
Recommendation
ILO Governing Body* endorses
Third World Conference on Women
Plan of Action on equality of
opportunity and treatment of men
International Labor Conference
and women in employment
(ILC)* 71st Session

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1990
ILO adopted C171 – Night Work
Convention
1999
CEDAW Optional Protocol
ILO adopted C182 – Worst Forms
of Child Labor Convention
1994 1995
Fourth World Conference on
International Conference on
Women
Population and Development (ICPD)
World Summit for Social
Development
2000 2000
World Summit for Social
Development and Beyond ILO adopted C182 – Maternity
(Copenhagen +5) Protection Convention
Passage of United Nations Security ILO adopted R191 – Maternity
Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR Protection Recommendation
1325)
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2001 2003 2004

ILC 92nd Session resolution

First Participatory Gender Audit in International Women’s Day Event on
concerning the promotion of
the ILO Dangerous Assignments: Women
gender equality, pay equity, and
Covering Conflict
maternity protection

2006 2010 2015

Adoption of the Sustainable
Creation of UN Women
Development Goals (SDGs)
Gender is one of the five
mainstreamed strategies in the ILO 24 NOV 2014 OCT 2017
Program and Budget
Sony Pictures Hack Me Too Movement (#MeToo
movement)

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First Participatory Gender Audit in International Women’s Day Event on

the ILO Dangerous Assignments: Women
Covering Conflict

Adoption of the Sustainable

Development Goals (SDGs)
Gender is one of the five
mainstreamed strategies in the ILO
Program and Budget
Jennifer
Lawrence, Hunger
Games

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# M e To o M o v e m e n t

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WORLD ECONOMIC
FORUM:
GENDER
GAP INDEX
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(1) Economic Participation and

Opportunity
(2) Educational
Attainment
(3) Political
Empowerment
(4) Health and
Survival
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2006-2008
Philippines ranked No. 6 out of 130 countries

2016
Philippines ranked No. 7 out of 144 countries

2017
Philippines ranked No. 10 out of 144 countries

2018
Philippines ranked No. 8 out of 149 countries

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To p 1 0 o f G l o b a l G e n d e r I n d e x G a p ( 2 0 1 8 )
Rank Country Score
1 Iceland 0.858
2 Norway 0.835
3 Sweden 0.822
4 Finland 0.821
5 Nicaragua 0.809
6 Rwanda 0.804
7 New Zealand 0.801
8 Philippines 0.799
9 Ireland 0.796
10 Namibia 0.789

Note: The closer a country is to a score of 1, the more gender equal it is.
Source: World Economic Forum Global Gender Report 2018

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NATIONAL GENDER
EQUALITY
TIMELINES
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1975
National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW)

1997
GAD Policy and 5% GAD Budget

2002
Women in Development and Nation Building Act (Republic Act 7192)

2004
Republic Act 9262, the Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children Act

2010
Republic Act 9710 also known as the Magna Carta of Women
NCRFW became Philippine Commission on Women (PCW)

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FAMOUS GENDER
EQUALITY
TIMELINES
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1960
MAGGIE
DELA
R I VA
RAPE
CASE

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She was abducted and raped in 1967 by four men

1960
(Jaime Jose Gomez; Basilio Pineda, Jr.; Edgardo
Aquino Payumo; and Rogelio Canal Sevilla)

High profile case because (1) dela Riva was a

famous movie actress and a former pageant beauty
MAGGIE queen, and (2) the perpetrators came from affluent
and reputable families
DELA
R I VA The criminal proceedings, which were highly
publicized as it was broadcast on public radio,
RAPE resulted in the convictions of death penalty to the
perpetrators.
CASE

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2010
She was an employee of the Davao City Chamber of
Commerce and Industry in the Philippines when she
was raped by a former President of the Chamber in
1996

KAREN
The case remained at the trial court level for eight
VERTIDO years before the Davao City RTC acquitted the
defendant in 2005 on grounds that “an accusation of
RAPE rape can be made with facility”.
CASE
(GLOBAL)

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The Court also did not apply Filipino Supreme Court

precedent cases that establishes that failure to escape

2010 does not negate the existence of rape. For the Court,
Vertido had ample opportunities to escape her attacker.

In 2010, Vertido elevated her case to the CEDAW, and

KAREN it held that the Philippine Court erred in relying on
gender-based myths and stereotypes about rape and rape
VERTIDO victims in the case of Karen Vertido. Further, the
RAPE CEDAW stressed that there should be no assumption in
law or practice that a woman gives her consent where
CASE she had not physically resisted unwanted sexual
conduct.
(GLOBAL)

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2018
GRETCHEN
FULLIDO
SEXUAL
HARASSMENT

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DEPARTMENT GENDER
EQUALITY
TIMELINES
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DO 93 S. 2012 DO 40 S. 2012 DO 22 S. 2013

Guidelines for the Preparation of Guidelines on Shoulder Paving Along Clarification on the Definition
Annual Gender and Development National Roads and Difference Between
Plan and Budget and Widening and Paving Shoulders
Accomplishment Report

D O 11 6 S . 2 0 1 5 SO 43 S. 2015 DO 130 S. 2016

Supplemental Guidelines on Reconstitution of the DPWH Guidelines for the Implementation
Shoulder Paving Along National Committee on Gender and of the Provisions of Republic Act
Roads Development 6685 and Republic Act 9710 or the
Magna Carta of Women

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D O 111 S . 2 0 1 6
Guidelines for the Implementation
of the DPWH Anti-TIP Policy to
Attain Zero-Tolerance Against
Trafficking in Persons
2014 G A D T I M PA L A
2013
A total of 334 DPWH delegates Search for the Most Outstanding
joined the Largest Women Symbol Gender-Responsive Government
Formation during the 2014 National Agency
Women’s Month Celebration
(NWMC)

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Guidelines for the Implementation

of the DPWH Anti-TIP Policy to
Attain Zero-Tolerance Against
Trafficking in Persons

L a r g e s t Wo m e n S y m b o l F o r m a t i o n
d u r i n g t h e 2 0 1 4 N a t i o n a l Wo m e n ’s
Month Celebration (NWMC)

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G A D T I M PA L A
2013
Guidelines for the Implementation DPWH ESSD Staff receives the Citation
A total of 334 DPWH delegates
of the DPWH Anti-TIP Policy to Award from PCW Chairperson Remedios I.
joined the Largest Women Symbol
Attain Zero-Tolerance Against Rikken and Executive Director Emmeline L.
Formation during the 2014 National
Trafficking in Persons Women’s Month CelebrationVersoza at the Diamond Hotel, Manila.
(NWMC)

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A total of 334 DPWH delegates

joined the Largest Women Symbol
Formation during the 2014 National
Women’s Month Celebration Aw a r d i n g o f
(NWMC)
GADtimpala
Citation Plaque:
July 14, 2014 at
DPWH Head Office

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