Gender Sensitivity
Gender Sensitivity
MAI NS TREAMI
NG
1. Basic
GAD’S 3 Orientation
2. Mandates
MAIN
TOPICS 3.
Mainstreaming
Agree
CHECK ACTIVITY Disagree
Neither Agree nor
Agree
STATEMENTS PERCEPTION
1. Gender refers only to women.
SENSITIVIT
assumptions.
HEARING - women and
men needs,
Y
Not a war of sexes priorities and
perspectives;
Y
between two
organisms
What is
-Gender?
Refers to the
socially constructed
roles, behaviors,
GENDE
activities, and
attributes that a
given society
considers
Refers to physical
Refers to learned behavior
characteristics
GENDER
differences
SEX CATEGORIES
GENDER
CATEGORIES
Woman can breast- food Amongst Indian Agricultural
babies, men can bottle-feed workers, women are paid 40-
babies 60% of the male wage
Creation
Consultative process
GEWE 2017-22
Analysis
2. Eliminating violence
- Subordinated against women and
to men girl's lives
3. Eliminating early and
forced marriage
- Violence
against them is 4. Securing equal
participation and
powerless.
opportunities
STATUS OF 18% of Husband Sexual
Filipino Partner abused
GEWE wome
n
2/5 did not seek help
- Women in the Phils
-286,000 of or 5.6% of
ranked 16/146 Filipinos
countries 2023 (WEF) -15-19- currently
married
World Eco. Forum - 12-17- youth are not
(2030) SDG attending school-
- 2030- long way to go according to the National
to achieve gender Literacy, Education and
equality Mass
- 2023-Media
CEDAW-
- 2022- (PNDHS) Convention on the
Phil. National elimination of all Forms of
Demographic Discrimination against
Women. Including
Health Survey observation.
19th Congress WPLA- based
Women’s Priority on past WPLA
Legislative Agenda
- Advocacy and
(WPLA)
Started July 25,2022 and
consultation
will end on June 30,2025
conducted PCW
MCW- mandates the PCW-
renew, evaluate, - NGO’s/ CSO
measures including
prioritize to ensure the full - Approved PCW
integration of women in
economic, social, and Management
cultural development in all Committee and Board
levels and promote of Commissioner
equality between women
and men.
11 Proposed 6. Eliminating Gender Bias
in Adultery and
Legislative Concubinage
7. Enacting SOGIE Equality
measures in the Act
8. Enacting law upholding
1. Ensuring
th Women’s Right in the rights of women
19 Congress
Marriage and Family Relations deprived of liberty
2. Amending Article 55 of the 9. Enacting a Women’s
Family Code to include all Participation Political and
forms of violence as defined Representation Law
in R.A 9262, as ground for 10. Enacting a Magna
legal separationDivorce in the Carta of Workers in the
3. Reinstituting Informal Economy
Philippines 11. Amending the Safe
4. Amending the Anti-Rape Spaces Act providing
Law Penalties for Gender
5. Amending Based Sexual
Discriminatory Provisions Harassment in
of Article 247 of Revised Educational and Training
Penal Code Institution and the
OUR VISION IS
TO HAVE A
FAIR GENDER
SOCIETY
II.
GENDER
MAINSTREAMI
NG AND
DEVELOPMENT
Why Gender
Mainstreamin
g?
This is an effective
approach to
development that
looks more
comprehensively at
the relationship
between women and
men in their access
to and control over
resources, decision
making, benefits and
Why Gender
And
Development
?
Recognizes the
legitimacy of
gender equality as
a fundamental
value that should
be reflected in
development
choices.
Why GE in WHO BENEFITS
FROM THE
Coop?
Generally, co-ops
GREATER
composed mostly of
ECONOMIC
women members. FREEDOM THAT
But women in co-op CO-OPERATIVES
Engendered CO-
membership does not GIVE?
mean they are
OPS make sure
empowered as that economic
individuals. Thus, it is benefits are
important that CO- equitably shared
OPS ensure that their between women
products and services and men with due
benefit everyone in
the family
consideration of
/household. their specific
Gender Gender
Equality equality is
and the pursued in
Cooperativ co-
operatives
e Identity
for two
major
First, the promotion Second, the
of gender equality promotion of
is an expression of gender equality is
a co-operative’s also considered as
adherence to the a strategy or a
universal values of means to achieve
equality, equity, economic
“The Harvard success.
Institute of
solidarity, social International
responsibility and Development (HIID)
caring for others as described gender equality
stated in the as making economic
sense because a society
“Statement on Co- is able to tap fully its
operative Identity” human resource, both
of the International women and men, for its
economic development”
II. GENDER
MAINSTREAMIN
G GENDER AND
DEVELOPMENT
IN
COOPERATIVES
MC 2013-22
Article II
Section 14.
SECTION "The State
1. recognizes the
role of women
LEGAL in nation-
building and
BASIS:
Philippine shall ensure the
fundamental
Constitution equality before
the law of
Article XIII Section
14. “protection to
working women by
SECTION providing safe and
healthful working
1. conditions taking
into account their
BASIS:
priority agenda for
women’s
empowerment and
PCW-National gender equality
Economic including the targets
Development for such. While NEDA,
ensure that “gender
Authority (NEDA)- and development
Department of (GAD) issues and
Budget and concerns, gender
equality and women’s
Management empowerment are
(DBM) Joint mainstreamed and
Circular No. 2012- integrated in the sector
-. . . to promote the
BASIS: social
economic
justice and
development”
-. . . to “formulate,
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development
consistent with the
national policy on
cooperatives and the
This Circular aims to
disseminate to the
cooperative sector the
GAD mandate of the
3. and institutionalization
of GAD in policies,
programs and other
PURPOSE activities of
cooperatives. On the
the
ENTRY implementation to
monitoring and
1. policy;
evaluation. It has four
POLICY
These may be in the form of:
• Department orders
• Special orders
• Administrative orders
• Memoranda
• Executive Orders
people shares four
complementary and distinct
roles:
• The Sponsor. “The individual or
group who has the power to
PEOPLE
sanction or legitimize change.”
• The Change Agent. “The
individual or group who is
responsible for actually making
the change.
This refers to the relevant • The Target. “The individual or
stakeholders who assume the group who must actually change
task of gender mainstreaming. or those who will benefit from
development.”
• The Advocate. “The individual or
group who wants to achieve
change but lacks the power to
sanction it.
PROGRAM This refer to the flagship
programs or activities and
S AND projects that serve as a
strategic entry point to
(PAPs)
This refer to the systems and
mechanisms installed in the
organization and the funds allocated
for GAD activities such as the GAD
Focal Point System and Knowledge
Management System.
6.
Board of Directors
• Composed of at
GAD least three
members, provided
(3)
Mechanism
chairperson.
• Hold office until
replaced by the
and Board.
SECTION B. GAD
Person
Focal
6. • Designated
Board from
by the
the
GAD recommendee(s)
the management.
of
ng cooperative
shall perform GFP
and
roles as additional
Mechanism function.
and
C. GAD Education
6. education
training plan
GAD Support
and
ng •
GAD and GE issues
It
andshall also develop
concerns.
and establish necessary
Mechanism support systems that
will enhance
and implementation of the
GAD and GE services of
GAD Committee
SECTION •
•
Conduct
analysis
Develops and
gender
Functions • activities/projects to
Monitors and assesses
the Boardin the
progress
and implementation of
GAD programs/
activities/ projects
Responsibilit •
towards achieving GE
Submits report to the
ies • Board
Provides directional
guidance
Education
SECTION •
Committee
Facilitates the conducts
of gender advocacy
7.
and promotion through
training especially in
the conduct of Pre-
Membership Education
Functions Seminar (PMES) and/or
Basic Coop Education
and •
Seminar (BCES)
Builds the capacity of
Responsibilit the management staff,
the GAD Committee
7. Board of Directors
Functions • Acts on reports of the
GAD Committee and
and •
management
Approves GAD and GE
Responsibilit policies
• Approves GAD plan
ies and budget
There shall be a system
8. programs/activities/
projects of the
cooperative towards GE.
Reports to the General
and
Capacity-building of co-
ops on GAD
Diverse cultural and
Concerns religious beliefs
and
committees, policies,
programs, projects,
activities)
National
management, staff, and
membership
Documentation of specific
GAD gender issues
Issues Disaster preparedness
Concerns
persons, youth and
children
raised in
Linkages/networking for
GAD or GAD-related
Implementation of GAD-
National related programs/ projects/
activities
GAD
III.
SITUATION
ASSESSMEN
T AND
ENVIRONME
NT
SCANNING
Environmen Analyzing
tal the External
Scanning
is a process of
and Internal
analyzing relevant
information that
Environment
affects the operation sStrategic planning is
of the agency. It performed to have a
systematically clear direction,
assesses the internal steering toward and
and external factors responding to
of the cooperative. changes, when
necessary.
GA also answers the
ff. questions:
Gender • Division of labor: who
within the household
Analysis carries out which tasks
(What do men and
women do?)
• Who has access to and
Gender analysis (GA) control over resources
is a systematic and services?
analytical process • How resources
used to identify, distribute and who
understand, and makes the decisions
describe the gender (what decisions do
men and women make
differences, gender
roles, and power • in the family/
What are the reasons
community)?
behind these
dynamics in a differences in gender?
specific context.
GA is done for this
reasons:
• To better understand
the opportunities
and/or problems in PCW advocates for
the community, and the use of GA tools
plan interventions that
like GMEF and
are beneficial to
both women and men; HGDG in
conducting gender-
• To expose the barriers
to women’s full
based analysis for
participation and the cooperative
economic and its programs,
development; and respectively.
• To make decisions and
implement the project
or program that
promotes gender
equity.
Gender Issues
can be:
CLIENT-FOCUSED ORGANIZATION-
Refers to concerns arising FOCUSED
from unequal status of Gaps in the capacity of
women and men the cooperative to
stakeholders including integrate a gender
the extent of their dimension in its
disparity over benefits programs, systems, or
from and contribution to structure.
a policy/program and/or
project of the
cooperative.
IV.
STRATEGI
C
DIRECTIO
N OR
VISION
•The strategic aims
Clarificatio (long-term goals);
n on the
•The priorities for
Cooperativ the next 6 years;
and
e Strategic
Planning: •How these will help
achieve the mission
of the agency.
The GAD Vision An example of
reflects the GAD Vision
cooperative’s statement “Men
projected direction and women
to achieve its equally
gender equality contribute to
and women’s and benefit
empowerment from an ideal
based on its state of greater
mandate, priorities, energy access
and thrusts. for inclusive
growth.”
THE
MISSION
STATEMENT
The mission
statement tells the
reason the agency
exists; the
members it serves;
and its core
values. It explains
the agency’s
purpose to
members, staff,
committees, and
An example of GAD
Mission statement
GAD Mission “Affect
articulate the institutional
cooperative’s change by
purpose based on promoting and
its mandate to providing equal
achieve gender rights,
equality and opportunities, and
women’s shared
empowerment. responsibilities
among women and
Thus, it is a key tool
men through
used by volunteer- mainstreaming
leaders as part of gender and
the strategic plan. development in
the energy-sector
THE GOAL
STATEMENT A properly detailed
and documented
goal statement
A good goal completely defines
statement is the the result that an
basic starting organization seeks
point for the to produce.
agencies to plan Therefore, it
their work. It is describes the
also fundamental purpose, outcome,
for success. or activity that
must be
accomplished.
Remind the Examples of GAD
participants that Goal Statements:
GOALS are not only “Equal access of
SMART but GREAT:
G ender
women and men to
modern energy
technology, goods, and
R esponsive
services.”
E quality oriented “Equal rights and
opportunities for civil
A ware of social servants, including
and economic representation and
participation of women
differences in the
in decision-making
lives
T of
arget through gender
stakeholders responsive HR/OD
policies and programs
systems”
Insisting women or
gender in the goal
statement does not
mean the goal is
gender responsive.
Gender Responsive
Goals is about clear
understanding of
what is about
women’s lives and
what specific
challenges are
delivered.
V. HOW DO
WE PLAN
TO GET
THERE?
IMPLEMENTATION
PLANNING
1. Background Rationale
STRATEGI
indicators, and
targets to be
pursued to achieve
C PLAN GAD goals over a
period of time. GAD
Strategic Plan is the
document that will
operationalize the
GAD Agenda of a
cooperative.
The GAD •Specific – states what,
how, and when the
objectives are to be
Outcome/ achieved;
•Measurable – make sure
that the objective can be
Result measured (i.e., data or
information is available to
Statements measure progress);
•Achievable – sets
objectives that are feasible
The GAD for the agency;
•Relevant – align
Outcome/Result objectives with the
Statements should be mission and vision of the
clear, measurable, •agency; and
Time-oriented –
and specifically tied establishes a timeframe
to the GAD goals. to achieve the objectives
These should be
SMART:
The gender-
Gender- sensitive
indicators should
PHILIPPINE
DEVELOPMENT
PLAN &
SECTORAL
PLANS
GAD
AGENDA ANNUAL GAD
TERM PLAN ON ACCOMPLISHMENT
GENDER EQUALITY PROGRESS REPORT
& WOMEN’S &
EMPOWERMENT END-TERM
REPORTS
MONITORING AND
EVALUATION
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