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National Commission on the

Role of Filipino Women(NCRFW)


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Gender and

Development(made easy)


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SS ON

SS ON

Making government workMaking government work

for womens empowermentfor womens empowerment

and gender equalityand gender equality

National Commission on the Role ofilipino !omen


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National Commission on the Role ofFilipino Women

Advise the President and the Cabinet on policieand programs afecting women.

Oversee the implementation o laws includinginternational treaties and commitments


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Gender and Development(G"D)


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What is Gender?

It is concerned with diferentiating peoplebased on perceptions, roles and social

expectations.

It is a cultural, contrived, distinguishingvariable

It is learned or acquired


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What is Sex?

It is concerned with diferentiatingpeople based on biologicalattributes

It is a natural and validdistinguishing variable

It is universal, xed

GenderGenderis very much related tois very much related to sexsexandand

many people are often confused about themany people are often confused about the

distinction between sex and gender.distinction between sex and gender.


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!resource allocation!assignment o roles and responsibilities!transactional processes

!problem anal"sis

#ro$lems $egin when %onfusion on se&and gender 'nd its way into de%isions

ae%ting

Becauseo these, women and men areboxed into situations which constrain their

!capacit" to doand to be

A#$hinder their potential to attain afull and satisfying life


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What is development?

It is about attaining a ull and satis"ing lieor all

Attaining a ull and satis"ing lie or all is ashared responsibilit"

% o ever"one regardless o age,sex, religion,ethnicit" or class% o the government as dul" mandated authorit"% o all individuals and entities who benet rom development or are afected b" the lac& o it


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What are Gender Issues?

'hese are di(culties that women andmen experience as a result o cultural

biases % emanating rom belies,attitudes, values, roles andcharacteristics attributed b" societ" towomen and men

'hese biases dene what women andmen should be, how the" would act, whatthe" would do, what the" are entitled to


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What are Gender

Issues?'he" stress the diference, based onperceptions, not on what is true or real

'he" shape, oten inaccuratel", ourunderstanding o the peoples) actual needs

'he" distort the processes o problemanal"sis, which in turn, hinder theadoption o responsive measures toimprove people)s lives


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'he" I*P+$+ the capabilities o women andmen toattain their ull potentials

To be what they are capable of becoming

To do what they need to do

in order to attain a ull and satis"ing lie.


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Feminine MasculineFeminine Masculine

perceptionperceptionWeak, emotional,

secondary, cant

think

Strong, rational,primary, cant

feel

expectationsexpectations

rolesroles

No hard work,

no leadership, nota boss,

no decision-making

ard work,

leader, boss,

no care-gi!ing

Stay at home, "ustobey, dont assert,

dont participate

in deciding

#ont makewomen do hard

work, always

be smart, get

the best, dontcry


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$roducti!e-%eproducti!e #i!ide

Productive Reproductive

work politics

paid visible valued

child birth/rearing

home management family care

unpaid invisible not valued


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Gender issuesae%t every$ody*

men or women* ri%h or poor*young or old* et%+ in all spheresof life+

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0nherently aggressive and violent0nherently aggressive and violent

Dont feel pain or in%apa$le ofDont feel pain or in%apa$le of e&perien%ing human emotionse&perien%ing human emotions

0nherently e&pressive in their0nherently e&pressive in their

se&ualityse&uality

Dont need %loseness* reassuran%e*Dont need %loseness* reassuran%e* and attentionand attention

Gender Biases Against

Men


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W&M'NS ('N#'% )SS*'S

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Gender issuesare deterrentsto development. 'hus, it isimportant to address them in

development planning.


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WA! IS GA"# then?

G"Dis a$out re%ogni1ingthat gender $iases impede

development

G"Dis a development

perspe%tive that re%ogni1esthe dierent roles*interests and needs of

women and men


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In the processes of developing,

budgeting, implementing,monitoring and evaluating

programs, projects and services,particularlygovernment agen$ies.

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Be$ause# GA" '''

! 2harpens the fo%us of development onpeople

! .nhan%es the %apa%ities of women andmen to %ontri$ute to the attainment of

development goals

! Redu%es so%ial inequities that stem fromunequal gender relations

W( GA"?


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77ut why fo%us moreut why fo%us more

on women8on women8


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-*liminating genderine.ualities leads to

signi/$ant produ$tivit0gains# provides largeso$ietal %ene/ts and

enhan$es povert0 redu$tions$heme1-World Bank

7e%ause97e%ause9


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the0 are in the invisi%le andmarginali2ed se$tor or the so'$alled

non'mone0 e$onom0- %earing and raising $hildren

- domesti$ and unpaid e$onomi$ la%

- su%sisten$e agri$ulture


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!dis%riminationdis%rimination

%ut# in %eing so# the0experien$e

a lot of hardships!multiple rolesmultiple roles

!violen%e and se&ual harassmentviolen%e and se&ual harassment

!la%k of prote%tionla%k of prote%tion

!e&ploitatione&ploitation

!poor skillspoor skills

,,hird women have unique stakes


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,,hird* women have unique stakes*roles and insights to share in order to

attain

development o$:e%tives* su%h as in

!imparting values that haveimparting values that have

profound impa%ts on humanprofound impa%ts on human progress and e%onomi%progress and e%onomi%

developmentdevelopment

!sustaining the environmentsustaining the environment

!managing population growthmanaging population growth


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