GENDER ANALYSIS OF HEALTH PROGRAM, PROJECTS,
ACTIVITIES AND POLICIES OF BARANGAY CENTRO
AGDAO, DAVAO CITY
(2004-2006)
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
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To determine how the health program, projects ,
services and activities of Barangay Centro,
Agdao, Davao City have promoted or disregarded
gender equality.
To determine the impact of health programs,
projects and activities at Barangay Centro on
women’s and men’s , girls and boys situation.
RESEARCH PROCESS
PREPARATORY
PHASE
IMPLEMENTATION
Composing the
Research Team of
MAGI
Designing
Research
Framework
Presentation to
Barangay Council
Identification of
Target
Respondents for
FGD
FGDs
Conducted
Interview with
key officials
Review of
secondary data
•Research Team
formed
•Commitment of
LGUs
•Approved Research
framework
•Data gathered
related to Health
Budgeting and
Planning, analyzed
and consolidated
VALIDATION/
GENDER FORUM
Gender analysis of
budget and health
PPAs of Brgy.
Centro, Agdao
BARANGAY CENTRO AGDAO, DAVAO CITY
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Barangay Centro is one of the eleven barangays of
Agdao District and has fourteen puroks, densely
populated and relatively a depressed and compact
community in terms of the people’s situation vis-à-vis
housing and land occupancy.
It has a total land area of 59,440 hectares, which is
about 0.024 percent of Davao City’s total land area.
Its distance from the city proper or (City Hall) is
approximately 4.85 kilometers.
POPULATION
Age Group
Male
Female
0-17
2,464
2,332
18-64
3,722
3695
65 above
151
171
Number of Households and Population, by 2005
Purok/Sitio
Number of Households
Total Population
Alicia Pelayo
Fatima Pelayo
Nagsil
North San Juan
San Francisco
San Marcus
San Miguel
San Nicolas
South Lawis
South San Juan
Sta. Lucia
Sto. Niňo Pelayo
Sto. Niňo Village
Victoria Pelayo
Total
130
112
234
286
180
131
143
93
28
496
379
104
113
89
2,518
640
593
1,190
1,428
987
692
742
453
141
2,381
1,869
515
510
394
12,535
The Barangay Centro Health
Programs, Projects, Services and
Activities and the Roles of Men and
Women and Community in the
Various Phases of Health Services
Delivery.
BARANGAY CENTRO HAVE…
19 Barangay Health Workers (BHWs)
 2 Barangay Health Centers that
 dispenses medicines
 provides health services to children
 dispenses Vitamin A and undertaking feeding
activity or weight monitoring for malnourished
children aged 0-6
 provides Maternal and Child Health Care
 undertakes Family Planning Program
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 The
barangay council has eight (8) male
elected officials and one (1) female elected
official for Sangguniang Kabataan or (SK)
BARANGAY CENTRO’S HEALTH WORKERS
ARE COMPOSED OF….
one public health nurse who reports weekly;
 one male doctor in-charge for the whole Agdao
district covering eleven barangays and reports to the
barangay health center every first Wednesday of
the month;
 a male dentist who reports every Monday of the
week;
 three (3) Female Barangay Nutrition Scholars ; a
midwife,
 and nineteen (19) Barangay Health Workers or
BHWs, all women coming from the fourteen (14)
puroks.
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SOME HEALTH STATISTICAL GUIDE ON
THE SITUATION OF WOMEN AND
CHILDREN
Zero Maternal Mortality Rate
 Infant and Mortality Rate
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Year

Infant
(0-71 mos.)
Child Mortality
(7-2 years old)
M
F
M
F
2004
3
4
2
1
2005
1
3
0
0
2006
1
2
0
0
Total
5
9
2
1
VAW cases
# of Victims
24
Women
Kind of Case
Case Status
Physical,
psychological,
economic abuses
Issued Barangay
Protection Orders
or BPOs
Type of Perpetrators Interventions Made
Mostly Husbands
and Live-in
partners
Either
Sporadic/Chronic
perpetrator.
Family Group
Conference;
psychosocial
,Individual
counseling;
ENABLING MECHANISMS TO ENSURE
INTEGRATION OF GENDER CONCERNS IN THE
HEALTH PPAS
Barangay Centro Council members under the
leadership of the Barangay Captain have
participated in several gender sensitivity workshops
even before 2004
 Gender-Focal Person cum Barangay Councilor and a
GAD committee composed of the GAD Focal Person a
woman staff handling the Women’s Desk the Men’s
Support Group coordinator. The committee of three
in consultation with the Barangay Captain plays a
decisive role in implementing the GAD plan.
 GAD Code of Davao City
 Civil Society Organization Involvement In Barangay
Centro
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Barangay Centro
Agdao, Davao City
Projects and Budget
BARANGAY DEVELOPMENT FUND
Budget Item
1. Peace and Order
2004
2005
2006
241,000.00
321,400.00
286,400.00
2. Economic/Livelihood
Program
3,685.60
-
6,430.60
3. Health and Services
Program
68,345.00
76,800.00
39,245.00
-
130,000.00
4. Infrastructure
> Comfort room
> Line canal
> Earth filling
40,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
5. Educational Assistance
Program
54,456.00
20,000.00
45,500.00
6. GAD
28,000.00
28,000.00
28,000.00
535,486.00
446,200.00
535,575.60
Total
SECTORAL PROJECTS
Name of Project
1. Katarungang
Pambarangay
2.Health and Social Services
Educ. Assistance
3. Services and Facilities for
Environment
4. Maintenance and
Infrastructure
5. Peace and Order
6. Agriculture
Total
2004
No. of Staff
M
F
14
1
-
M
F
136,500
14
1
22
4
68,345
54,456
-
4
1
75,600
2
12
1
-
-
-
34
29
2005
No. of Staff
No. of Staff
2006
M
F
133,200
17
1
153,000
19
136,800
-
19
159,600
4
1
80,400
3
1
91,200
140,000
241,000
3
-
-
61,200
-
2
14
1
69,600
44,998.56
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
36
22
715,901
21
21
411,600
518,388.56
BARANGAY CENTRO STAFF COMPLEMENT
Positions
2004
2005
2006
M
F
M
F
M
F
1. Barangay Treasurer (Council)
1
-
1
-
1
-
2. Barangay Secretary (Council)
1
-
1
-
1
-
3. Driver (2)
2
-
2
-
2
-
4. Utility personnel (2)
4
1
4
1
3
1
5. Sweeper (2)
3
-
3
-
2
-
6. Clerk
-
2
-
2
-
3
11
3
11
3
9
4
Total
IMPACT OF HEALTH PROGRAMS,
PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES ON WOMEN
AND MEN
Due to massive information campaign about
cardio-vascular program, women and men in the
community are very much aware of the
consequences of cardio-vascular diseases.
 BHWs during their home visits always carry with
them their sphygmomanometer device or BP
apparatus for blood pressure screening.
 High awareness of community on FP methods
due to IEC of different multi-sectoral groups
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IDENTIFIED ISSUES AND CONCERNS
RAISED BY FGD PARTICIPANTS AND
INFORMANTS:
Productive ageing programs, projects and activities
for elderly persons and community-based Caregiving
programs should be encouraged and not just to focus
on the mortuary contributions of the elderly.
 More livelihood projects be introduced to women and
men as well in the community to arrest being hooked
up in “cycle of debts” due to loan sharks present in
the barangay.
 As indicated in table 3, so far, food has the highest
percentage in every household expenditure in 2005,
therefore, health care indicators were not attended to
because the women and men , the girls and boys of
Barangay Centro needed food instead of medicines.
 Purok leaders should encourage their constituents to
build sanitary toilets especially houses near the
shoreline.
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Even if budget is allocated for GAD, the women
constituents at times encountered difficulty in
accessing it, in the sense that GAD budget vis-à-vis
activities was not widely disseminated.
 Monitoring utilization of GAD Budget was not usually
done.
 Gender stereotyping, especially in assigning of roles to
women and men, which are mostly extensions of their
roles in the home.
 Except for health and social services where women
dominated, the other sector projects are dominated by
men. This reality revealed a glaring
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There are still significant involvements/work that
women continued to do voluntarily without being
recognized and paid for, this include the following:
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a.) unpaid care work in the immediate communities;
b.) housework;
c.) facilitating echo of training to other members of the
barangay/area;
d.) involvement in coastal clean-up;
e.) involvement in the maintenance and propagation of
faith; etc
SOME GENDER RESPONSIVE INDICATORS
* Population Growth Rate
* Percentage of Women Aged 15-49
52%
51.61%
* Average household size
* Percentage of female headed HH
6
25% of the population
Health Related Data
* Life Expectancy Rate
79%
* Percentage of households with access to family
planning services
100%
- 1 organization working in the area
- Barangay Council for Women (BCW) organized
- Access to a gender-resource center
Participation in Local Special Bodies
Position
Male
Female
Total
Elected Officials, i.e. Brgy Captain
8
1 (SK)
9
LGU Staff
7
5
12
Committee Head in the Council
8
3
11
Barangay Devt. Council
40
30
70
Education Committee Chair-Council
3
6
9
Bids and Awards Committee
8
2
10
Peace and Order Committee
11
-
11
Agrarian Reform Committee
10
1
11
GAD Committee
14
2
16
Health Committee
1
23
24
Environment Committee
10
1
11
90% of household have safe drinking water
 80% have sanitary toilet facilities
 71% Garbage disposal system
 Multi-purpose halls that can be utilized by women and
men, boys and girls for official/functional/educational and
recreational activities were also present within the
Barangay
 Barangay Centro Agdao has good lighting facilities
according (90%)
 Barangay Centro Agdao has good lighting facilities
according to the majority of the respondents
 The Barangay Council enacted a resolution creating the
GAD point person within its membership, who would be
responsible for steering activities and initiatives that
engerderize the policies, support systems and projects of
BLGUs towards promoting and protecting the rights of
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LGU sponsored training programs for women
constituents (cooperatives, women NGOs, women
groups) in the past three years
 LGU sponsored training programs for women
constituents (cooperatives, women NGOs, women
groups) in the past three years
 Presence of Organized committees/working groups
to address specific gender issues and concerns:
 Development and implementation of plans,
strategies, and resources to address gender concerns
and issues
 Presence and Implementation of local ordinances
and policies
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TOP THREE CONCERNS/PROBLEMS/ISSUES OF
WOMEN CONSTITUENTS IN THE LOCALITY.
Most of those interviewed singled out domestic
violence (i.e. physical, verbal, psychological) as the
number one concern of women in the barangay..
 The next problem identified by women was health
related concerns, such as lack/insufficient medicines
or health care services for sick members of the
barangay. A concern very dear to women being the
giver of life.
 The third concern was economic, which relates to
cycle of debts, unemployment, insufficient family
income, not being able to send children to
school/plenty of school drop outs, presence juvenile
delinquents, etc
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FACILITATING FACTOR
capability building opportunities (i.e. trainings,
seminars, exposures, orientation, etc.) provided by line
agencies of government, partner NGOs;
 budget allocated to pay for services of women such as
BHW, WCDO, for GAD-related activities, although
not fully utilized;
 openness of the barangay officials to partner with
other groups (i.e. line agencies of government, NGOs,
Civic organizations) just to access opportunities and
resources for women and men; coverage.
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SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
Improve monitoring mechanisms for all sectors
program in terms of compliance to
integration/mainstreaming gender concerns in their
plan and in terms of delivery or actual
implementation
 Build the GAD expertise of the Barangay so that it
can help other barangays mainstream gender
concerns in their area
 The barangay health centers are mere recipients of
health programs initiated by the City Health Office
(CHO) rather than being partners in providing
health care services
 In terms of program implementation, barangay
program implementers are allowed to participate in
planning sessions but have no participation but can
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While there are programs aimed at women and children
(Maternal and Child Care program) there is no in-depth
gender analysis of the real situation especially on roles of
women and men in the community.
 Despite its limitations, the barangay has started
becoming responsive to the VAWC cases by legislating
the “Bantay Pamily Program” and the “CommunityBased Rehabilitation of Perpetrators’ of crime against
women and children in the barangay.
 The passage of city ordinance 5004 known as the Women
Development Code of Davao City which is being
implemented by the Integrated Gender and Development
Office has provided another legal framework to pursue
and enhance the implementation of gender-responsive
programs and projects at the barangay level
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There are no clear policy statements and mechanisms
in addressing gender needs of men and women.
 The CSSDO, a devolved component of the DSWD, is
actively involved in issues involving women and
children. By coordinating with them, Barangay Centro
is able to harness their expertise and resources
especially at providing immediate care, temporary
shelter and legal assistance to VAWC victims and other
concerns of the barangay. However, CSSDO is limited
to referrals and could not shell-out any financial
resources at all.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
The Barangay Government Unit of Barangay Centro
should undertake comprehensive land-use based
barangay development plan that will set the development
direction of the barangay and update its barangay profile
 Create opportunities that respond to identified gender
issues in the community
 Sustain the activities of local bodies created to respond to
VAWC cases like the Bantay Pamilya with functional
QRT members, WCDO, MSG, counseling group for
victims.
 creation of support structure to deter violence like
counseling group for VAWC victims, QRTs, although
many are not yet functional; and
 IEC on gender issues and concerns whose medium is
appropriate for the ordinary people and widespread
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THANK YOU…