Orientation on Gender and
Development (GAD) Basic
Guidelines and Mandates for the
Education Sector
Prepared by
Marita Castillo Pimentel,
National GAD Resource Pool
Philippine Commission on Women
Framework and Flow
NATIONAL AND INTL
GAD
MANDATES
PERSONAL
GENDER
SENSITIVITY
GUIDELINES AND
ISSUEANCES
SECTORAL
Gender in
education
Gender and
Development
Learning goals
• Understand national and international
mandates on Gender and
Development (GAD)
• Recognize the significance of GAD to
the goals of Philippine education
Partnership
Rationale for GAD
• At least 5%
GAD Budget,
• COA AOM
• International :
• CEDAW,
• MDGs,
• National :
• PH Constitution
• Magna Carta of Women
• Philippine Development Plan
• PPGD
• Gender equality
• quality, equitable, culture-based,
and complete basic education
• Inclusive Growth,
• Good Governance
• National Development
Compliance
Commitment
Obligation
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What is GAD
Theoretically
• An approach to or
paradigm of development
focusing on
• social, economic,
political and cultural
forces
• how differently women
and men participate in,
benefit from, and
control resources and
activities.
PH Operational
• The PH GAD program is
being implemented
through the GAD Plan
and Budget of all
government agencies
• GAD Budget of at least
5%
Gender Equality in Education: the Role of Schools (2007)
What emerged
• Schools in most cases reinforce the
existing gender ideology, stereotypes,
norms and expectations everywhere
• schools have the potential of playing a
transformative role in changing the
prevalent notions and unequal
relations, it does not necessarily happen
on its own, and requires specific and
targeted interventions in most cases.
Gender issues in PH education
Strategic gender issues to be addressed
1. Boys are underperforming in key education indicators
compared to girls
2. Indigenous people (IP) also fall behind in enrolment data
and experience discrimination
3. Higher education degrees manifest marked gendersegregation
4. Gender biases and stereotypes remain, and are still
embedded in the curricula, instructional methods,
materials and learning media
5. Women and girls continue to be vulnerable to sexual
harassment and violence inside schools because of the lack
of safe and gender responsive teaching-learning
environment
GAD and DEPED
MANDATE
PCW MC 2011-01
PCW-NEDA-DBM
JMC 2012-01
DEPED ORDER 27, 2013
COA CIRCULAR 2014
HEAD OF AGENCY (Chair)
and
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Regional/ Bureaus/
Attached agencies
GAD Focal Point System
Division/ Schools
GAD Coordinator
GFPS Technical
Working Group
GFPS
Secretariat
Mechanism:
GFPS
GAD
• PHILIPPINE
DEVELOPMENT
PLAN
• MFO/OO
GPB
AGENCY
PLANS
• OPIF
• PIB
BUDGET
FRAMEWORK
Essentials in GAD Plan and
Budget
1. Creation and/or Strengthening of the GAD
Focal Point System
2. Capability Building on Gender and
Development
3. Conduct of Gender Audit
4. Institutionalizing GAD Database/Sexdisaggregated Data
GAD PLANNING AND
BUDGETING
PLANNING
• GAD in the Annual
Work and Financial
Plan, Procurement
Plan, School
Improvement Plan,
Regional Education
Development Plan
BUDGET
• AT LEAST 5% OF GAA
• Within annual budget
cycle
Parts of the GAD PLAN AND
BUDGET (GPB) TEMPLATE
Columns 1,2,3 and 5
Comprise the GAD agenda
Columns 1-6 PLAN
Columns 4 and 6
Must be in aligned with your
WORKPLANS
Columns 7-8 BUDGET
Columns 7-8 must be
reflected in your
ANNUAL
PROCUREMENT PLAN
What are the essential CONTENT of
the GPB
CLIENT FOCUSED
ORGANIZATION FOCUSED
GAD MANDATES
1. CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM
2. GFPS ACTIVITIES
3. SEX DISAGGREGATED DATA AND
GAD INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT
4. GENDER MAINSTREAMING
What Can Be Charged to GAD
Budget?
• Those approved PPAs included in the PCW-endorsed and DBM
approved GAD Plan
• Capacity Development on GAD
• Activities related to the establishment of enabling mechanisms for
GAD, e.g. GAD Focal Point System, VAW/Women’s Desks
• Salary of agency personnel assigned to plan, implement and monitor
GAD PPAs on a full time basis, following rules and regulations in
hiring and creating positions. This provision does not apply to those
who were given extra assignment on GAD and are already regular
employees. Overtime work rendered in doing GAD PPAs may be
compensated through compensatory time off, following government
rules and regulations
What Can Be Charged to GAD
Budget?
• PPAs that address women’s practical and strategic needs, provided
these have been previously approved by the Central Office and the
PCW and are reflected in the GAD plan and budget
• Agency programs to address women’s practical and strategic
needs (e.g. daycare center, breastfeeding rooms, crisis or
counseling rooms for abused women, halfway houses for
trafficked women and children, gender-responsive family
planning program among others);
• Consultations conducted by agencies to gather inputs for
and/or to disseminate the GAD plan and budget;
• Payment of professional fees, honoraria and other services for
gender experts or gender specialists engaged by agencies for
GAD-related trainings and activities; and
• IEC activities (development, printing and dissemination) that
support the GAD PAPs and objectives of the agency.
What Can Be Charged to GAD
Budget?
• Consultation workshops to gather inputs for GAD plan and
other GAD mechanisms and processes
• Honoraria and professional fees of external GAD experts for
programs
• Development, printing and dissemination of information and
education campaign materials
• Women’s Month activities which are clearly aligned to the
yearly theme determined by PCW and GAD Board.
What Cannot be Charged to GAD?
• PPAs not in the GAD Plan and not endorsed by PCW and approved by DBM
• Personal services and honoraria of GAD Focal Point and other employees
assigned to do GAD work
•
Car-pooling, gas masks for traffic/ environment enforcers, among others;
•
The following expenses may NOT be charged to the GAD budget UNLESS
they are justified as clearly addressing a specific gender issue:
• 6.1 Physical, mental and health fitness including purchase of equipment
and information dissemination materials;
• 6.2 Social, rest and recreation activities;
• 6.3 Religious activities and implementation of cultural projects; and
• 6.4 Construction expenses
•
Purchase of supplies, materials, equipment and vehicles for the general
use of the agency.
Gender Mainstreaming
•
GAD in Deped MFO- Basic Educ
Policies
GAD in KRAs and PI
GAD in the classroom
•
•
POLICIES
• GAD in student policies admission,
retention, completion
• GAD in human resource policies
• Teachers
• Staff
• Administrators
PROGRAMS,
PROJECTS,
ACTIVITIES
GFPS
PEOPLE
•
•
•
GAD Focal Point System
GAD Capacity Development
and Capability Building
ENABLING
MECHANISM
•
GAD in representations and
participation
GAD in the different stakeholders
• Parents
• LGUs
• Sponsors
• Etc.
Vision-Mission
KRA,SO and OO
PI and Strategies
CONSERVATIVE/
FORMAL EQUALITY
PROGRESSIVE/
SUBSTANTIVE EQUALITY
Mirror Me
•Everyone is a reflection of
values
•Anyone can be catalyst of
actions
•All are bearers of gendered
messsages
Truth will set you free,
but first it will pissed you off.
Gloria Steinem