The Road to Gender Equality

Development Process
Seen from a Gender
Perspective
The concept of development also
includes an element of
equality-
that material
benefits from the development
process should be fairly
distributed, especially to benefit
those most in need,
the disadvantaged and the
most vulnerable.
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 Equality of Opportunity means that
everybody has an equal chance,
especially for equal access, there
is no structural discrimination
standing in the way of any
individual or social group.

Gender sensitivity is the ability to

recog-
nize gender issues, and especially
the ability to recognize women’s
different perceptions and interests
arising from their different social
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location and different gender roles.
 A gender-sensitive person...
 Respect every person/individual,
regardless of age, ability (physical or
mental), belief/religion, educational
attainment, race, ethinic group, social
status, marital status, region of origin,
color, sexual orientation and gender
identity.
 Never assumes another person’s identity
based on that person’s appearance.
 Do not judge a person based on the little
that we know.
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 A gender-sensitive person...
SEEING – women and men, what they actually
do, rather than relying on assumptions and
unexamined beliefs
COUNTING – valuing of the work men and
women do
HEARING – women and men, their needs and
perspectives
RESPECTING – women and men’s human
rights
CARING – about women and men and what
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happens to them
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 Other National Laws on Women
• Anti-Violence Against Women
and their Children Act (RA 9262)

• Special Protection of Children

Against Child Abuse, Exploitation
and Discrimination Act (RA 7610)

• Sexuality Education (LOI, 47,

1972)
• Magna Carta of Women (RA 9710)

• Others
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 Magna Carta of Women
(RA 9710)
A comprehensive women‘s human rights
law
National policy translation of the CEDAW
seeks to eliminate discrimination against
women by recognizing, protecting,
fulfilling and promoting their rights
especially those in the
marginalized sectors.
Signed into law on August 14, 2009
Took effect on September 15, 2009
The IRR were adopted by the PCW Board
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of Commissioners on March 30, 2010
 Magna Carta of Women (RA 9710)

- protection from all forms of violence,

- protection and security in times of disasters,

calamities and other crisis situation,

- equal assess and elimination of discrimination

against women in education, scholarship and
training,
- revising educational materials and curriculum
to remove gender stereotypes and images;

- outlawing the expulsion, non-readmission, prohibit

enrolment and other related discrimination against
women student and faculty due to pregnancy
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outside of marriage.
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 “Gender roles, attitude,
expectations and
characteristics are
learned, thus
they can also be
unlearned.”
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THANK YOU!