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Gender and Development

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  • In 2009, Republic Act (RA) 9710 or the Magna Carta of Women (MCW) was enacted. This provides national government agencies with the impetus for gender mainstreaming and provides guidelines for the creation of a GAD Focal Point System (GFPS) to catalyze, lead and coordinate the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Gender and Development (GAD) programs addressing gender issues and concerns based on the results of gender audits and gender analyses in each agency.

 

  • Gender and development (GAD) is an approach to development that focuses on social, economic and cultural forces that determine how differently women and men access and control development resources and benefits. GAD is about development for all. A more equal status for men and women is an essential condition for attaining a sustainable, people-centered, inclusive development.

 

  • The Philippine Consulate General in Istanbul is committed to be a gender-responsive Consulate in providing gender-responsive consular services in the Marmara Region. Some of the projects of the Philippine Consulate in implementing GAD projects and activities include the following: dissemination of information and education campaign on its social media platforms which support GAD and women’s day activities, GAD-related trainings focused on financial literacy, sexual and reproductive health, VAWC, among others.

 

  • The Consulate supports the National Women’s Month Celebration (NWMC) every March as part of the worldwide observance of the International Women’s Day. Every year the Consulate holds activities on March 8 which is declared as National Women’s Day by Republic Act 6949.

 

  • From 25 November to 12 December every year, the Consulate joins the observance of the 18-day Campaign to End Violence Against Women (VAW). The 18-Day Campaign to End VAW supports the Philippine government’s goal of protecting the human rights of women and girls by upholding its commitment to address all forms of gender-based violence as enshrined in the 1987 Constitution.