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Definition of Terms
a) Sex – The genetic and physical or biological identity of a person which
indicates whether one is male or female.
b) Gender – Socially differentiated roles and characteristics attributed by a
given culture to male or female.
c) Gender responsive planning – The use and integration of the gender and
development framework into the entire development planning cycle.
Gender is one of the variables which determine the manner by which
development plans and programs/projects impact on different groups of
people.
d) Disabled – Those suffering from restriction or lack of ability to perform an
activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human
being as a result of a metal, physical or sensory impairment.
e) Impairment – Lacking part or all of a limb, or having a defective limg,
organ or mechanism of the body (from British Council of Organizations of
Disabled People)
f) Hand – A disadvantage for an individual resulting from an impairment or
disability, that limits or prevents the fulfillment of a role that is normal
(depending on age, sec and social and cultural factors) for that individual.
(from World Health Organization).
g) Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples – A group of people
or homogenous societies who have continuously lived as organized
community on defined territory sharing common bonds of languages,
customs, traditions and other distinctive cultural traits and have become
differentiated from the majority of Filipinos.
h) Ancestral Domain – Areas belonging to ICCs/lps comprising lands, inland
waters, coastal areas and natural resources therein, held under a claim of
ownership, occupied or possessed by ICCs/lps; It shall include lands,
forests, pasture, hunting grounds, burial grounds, worship areas, bodies of
water, mineral and other natural resources from which ICCs/lps
traditionally had access to for their subsistence and traditional activities.
i) Equity – Fairness, a concept of distributive justice which is remedial and is
intended to overcome blas, favoritism, and inequalities; It is sensitive to
difference and to a changing, rather than rigid social environment.
j) Equality – Having the same rights or status
k) Access – Opportunity to make use of certain resources (material,
economic, political, etc.)
l) Control – Ability to define the use of given resources and impose that
definition on others.
What are the goals and concerns of the Philippine Plan for Gender Responsive
Development?
a) Goals
• Establish mechanisms/structures for gender responsive policy and
program formulation and implementation.
• Put special attention to women in circumstances which are aggravated by
national policies and programs.
• Continue conscious-raising, advocacy and affirmative action.
b) Concerns
• Institutionalizing sex-disaggregated data bases
• Mainstreaming gender issues in all aspects of governance
• Victims and survivors of violence and armed conflict
• Prostituted women
• Adolescents
• Disabled
• Indigenous women
• Migrants
• Training and other educational programs
• Information dissemination
• Research and documentation
What are the factors for consideration in developing and Implementing Gender-
Responsive programs and projects?
a) Goal formulation
• Should address the sectoral thrust
• Should be quantifiable with a set of indicators
• Should address the needs of the different groups
b) Strategy formulation
• Should maximize the use of available resources considering the
constraints.
• Should include mechanisms, which address the gaps to effective
participation of the different groups.
• Should raise the level of the group in terms of economic, political and
social positions
• Should consider the time, roles skills and knowledge of the population
group.
c) Resource allocation
• Should consider the availability of indigenous resources
• Should consider the beneficiaries’ readiness to participate in the
program/project.
d) Institutional development
• Should identify the interrelationships with the plan beneficiaries
• Should develop the capability of the beneficiary group to control and
manage their resources and problems
What are the goals and thrusts of the Philippine plan for gender responsive
development?
Goals Thrusts