1. Directorate for Police Community Relations
GAD
(GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT)
Email Address: fjgadd_dpcr@yahoo.com.ph|723-0401local 3646

2. What is Gender and Development?
Gender and Development (GAD) -- A development approach
that seeks to equalize the status and condition of and
relations between women and men by influencing the
processes and outputs of policymaking, planning, budgeting,
implementation, and monitoring and evaluation so that they
would deliberately address the gender issues and concerns
affecting the full development of women.
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3. Gender Equality
• Means that women and men enjoy the same status and
conditions and have equal opportunity to realize their
potentials and to contribute to social, political, economic and
cultural development.
• It means that there is no sex discrimination in the allocation
of resources and benefits or access to services, and that both
men and women have equal opportunity to realize their
potential to contribute and benefit from development.
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4. Gender Equity
• Means giving more opportunities to those who have
less and those who are historically and socially
disadvantaged based on their needs for them to
operate on a level playing field.
• Equity leads to equality.
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5. Women Empowerment
• An essential process for women’s advancement. It is the
process and condition by which women are mobilize to
understand, identify and overcome gender discrimination and
achieve equality. Women become agents of development, and
not just beneficiaries. This kind of participation in
development enables them to make decisions based on their
own views and perspectives. To empower women, access to
information, training, technology, market, and credit is
necessary.
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6. Gender Mainstreaming
• Means raising people's GAD
related capabilities; putting
systems, and mechanisms
institutionalize the pursuit of
empowerment.
awareness and building GADin place policies, structures,
that would facilitate and
gender equality and women’s
• A strategy for making agencies work for women’s
empowerment and gender equality.
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7. MALE
MALE
GAP/DISPARITY:
DISCRIMINATION
EQUAL FOOTING
LACK OF OPPORTUNITY
STEREOTYPING
MARGINALIZATION
FEMALE
GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT
•WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
•GENDER EQUITY
•GENDER MAINSTREAMING
GENDER EQUALITY
FEMALE
FINISH LINE
STARTING LINE
INEQUALITIES
GOAL:
CAREER
PROGRESSION
PROMOTION

8. Attaining Gender Equality
and sustaining GAD
• Adherence to national and international
commitment on GAD.
• Addressing gender issues through the
formulation and implementation of the PNP
Annual GAD Plan and Budget
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9. GAD Planning and Budgeting
•
GAD Plan and Budget -- is a systematically designed set of programs, projects and
activities with corresponding budget carried out by agencies over a given period of time
to address the gender issues and concerns in their respective sectors and constituents.
It systematizes an agency’s approach to gender mainstreaming and women’s
empowerment.
•
Annual GAD budget -- the cost of implementing the annual
GAD plan, which
may include agency P/A/Ps designed to
address gender issues and promote
women's
empowerment and gender equality.
•
GAD Focal Point -- is the group of people within the agency tasked to catalyze and
facilitate the institutionalization of gender mainstreaming and women’s empowerment
within the agency. While it is clearly the agency who is responsible for implementing
programs, activities and projects addressing gender issues, it is the GAD Focal Point who
advocates for, coordinates, guides and monitors the development and implementation
of the agency’s GAD plan and GAD-related programs, activities and projects.
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10. Linking International and National
Policy Mandates to GAD in the PNP

11. INTERNATIONAL
NATIONAL
1948- The Universal Declaration of Human
Rights
“… everyone has the right to life, liberty
and security of person” (Article 3).
1951- Convention for the Suppression of
the Traffic in Persons of the Exploitation
of the Prostitution of Others
… state parties must punish any person
who, “to gratify the passions of another…
procures, entices or leads away, for
purposes of prostitution, another person,
even with the consent of that person.”
1975- the General Assembly of the United
Nations has designated 1975 as
International Women's Year with its
central theme of "Equality, Development
and Peace";
1976International
Covenant
on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
“…All persons are equal before the law
and
are
entitled
without
any
discrimination to the equal protection of
the law; to effective protection against
discrimination… regardless of race, colour,
sex, language, religion, political and other
opinion, national or social origin, property,
birth or other status.
1975 - National Commission on the Role of
Filipino Women (NCRFW) was established
through Presidential Decree No. 633. It is a
government agency run by the government of
the Philippines with the intention of
promoting and protecting the rights of the
Women in the Philippines
PNP

12. INTERNATIONAL
NATIONAL
1977- Fourth Geneva Convention
“…Women shall be especially
protected against any attack on their
honor, in particular against rape,
enforced prostitution or any form of
indecent assault…”
1981- Convention on the Elimination of
All Forms of Discrimination against
Women (CEDAW)
1987- Integration of Gender Equality in the
Philippine Constitution.
Art II Sec 14 “The State recognizes the role
of women in nation building and shall ensure
the fundamental equality before the law of
women and men”.
1988 Proc 224: March 8 as Women’s rights
and Intl peace day
1988 Proc 227: Women’s month; women’s role
in socio-econ-pol devt
1989 - Philippine Development Plan for
Women (1989-1992) was adopted through EO
348
1990- RA 6949:
March 8 as National
women’s day celebration
PNP

13. INTERNATIONAL
NATIONAL
PNP
1991- RA 6975 - An act establishing the
Philippine National Police under a
reorganized Department of the Interior and
Local Government
1992- RA 7192 “Women in Nation-Building
Act” promotes the integration of women as full
and equal partners of men in development and
nation-building. A campaign, supported by the
Canadian International Development Agency
(CIDA), was initiated to help government
officials and staff with training in promoting
equality under a program called Gender and
Development (GAD).
1993- Declaration on the Elimination
of Violence against Women (UN GA)
1995- UN 4th World Conference on
Women adopted the Beijing
Declaration and Platform for Action
(PFA) , a committment for gender
equality and empowerment of
women
1993- Pres. Ramos issued Presidential
Memorandum creating the Women’s Desk in all
police stations.
1995- Philippine Plan for Gender-Responsive
Development (PPGD) (from 1995–2025), a 30year perspective plan that outlines the policies
that enable women to participate and benefit
from national development. It was the country's
main vehicle for implementing the 1995 Beijing
Declaration and Platform for Action. PPGD was
formulated through EO 273 which requires all
government agencies to institutionalize Gender
and Development efforts by incorporating GAD
concerns in their planning, programming and
budgeting processes. PPGD is the successor to
the Philippine Development Plan for Women,
1989-1992.
1992- NAPOLCOM issued memorandum
circular 92-010 establishing the Child and
Youth Relations Section.
-PNP entered into a MOA with DSWD and
NGOs for the training of PNP personnel on
child protection.
-DPCR was tasked to carry out the PNP
commitment.
1993- PNP forged a partnership with
NCRFW, Soroptomist
and Kalakasan
Foundation for the gender sensitivity
training and establishment of the
Women’s Desk in police stations.
-DPCR was tasked to administer the
project.

14. INTERNATIONAL
NATIONAL
PNP
1997- The PNP issued Memorandum
Circular No. 97-001 re: Activation of
the Women and Children Concerns
Division (WCCD) under the DPCR.
1998- RA 8551, otherwise known as
PNP reform and reorganization act was
enacted. Sec. 57 to Sec. 61 of the law
paved the way for the creation of the
Women and Children’s Desk and
Formulation of the Gender
Sensitivity Program.
2000- UN Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs). Eight (8) international development
goals that all 193 United Nations member
states and at least 23 international
organizations have agreed to achieve by the
year 2015
2000- Sec 27 of RA 8760 otherwise
known as the General Appropriation
Act of 2000 requires all government
departments to formulate a GAD Plan
designed to empower women and
address gender issues, in accordance
with R.A. 7192 and the Philippine Plan
for Gender-Responsive Development
(PPGD),1995-2025, using 5% of the
agency’s total budget appropriation as
the cost of implementation.
1998 -The Women’s Desk and the
CYRS were merged to strengthen PNP
response to violence against women
and children. The unit was renamed
Women and Children’s Desk.
2000- CPNP signed and issued Memo
Circular 2000-003 re Implementing
Guidelines in the Handling of CIAC.
-The PNP became an active member in
different task forces on child protection.
PNP-UNICEF partnership came into
being.
-Several PNP administrative issuance on
women and children were issued and
implemented.
-Series of training and other skills
enhancement program were developed
and carried out for WCD officers.

15. INTERNATIONAL
NATIONAL
PNP
2001- The PNP Women’s Crisis and Child
Protection Center based in Camp Crame
was established.
-CPNP signed and issued Memo Circular
2001-007 re Strengthening and Promotion
of PNP Women and Children Desk.
-The WCD was renamed to Women and
Children Protection Desk.
2002- Reconstitution of FJGAD as a
division of the DPCR by virtue of DPL
Circular Nr 2002-001 .
2003- RA 9208 “The Anti-Trafficking in
Persons Act of 2003”
-- penalizes the act of “trafficking in
person.”
2003- NAPOLCOM Memo Circular No.
2003-04 entitled “Guidelines in
Establishing PNP GAD Mechanisms to
Ensure that GAD Concerns of the PNP and
its clientele are Recognized and
Addressed.
-The WCCD with its investigative function
was transferred under the functional
grouping of DIDM. In the process the
Family, Juvenile, and Gender and
Development Division (FJGADD) under
DPCR was created to address the
development
program
on
gender
mainstreaming.

16. INTERNATIONAL
NATIONAL
2004- Joint Circular 2004-1 issued by NEDA,
DBM and NCRFW
provides for the
“Guidelines for the Preparation of Annual
Gender and Development (GAD) Plan and
Budget and Accomplishment Report to
Implement the section on Program/Project
related to GAD of the General Appropriation
Act 2000.
PNP
2004- PNP Memorandum Circular 200402
re-PNP
Guidelines
in
the
Implementation of GAD Program vis-àvis Utilization of the GAD Funds
representing 5% of the Agency Budget.
2004- RA 9262 “Anti Violence against Women
and their Children Act of 2004”
-- penalizes the commission of VAWC in
intimate relationships; provides for security of
complainant and her family through the
barangay,
temporary
and
permanent
protection order; provides for the “battered
woman syndrome”
2009- RA 9710. “An Act Providing for the
Magna Carta of Women”. The government’s
response to CEDAW
2011- Joint Circular 2011-01 issued by NEDA
and DBM which provides for the “Guidelines to
Institutionalize Reporting of Budget Allocations
and Expenditures Including Physical targets and
accomplishments
for
the
Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs)
2009 - PNP-ADB partnership came into
being.

17. WRAP UP
Why have GAD?
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•
•
•
International Mandate (UN Instruments)
National Mandate (Constitution, RAs, EOs, Circulars)
NAPOLCOM and PNP Memo Circulars
Obligation to agencies involved in international aid and
cooperation- the UN attached agencies among them-.
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18. THANK
YOU!!

19. When did GAD came into being?
• GAD was developed in the 1980s as an
alternative to the Women in Development
(WID) approach that was in common use until
then.
• It is said that GAD was established in the pursuit
of Gender Equality which has its roots in the
1948 UN Universal Declaration of Human
Rights.
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20. Articulation of Gender Issues (Column 2)
– Clear articulation of gender issues which can be culled from the disparity
between women and men clients in terms of welfare, access, GAD
consciousness, participation and control (client-focused)
– Specific gaps in the capacity of the organization and its personnel to
implement GAD-related PPAs; in addressing sexual harassment as well as
the low participation of women in decision-making in the agency
(organization-focused)
– Gender issue is identified in any of the international or national
commitments on GAD
– Issues related to the implementation of national laws and policies on VAW
and gender