GENDER AND

DEVELOPMENT
PERSPECTIVE
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DEVELOPMENT

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Gender and
Development
According to POPCOM
▷ refers to the development perspective and
process that is participatory and empowering,
equitable, sustainable, free from violence,
respectful of human rights, supportive of self-
determination and actualization of human
potentials.

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Gender and
Development
▷ It seeks to achieve gender equality as a
fundamental value that should be reflected in
development choices and contends that
women are active agents of development,
not just passive recipients of development.

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 Gender and
Development
Related Concepts

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SEX AND GENDER
Sex Gender
→ refers to the → refers to the role of
biological differences a male or female in
between males and society, known as a
females, such as the gender role, or an
genitalia and genetic individual's concept of
differences. themselves, or gender
identity
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Gender Analysis
▷ examines the differences in
women's and men's lives, including
those which lead to social and
economic inequity for women, and
applies this understanding to
policy development and service
delivery
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Gender Discrimination
▷ also known as sexual
discrimination, is any action
that specifically denies
opportunities, privileges, or
rewards to a person (or a
group) because of gender.

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Gender Equality Gender
Equity
▷ is based on the ▷ takes into consideration
premise that the differences in
women and women's and men's lives
men should be and recognises that
treated in the different approaches
same way may be needed to
produce outcomes that
are equitable
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 Gender Mainstreaming
▷ An organisational strategy to bring a gender
perspective to all aspects of an institution’s policy
and activities, through building gender capacity
and accountability

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Gender Planning
▷ refers to the process of
planning and designing the
implementation phase of
policies, programmes, or
projects from a gender
perspective.

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Gender Violence
▷ is violence directed against a person
because of their gender.
▷ Gender-based violence undermines
the health, dignity, security and
autonomy of its victims

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Women Empowerment

▷ A ‘bottom up’ process of

transforming gender power
relations, through individuals
or groups developing
awareness of women’s
subordination and building
their capacity to challenge it
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Gender Roles

▷ a set of behavioral
norms associated
particularly with males
or females in given
social group or system.

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 Gender Role can be affected
by:
▷ race
▷ ethnicity
▷ social class
▷ religion
▷ geographical region

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Gender Stereotype

▷ a form of
prejudgment, bias
or limitation given
to roles and
expectations of
males and females

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Gender involves the differentiations attributed
by a given culture to women and men, in the
following aspects:

▷ social roles
▷ capacities
▷ traits and
characteristics
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1. Gender Stereotypes in Social Roles
Men Women
• provides • takes care
financially for of house
the family and children
• works as • works as
managers, nurse,
construction teacher,
builders, secretary
engineers • portrayed
• portrayed as as followers
leaders

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 2. Gender Stereotypes in Capacities

Men Women
• men • good in arts
good in and less
Math and intellectual
Science pursuits
• • physically
Physically fragile and
strong weaker
• Firm • fickle
decision- minded in
makers decision
making
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 3. Gender Stereotypes in Characteristics

Men Women
• active • passive
• aloof • loving
• aggressive • peaceful
• independent • dependent
• brave • fearful

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Socialization- is the process by which social norms,
roles and expectations are learned and internalized.

Gender Socialization- is the process by which

norms and expectations in relation to gender are
learned by women and men.

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Areas or Channel of Socialization

1. Family
2. Church
3. mass media
4. School

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Family
Ruth Hartley notes 4 processes involved in gender
socialization:

1. Manipulation- means that people handle girls and

boys differently as infants.

2. Canalization- means that people direct

children’s attention to gender-appropriate objects

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Family

3. Verbal Appellation- telling children what they

are and what is expected of them.

4. Activity Exposure- familiarizing children to

their gender-appropriate tasks

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Church

Gender roles in Christianity

vary considerably today as
they have during the last two
millennia. This is especially true
with regards to marriage and
ministry.
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Mass Media

• media’s sexualization of young female

celebrities
• marketing of unrealistic beauty
standards through fashion magazines
• video games that promote violence and
negative stereotypes
• music lyrics and music videos that
promote negative stereotypes and
violence
• sex stereotypes in kid’s TV program
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School

1. instructional language
2. Classroom management
3. Instructional materials

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 GENDER AND
DEVELOPMENT
RELATED LAWS

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 Republic Act 7192
Women in Development and
Nation Building Act
▷ Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. — The State
recognizes the role of women in nation
building and shall ensure the fundamental
equality before the law of women and men.
The State shall provided women rights and
opportunities equal to that of men.
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Republic Act No. 9710

▷ Magna Carta of Women

▷ is a comprehensive women's human
rights law that seeks to eliminate
discrimination against women by
recognizing, protecting, fulfilling and
promoting the rights of Filipino women,
especially those in marginalized sector.
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Republic Act 7877
▷ Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995
▷ An Act declaring Sexual Harassment
unlawful in the employment, education, or
training environment, and for other
purposes

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Republic Act No. 9262 or
VAWC
▷ also known as the "Anti-Violence Against
Women and their children (VAWC) Act of
2004." Contains answers to commonly asked
questions about the law and violence against
women.
▷ also contains contact details of agencies and
organizations that VAWC victims may
approach for help.
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Republic Act 7192
▷ Women in Development and Nation
Building Act
▷ An act promoting the integration of
women as full and equal partners of
men in development and nation
building and for other purposes

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IMPORTANCE OF
GENDER IN
DEVELOPMENT

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Gender is an important
consideration in development. It is a
way of looking at how social norms
and power structures
👨👨 impact on the
lives and opportunities available to
different groups of men and women

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PREPARED BY:
Cinco, Claudine R.
Francisco, Rosette N.
Jacobe, Sheila Mae M.
Regala, Agnes R.

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