 GENDER MAINSTREAMING
The framework and the guidelines set forth in the Philippine Plan for Gender Responsive Development (PPDG) spells out programs and activities a government agency would have to undertake to mainstream GAD in their organization. The TWC, as the only national training center for women in the country, takes the lead role in mainstreaming GAD in the technical vocational education and training sector. Through its Gender Mainstreaming Unit, it provides leadership in installing and sustaining a gender mainstreaming system and utilizes its core competencies of research, training delivery, and advocacy to contribute to sustained concept of gender fairness at the TVET sector.
Some of the gender issues in the TVET sector are:
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Limited access of women to non-traditional technical vocational courses |
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Low absorption rate of women in the labor market |
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Inadequate social protection for women and lack of promotion of women's welfare |
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Presence of gender stereotyping of skills/occupations |
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Bearing the multiple burdens of work and family responsibilities |
It has identified the following strategies and development programs and activities for mainstreaming GAD:
a) Advocacy
• Consciousness-raising which includes information dissemination, research and documentation.
b) Capability Build-Up
• Conduct of capability build-up programs such as:
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Gender Sensitivity Training Program |
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Gender and Development Concepts and Skills Development |
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Gender Related Data Base and Indicator System |
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Consciousness Raising |
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Gender Related Technical Courses |
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Gender Responsive Policy Formulation |
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Gender Responsive Program/Project Development |
c) Research
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• Conduct of studies on the unique needs of rural women and indigenous women as inputs to the development of flexible TESD delivery systems based on existing social order and traditions to ensure the participation of these groups of women in education and training; |
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• Research on the skills needs of women re-entering employment, on frameworks that measure the unremunerated contributions of both men and women; |
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• Analysis of existing policies as these affect both men and women for gender and research on women and technology. |
d) Networking
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Strong linkage with other organizations, agencies or groups that are promoting GAD concepts and practices |
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