2022 GAD Webinar Series

As an oversight agency and coordinating body on women’s empowerment and gender equality and as mandated by the Magna Carta of Women (MCW), the PCW led the implementation of a capacity-building program on gender and development (GAD) to equip national government agencies (NGAs), state universities and colleges (SUCs), government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) and other government instrumentalities, as well as local government units (LGUs) with the proper mindset on gender sensitivity, and skills on gender-responsive development planning to fulfill their roles and responsibilities under the MCW and other policy issuances and mandates on GAD.

The conduct of GAD Webinars was aligned with the National GAD Resource Program‘s (NGRP) vision to create an accessible, innovative, and informative platform to increase awareness and knowledge of policymakers, public officers, and gender trainers on GAD mainstreaming. The GAD Webinar was also PCW’s Technical Assistance (TA) strategy to address the need for direct TA to several requesting agencies. This approach reduced the demand for face-to-face TA given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It also enabled the learners to complete the GAD modules within the safety of their homes and offices.

The PCW GAD Webinar Series was offered to various government agencies and the general public in its third year. We capacitated 6,774 participants from government agencies, 2367 in 2020 (1878 females and 489 males) and 4407 in 2021 (3500 females, 889 males, and 18 unidentified).

The webinar series tapped the PCW GAD Resource Pool members’ expertise to deliver sessions on basic GAD, gender mainstreaming, gender analysis, GAD planning and budgeting, GAD agenda development, and gender-fair communication.