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Gender and Development

Advancing gender equality across NTC Region VII

Gender and Development (GAD) is the national government's strategy for ensuring that women and men benefit equally from public programs, services, and resources. As mandated by law, NTC Region VII integrates gender-responsive planning into its regulatory, client-facing, and organizational functions.

Laws and Policies on Women

Comprehensive women's human rights law affirming women's rights across economic, political, and socio-cultural spheres, and mandating GAD mainstreaming in government agencies.

> RA 9710

Promotes the integration of women as full and equal partners with men in development and nation-building.

> RA 7192

Approved the framework guiding government agencies in mainstreaming gender concerns into policies, programs, and projects.

> EO 273

Requires all government agencies to allocate at least 5% of their total annual budget to GAD plans and programs.

> GAA Sec 27/35

Provides the standing guidelines for preparing annual GAD Plans and Budgets and Accomplishment Reports — the direct legal basis for this office's GPB/AR submissions.

> PCW-NEDA-DBM JC 2012-01

Defines and penalizes violence committed against women and their children by a spouse, partner, or family member, and mandates support mechanisms for victims.

> RA 9262

Penalizes gender-based sexual harassment in streets, public spaces, online, and in workplaces and educational institutions.

> RA 11313

Reaffirms gender mainstreaming as the mandated strategy and the GAD Approach as the guiding framework for promoting gender equality and inclusive development within the bureaucracy.

> PCW MC 2025-07
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GAD PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES

Know Your Rights — GAD Reference Library

Leave Benefits

RA 11210 — Expanded Maternity Leave Law

105-day paid maternity leave for live birth, with options to extend, allocate days to the father, and additional leave for solo parents.

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Leave Benefits

RA 9710 — Special Leave (Gynecological Leave)

Two months' paid leave for women who undergo surgery due to gynecological disorders, under the Magna Carta of Women.

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Protection

RA 11313 — Safe Spaces Act (Bawal Bastos Law)

Defines and penalizes gender-based sexual harassment in streets, public spaces, online, schools, and workplaces.

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Protection

RA 9262 — Anti-VAWC Act of 2004

Protects women and their children from physical, sexual, psychological, and economic abuse, with penalties and protection orders.

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Gender Diversity

Understanding SOGIESC & the LGBTQIA+ Community

A primer on sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression — what SOGIESC means and why respect for it matters.

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Gender And Development Corner - Documents

MC-48-2013 DIRECTING ALL CONCERNED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO ADOPT THE GENDER EQUALITY GUIDELINES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR RESPECTIVE MEDIA POLICIES AND IMPLEMENTING PROGRAMS IN ORDER TO PROMOTE GENDER MAINSTREAMING.
GAD CODE GUIDELINES ON THE FORMULATION, IMPLEMENTATION, MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF A GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT (GAD) CODE
GOAL MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND BEYOND 2015
HARMONIZED GAD HARMONIZED GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES
RA 9710 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE MAGNA CARTA OF WOMEN
BOOK 1 CODE OF ETHICS FOR MEDIA
BOOK 2 GUIDELINES TO PROTECT WOMEN FROM DISCRIMINATION IN MEDIA AND FILM
BOOK 3 GENDER EQUALITY GUIDE

GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT CORNER - ACTIVITIES

DATE TITLE VENUE
June 10 ~ 12, 2016 GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT ORIENTATION SEMINAR Cebu Club Fortmed Resort Inc., Boljoon, Cebu
November 26, 2016 HALAD KAPAMILYA (LIBRENG TAWAG, CELLPHONE BLOCKING, LEGAL ADVICE) CTU Main Campus, M.J. Cuencu Ave., Cebu City
November 29, 2016 SUBANGDAKU SENIOR CITIZEN MEETING (LIBRENG TAWAG, CELLPHONE BLOCKING, LEGAL ADVICE, TEXT SCAM AWARENESS) San Roque Parish, Subangdaku, Mandaue City
August 19, 2017 AWARENESS SEMINAR ON DRUGS AND HIV NTC Conference Hall, Mandaue City

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