GLOSSARY OF GAD TERMS

GAD Budget
GAD Budget Policy
GAD Focal Point
GAD Plan
GAD-Responsive LGUs
Gender
Gender and Development
Gender and Development Plan
Gender Equality
Gender Issues
Gender Mainstreaming
Gender Mainstreaming and Institutionalization
Gender Needs (Practical)
Gender Needs (Strategic)

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GENDER

While “SEX” is a natural distinguishing variable based on biological characteristics of being a woman or man, “GENDER” refers to the socially differentiated roles, characteristics and expectations attributed by culture to women and men. It is created, produced, reproduced and maintained by social institutions. It is a set of characteristics that identifies the social behavior of women and men and the relationships between them.

GENDER EQUALITY

Women and men must enjoy the same status within a society. Gender equality means that women and men experience equal conditions for realizing their full human rights, and have the opportunity to contribute to and benefit from national, political, economic, social and cultural development.

One of the most undesirable effects of dysfunctional gender relation is that it puts women and men in constant struggle with each other. The result of this struggle is known as gender issue.

Gender issues are problems and concerns that emerge from using gender as a basis for assigning power, roles, functions, responsibilities, resources and entitlements to individuals.

GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT (GAD)

The GAD approach emerged in the 1980s as an alternative to the earlier women in development (WID) focus. It questions society’s social, economic and political structures and the gender roles assigned to women and men. The approach examines gender relations and seeks to transform unequal relations toward a more equitable and sustainable development. It recognizes the practical and strategic needs of women and considers women as agents of development rather than as passive recipients of development assistance.

GENDER MAINSTREAMING 

This is a process or strategy to work toward the goal of gender equality. As an approach to governance, it makes women’s and men's concerns and experiences an integral part of the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and programs in political, economic and social agenda. It situates gender equality at the center of broad policy decisions, institutional structures and resource allocation, and includes women’s views and priorities in making decisions about development goals and processes.

GENDER MAINSTREAMING AND INSTITUTIONALIZATION

This is the process through which gender concerns are integrated into the overall operations of the LGUs. It is an organized effort to bring gender perspective in the goals, policies, structures, processes, programs and projects of LGUs. For this purpose, it shall entail the review and enhancement of existing LGU Programs Projects Activities (PPAs) to integrate gender perspective therein, and the formulation of new LGU PPAs addressing the gender issues in the localities, its integration in the local development plan and institutionalization at local level planning.

GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN

This is a set of programs, projects and activities systematically designed, implemented and monitored/ evaluated by the LGUs over a given period of time to address the gender issues of their respective localities. The Plan must be consistent with the LGU mandate, reflecting therein all GAD-related PPAs of concerned LGU departments/ offices. The GAD Plan must take its direction from the Philippine Plan for Gender-Responsive Development (PPGD), 1995-2025 adopted through Executive Order No. 273. Planning for GAD should be an integral part of the LGU development plan. The GAD Plan represents the specific GAD programs, projects and activities incorporated in the Comprehensive Development Plan under sectoral programs and projects and integrated in the Local Development Plan as specific projects and activities.

GAD PLAN

This is a systematically-designed set of programs, projects and activities with clear objectives and strategies for addressing gender issues of the agencies’ clients, as well as those that respond to the gender mainstreaming needs of the agency. It is implemented over a definite period of time and has monitoring and evaluation indicators to measure its impact on women’s lives and whether it is able to meet gender roles.

GAD BUDGET

The agency's GAD Budget is the cost of implementing the GAD Plan. It is a yearly appropriation from an agency/ local government's budget that is allocated to GAD programs, projects or activities.

GAD BUDGET POLICY

The GAD Budget Policy mandates all departments, bureaus, offices and agencies of government, government owned corporations, state universities and colleges, and local government units to allocate a minimum of five percent of their total annual budgets to be used for GAD programs, projects and activities (PPAs). Agencies are to use the five percent to influence the other 95% to become gender-responsive so that, eventually, the entire government budget becomes gender-responsive and improves women’s lives.

GAD FOCAL POINT

This is a mechanisms that provides leadership in the preparation of the GAD Plan, coordination, direction and monitoring of the programs/ projects on women and gender and development concerns within the LGU.

GAD RESPONSIVE LGUs

This is a mechanism that provides for basis if LGUs responsive to GAD in addressing their total development. The following indicators may be considered in identifying gender-responsive LGUs:A) LGUs know how to identify gender issues

1. LGUs know how to identify gender issues
2. LGUs have clear strategies in addressing gender issues and problems
3. LGUs have clear measures of performance indicators to identified strategies
4. LGUs have clear budget in funding GAD-related PPAs

Practical gender needs, are those that arise form the daily performance of women’s roles such as food, housing, safe water, health and educational services for children. These needs are met by involving women as beneficiaries and participants. Measures may improve the conditions of women but not their traditional roles and relations.

 

 

 

 

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