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Review of Women’s Studies Volume XXXII, Number 1

Research Articles

Nananatiling Tahimik: Exploring the Lived Experience of Deaf Gay Workers in the Private Sector by Jan Erron R. Celebrado

An Anthropological Study on the Health Seeking Behavior of Tomboy, Bakla, and Minamagkit From Mountain Province, Northern Philippines by Jennifer Curry Josef

Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women in the Informal Economy in Quezon City by Melanie V. Cabotaje, Jefferson C. Sumalabe, Bernadette D. Escoto, Joanna Rose T. Laddaran, and Jaylyn D. Manglicmot

Queering Local Governments: LGBTIQ+ Movement Organizations as Strategic Brokers for Sexual Citizenship in Philippine Local Governments by Charles Erize P. Ladia

Creative Works

Poems by Vyxz Vasquez

Illustrations by Liz Rañola

You may view the journal here until 31 January 2023.

The Power of Pleasure to End GBV

The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) and Lunas Collective, in observance of the 18-Day Campaign to End Violence against Women (VAW), invite everyone to a webinar, The Power of Pleasure to End Gender-Based Violence (GBV), on 12 December 2022 (Monday), 10:00-11:30 AM via Zoom. Resource speaker is Prof. Sabrina Laya S. Gacad, Chairperson of the Department of Women and Development Studies, College of Social Work and Community Development, UP Diliman.

Register here: https://forms.gle/pM2aHdL6cnDWrboDA.

GBV in the Digital World in the Philippines: Services and Responses, Gaps and Challenges

The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) and the Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA), in observance of the 18-Day Campaign to End Violence against Women (VAW), invite everyone to a webinar, Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in the Digital World in the Philippines: Services and Responses, Gaps and Challenges, on 9 December 2022 (Friday), 9:00 AM – 12:00 NN via Zoom.

Register here: https://forms.gle/2zDLw81Ck4aFERJq5.

Seminar Workshop on HGDG for LGUs

The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) and the UP Center for Women’s Studies Foundation, Inc. (UPCWSFI) are jointly organizing a Seminar Workshop on Harmonized Gender and Development Guidelines (HGDG) for LGUs on 28-29 November 2022 at the University Hotel, UP Diliman, Quezon City.

Training fee is P6,500 (early bird) / P7,000 (regular) for food, materials, kit, access to the UPCWGS DaKILa Learning System, and certificate.

To participate, kindly register via this link: https://bit.ly/3D9ziyU on or before November 4 (early bird registration) or November 21 (regular registration).

For further inquiries, please contact [email protected] / [email protected] / +632-89206950 / +632-89818500 (VoIP 4226).

UP Pride 2022: Equality Talk Series

[NOTE: Equality Talk #2: Being Queer in UP is rescheduled from October 19 (Wednesday) to October 21 (Friday).]

Equality Talk #1
Thrive in Pride: LGBT+ Leaders in the Workplace
October 14 (Friday), 3:00-6:00 PM
Alcantara Hall (Student Union Building), UP Diliman
Equality Talk #2
Being Queer in UP
October 19 (Wednesday), 4:00-6:00 PM
Zoom and Facebook Live
Equality Talk #3
Seal the Bill
October 24 (Monday), 4:00-6:00 PM
Zoom and Facebook Live

UP Pride 2022: SOGIESC Primer Launch

In line with the celebration of UP Pride 2022, the University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) is inviting everyone to its SOGIESC Primer Launch on 17 October 2022 (Monday), 2:00-4:00 PM via online.

To register, click the link: https://tinyurl.com/SOGIESCPrimer.

For registrants, links will be sent on the day before the event or earlier. Kindly wait for our email. If you have registered but did not get the link, send us your email via a private message on Facebook or email us at [email protected].