Category Archives: Announcements

Philippine Queer Studies Conference 2020

[NOTE: The registration for the Philippine Queer Studies Conference 2020 is extended until 23 October 2020.]

The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS), UP Babaylan, and the Psychological Association of the Philippines (PAP) LGBT Psychology Special Interest Group, in partnership with the UP Diliman Department of Sociology, present the first national LGBTQI research conference, Philippine Queer Studies Conference (PQSC) 2020, which will be held on 26-28 October 2020 in a synchronous online format through Facebook Live and Zoom. Register now at https://tinyurl.com/pqsc2020registration. Registration is FREE and open until October 12.

This event is part of the UP Pride 2020 activities.

Book Launch: Philippine NGO Beijing + 25 Report

The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) and Oxfam Pilipinas are jointly organizing the online book launch of the Philippine NGO Beijing + 25 Report, which will be held on 15 September 2020 (Tuesday), 9:00-11:30 AM via Zoom. Register by clicking the link: https://forms.gle/ZBTbm4qrb99NL5dP9.

The event coincides with the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPfA), which was unanimously adopted by 189 countries at the Fourth United Nations Conference on Women in Beijing, China in 1995.

Call for Participants: Online Course on Gender Responsive Psycho-Social Support for Frontliners in Times of Disaster

The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS), through the Data, Knowledge, and Information Launcher (DaKILa) online learning platform, is organizing the online training on Gender Responsive Psycho-Social Support for Frontliners in Times of Disaster for its second batch of trainees.

Interested participants may get in touch with Vince Hermoso through the following details: 09953422151 or [email protected].

Conversations through Art with Nikki Luna

The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS), in partnership with the Feminist Media Lab (FEMMELAB) and the Art Ventures and Advocacy Network (ART VAN), continues with its discussion series, “Conversations through Art (CTA): Tapping Various Creative Modalities for Intervention, Growth, and Transformation,” with artist Nikki Luna. The seventh session of the series, Why Should Artists Tell Women’s Stories with Great Care, will be held on 26 August 2020 (Wednesday), 4:00 PM via Zoom and Facebook Live.

Register at https://forms.gle/DEooczR82JAvxqhA9. Online registration will end on August 25 (Tuesday), 6:00 PM. If you are having trouble with the registration, please send us a message on Facebook.

CTA is an initiative by artists, advocacy builders, social workers, and those in the helping professions to collectively promote arts for social change. Envisioned as a series wherein various creative modalities are highlighted in each session, the invited resource speakers will be individuals from different parts of the world who are making contributions to the establishment of the expressive arts practice or use specific creative modalities for personal-professional, community, and sectoral development.

Conversations through Art: Arts and Disability 20/20

The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS), in partnership with the SOBI House, the NORFIL Foundation, Inc., the Boundless Possibilities Foundation, Inc., the British Council, and the UP Manila Museum of a History of Ideas, is organizing another “Conversations through Art (CTA): Tapping Various Creative Modalities for Intervention, Growth, and Transformation.” The sixth session of the discussion series, Arts and Disability 20/20: The Value of Expressive Arts to Physical, Social, and Emotional Well-Being of Persons with Disabilities in a Time of Pandemic, will be held on 25 July 2020 (Saturday), 4:00-5:00 PM via Zoom and Facebook Live. Interested participants may register at https://forms.gle/2GUZRtnsTuESfQAg7.

The online art exhibit will feature a group of artists with diverse abilities and exceptionalities who documented their thoughts and feelings during the initial months of the COVID-19 global pandemic through a series of creative journaling exercises while staying at home.

CTA is an initiative by artists, advocacy builders, social workers, and those in the helping professions to collectively promote arts for social change. Envisioned as a series wherein various creative modalities are highlighted in each session, the invited resource speakers will be individuals from different parts of the world who are making contributions to the establishment of the expressive arts practice or use specific creative modalities for personal-professional, community, and sectoral development.

On Being Queer: Chikahan with Director Samantha Lee and Photographer BJ Pascual

The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) is inviting everyone to On Being Queer: Chikahan with Director Samantha Lee and Photographer BJ Pascual on 24 June 2020 (Wednesday), 8:00-10:00 PM. This is part of our Pride Month celebration entitled “Pantay-Pantay, Sabay-Sabay.”

Register at tinyurl.com/upcwgspride2020. Online registration will end on June 23 (Tuesday), 6:00 PM. For late registrants, please send us a message on Facebook.

Constructing LGBTQI Narratives: A Forum on SOGIESC-Affirmative Media Reporting

The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS), in partnership with Feminist Media Lab, invites everyone to celebrate Pride Month with Constructing LGBTQI Narratives: A Forum on SOGIESC-Affirmative Media Reporting on 22 June 2020 (Monday), 3:00-5:00 PM with resource speakers Chang Casal, Jervis Manahan, and Pau Villanueva.

Register at tinyurl.com/upcwgspride2020. Online registration will end on June 21 (Sunday), 6:00 PM. For late registrants, please send us a message on Facebook.

Rainbow Reads: A Live Reading of LGBTQI-Themed Children’s Books from Mulat Sulat

The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) invites everyone to celebrate Pride Month with Rainbow Reads: A Live Reading of LGBTQI-Themed Children’s Books from Mulat Sulat on 19 June 2020 (Friday), 1:00-3:00 PM. The event will feature “Si Chowchow” by Angelo P. Benavidez and Aiko Shumizu, “Dumating na si Manang Elisa!” by Godfrey T. Dancel and Gabbi Ramirez, and “Bukas na si Cajon” by Jesh Alberto and Gabbi Ramirez with guest readers Senator Risa Hontiveros, Pinky Amador, and Bodjie Pascua

Register at tinyurl.com/upcwgspride2020. Online registration will end on June 18 (Thursday), 6:00 PM. For late registrants, please send us a message on Facebook.

Call for Participants: Online Course on Gender Responsive Psycho-Social Support for Frontliners in Times of Disaster

In line with the launch of the DAta, Knowledge, and Information LAuncher (DAKILA) online learning platform, as its initial offering, the University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) is conducting an Online Course on Gender Responsive Psycho-Social Support for Frontliners in Times of Disaster. Training starts in June 2020.

The online course aims to provide gender responsive psycho-social support to frontliners of disaster response through an online platform which can be accessed by the participants at their own pace and time within a particular period, which at the same time will serve as a respite from the daily grind of their highly demanding work as frontliners.

The training is free of charge. Since we would like to ensure the overall excellent quality of our training programs, accepting of participants is on a first come, first served basis.

Please register using the Google Form link below: https://forms.gle/QTWQdHHSQcVrg7A38

For further questions or concerns, please feel free to get in touch with Vince Hermoso through the following details: [email protected] or 09953422151.

Screening: Ang Huling Cha-Cha ni Anita

The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) is inviting everyone to the free, one-time screening of Ang Huling Cha-Cha ni Anita (2013) on 15 June 2020 (Monday), 2:00-5:00 PM as part of its Pride Month celebration. Watch a 12-year old Anita fall in love with the new woman in town; years later, a girlhood crush blossoms during the Fiesta of Santa Clara in Obando, Bulacan. A Q&A with director Sigrid Andrea Bernardo will follow the screening.

Register here: tinyurl.com/upcwgspride2020. The link also includes information on the other Pride Month events, which are all free.