To open its Women’s Month celebration, the University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) brings you Padayon, Kababaihan!: The UPCWGS Women’s Month Virtual Opening Celebration on 8 March 2022 (Tuesday), 1:00 PM via Zoom. This will also be live streamed at the UPCWGS Facebook page.
Various UP Constituent Universities will be providing special messages. Virtual wellness sessions for dance, and for yoga and meditation, will be provided by Dr. Nathalie Lourdes Africa-Verceles, UPCWGS Director, and Prof. Sabrina Laya S. Gacad, Lunas Collective Founder, respectively.
The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS), the Art Ventures and Advocacy Network (ART VAN), and the Feminist Media Lab (FEMMELAB), in partnership with Bayi, Inc., Time’s Up Ateneo, the Candon Youth for Empowerment Movement, Inc., UP Lipad, Lunas Collective, the Nagkahiusang Magsusulat sa Cagayan de Oro (NAGMAC), the UP Center for Women’s Studies Foundation, Inc. (UPCWSFI), the Young Feminists Collective, Sexual Health and Empowerment (SHE), Oxfam, and Global Affairs Canada, continue with the discussion series, “Conversations through Art (CTA): Tapping Various Creative Modalities for Intervention, Growth, and Transformation,” with Jasmine Cruz. The 10th session of the series, Pumapag-ibig in a Feminist Way: A Feminist Spoken Word Workshop, will be held on 12 March 2022 (Saturday), 2:00-4:30 PM via Zoom. The workshop will tackle sexual and reproductive health and rights by exploring the intersections between the craft of spoken word and bell hook’s feminist reconceptualization of love where she defines love as a “combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.” Through spoken word poetry, participants will learn how to reclaim romantic love from the clutches of patriarchy, celebrate friendship, and exult our bonds with our community.
Performing at the event are Alvin Bello Caldona and Jesame Villa.
Everyone is welcome to this workshop but we especially encourage young women to attend. Register at https://bit.ly/CTAFemPoem.
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.
The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s Studies Foundation, Inc. (UPCWSFI) is organizing a Chikahan with Young and Older Feminists to be held on 16 February 2022 (Wednesday), 2:00-3:30 PM via Zoom. They will be sharing their insights and perspectives on, as well as their experiences with, some of the important issues of women in the country.
Do you value feminist leadership, inclusive and good governance, and the building and protection of democratic institutions and processes?
To all women (including trans women) occupying a director level position in the civil service, we want you for the Angat Bayi Women’s Empowerment and Leadership Program (ABWELP) for Civil Servants! If you:
Occupy the director level position (at minimum);
Adhere to the Angat Bayi principles and values (assessed through an online questionnaire);
Commit to attend and complete all sessions;
Commit to submit and implement a Likhang Bayi Proposal; and
This initiative is brought to you by the University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS), the UP Center for Women’s Studies Foundation, Inc. (UPCWSFI), and Bayi, Inc. ABWELP is supported by the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) and Global Affairs Canada.
The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s Studies Foundation, Inc. (UPCWSFI) brings you Bodily Autonomy and Integrity: My Body, My Choice on 4 December 2021 (Saturday), 2:00 PM via Zoom. Resource person is Cai Antonio. This will also be live streamed through the UPCWSFI Facebook page.
The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS), in partnership with UN Women Philippines, is concluding Safe in Cyberspace – A Youth Fellowship for Developing Capacity and Inclusivity in the Digital Sphere, a short course on digital literacy to counter hate speech and promote positive online engagement, on 4 December 2021 (Saturday), 4:00 PM via Zoom. The fellowship is a series of five (5) small group discussions on feminism, cybersecurity, and online advocacy, including creative workshops on photography, videography, and digital illustrations.
The program aims to build media and information literacy skills for young leaders, with a focus on women, to facilitate their positive digital engagement; craft, pilot, and roll out an interactive and inclusive training module that includes concepts of feminism and media, cybersecurity, safe spaces, and mental health, among others; surface and analyze emerging issues of young leaders, advocates, and cyber defenders on online security threats prevailing in the Philippines; and equip and empower young leaders, advocates, and cyber defenders in creating positive content online and countering hate speech, misogyny, sexism, and other online threats to women towards using social media as a platform for advocacy building.
Congratulations to the newly elected officers and members of the Board of Trustees of the University of the Philippines Center for Women’s Studies Foundation, Inc. (UPCWSFI)!
As officers and members of the Board, they will continue the legacy of the respected pillars of the esteemed organization especially in strengthening its core principles and values by creating and sharpening awareness of women and other gender-related issues; encouraging and strengthening teaching, research, extension, and advocacy programs on and for women; strengthening and vitalizing women’s studies multi- and interdisciplinary programs; initiating the integration of gender concepts in academic curricula; promoting incentives for, and recognition of, women’s achievements and contributions to national development and gender consciousness; and providing an organizational umbrella within the University of the Philippines for university-wide activities in women’s studies.
To cap off the celebration of UP Pride 2021, the University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) brings you Kapihan sa UP with Pride 2021 on 30 October 2021 (Saturday), 2:00 PM via Zoom. This will also be live streamed at the UPCWGS Facebook page.
Join us in an afternoon of celebration of our milestones and achievements, and a collaborative discussion of our ways forward. Please have with you your rainbow flags and rainbow-inspired items, and of course, your cups of coffee.
Everyone is invited to attend and participate. Registration is free and may be accomplished by clicking the link: https://bit.ly/KapihanSaUPWithPride.
For questions, please get in touch with Vince Hermoso through the following details: [email protected] or 09953422151.
