Navigating Tiwala in Disasters: Rural Women Leaders and Social Constructions of Trust With International Humanitarian Organisations by Kara Danielle Medina
Gendering Legitimacy: The Case of a Women-Led Community-Based Organization in Barangay Tatalon, Quezon City, Philippines by Ervin F. Grana
Understanding Motherhood During COVID-19: Experiences of Mother-Teachers in Distance Education by Holden Kenneth G. Alcazaren, Andrew Bonifacio L. Clete, Bianca Camille G. Clete, and Arnielle Mari H. Resuello
Women’s Midlife as Gendered Development: The Lived Experiences of Selected Filipino Women in Midlife by Amapola L. Baes
The Paradoxes of Mobile Care Work: The Case of Aging Filipina Australians in a Digital Era by Earvin Charles B. Cabalquinto and Athena Charanne R. Presto
Creative Works
Women of Western Visayas by Maria Amihan Tamayo Panes
You may view the journal here until 3 January 2025.
The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) and the UP Center for Women’s Studies Foundation, Inc. (UPCWSFI) recently conducted the book launch and exhibit of Pasya, Laya, at Sining: Reshaping SRHR from the Margins.The book is part of the Sexual Health and Empowerment (SHE) project, in partnership with Oxfam Pilipinas. The SHE Project aims to enhance the capacity of women’s rights organizations, institutions, and alliances to influence and advocate for the full implementation of laws, policies, and programs related to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR).
This book is the culmination of the four-year long SHE research project. Using an intersectional approach, the research identified multifaceted challenges in realizing SRHR in the Philippines. It focused on inclusivity and sensitivity to overlapping social identities, offering tailored recommendations for different excluded groups to advance their SRHR and prevent gender-based violence. Following feminist research principles, it aimed to address gender inequalities and transform patriarchal structures. Grounded in feminist standpoint epistemology, the project centered the experiences and voices of vulnerable individuals. It adhered to feminist research ethics, prioritizing reflexivity, inclusivity, diversity, non-hierarchical relationships, collaboration, autonomy, consent, and participant well-being.
The team conducted a series of creative workshops nationwide, engaging diverse sectors. There were a total of 346 participants in the research with an average of 49 participants for each cluster, namely, children, adolescents, adults, older persons, Muslims and indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ individuals. The data-gathering was conducted in North Luzon, Central Luzon, South Luzon, Mindanao, Visayas, and the National Capital Region. The creative outputs from these workshops were used as qualitative data for further analysis.
Reconceptualizing Victimhood and Resiliency: Transnational Narratives of Filipinas in Canada by Rose Ann Torres and Dionisio Nyaga
Kabuwanan ni Nena: Pregnancy Experiences of Early Adolescent Mothers in Metro Manila, Philippines by Hanna May F. Rosario
#InstaMoms: Filipina Influencers on Idealized Contemporary Motherhood by Veronica L. Gregorio and Cleve V. Arguelles
On Consent and Resistance: CEDAW as a Framework for Reinterpreting Evidentiary Presumptions in Rape Cases by Stephanie Ann B. Lopez
“Why So Heteronormative?”: A Multimodal Analysis of GBV Representations in Campaign and Advocacy Materials by Irish Joy G. Deocampo
Book Review
Mula sa Ligalig ng Digma Hanggang sa Bagabag ng Kapayapaan: Pagsusuring Kontekstwal sa Violence Against Women in Times of War and Peace ni Aida F. Santos by Jason F. Pozon
Creative Work
Women in Sports by Eloisa May P. Hernandez
You may view the journal here until 30 April 2024.
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.
A Feminist Study on the Acceptability of Pregnancies for Young Women
“What are the experiences and views of teenagers on sexuality, pregnancy, fertility, and pleasure? How do gender norms around femininity and motherhood shape or limit teens’ sexual and reproductive health concerns and their social relationships within their communities?” (Oxfam Pilipinas, 2022)
You can now access the study entitled Saying Yes to Whose Pleasures? A Feminist Study on the Acceptability of Pregnancies for Young Women by principal researcher Sabrina Laya Gacad of the University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) here.
This paper was developed by Sabrina Laya Gacad for Oxfam Pilipinas, in partnership with the UPCWGS.
Resisting Marginality: Filipino Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights
The book features the three research studies:
Finding Integrity in (Bodily) Autonomy: Unpacking the Narratives on Sexuality, Gender-Based Violence, and Bodily Autonomy Through the Lens of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Key Players
The Making of Lunas Collective: Building Communities of Care
Beyond Lockdowns: Narratives of SRHR Initiatives in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic
This publication is supported by the UPCWGS and Oxfam as part of the Sexual Health Empowerment program funded by Oxfam and Global Affairs Canada.
Finding Integrity in (Bodily) Autonomy: Unpacking the Narratives on Sexuality, Gender-Based Violence, and Bodily Autonomy Through the Lens of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Key Players is a policy brief that analyzes the assemblage of socio-economic, cultural, legal, and political factors that impede on the implementation of laws and policies that incorporate sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). It also discusses good practices and ways of moving forward that can be instrumental for women and people to reclaim their integrity through the realization of their bodily autonomy.
Lunas Collective: Feminist Care Methods as Applied to Pandemic Response is a policy brief that discusses the ways in which communities can lead the care initiative, and presents the Lunas Collective Care and Action Principles. It is important to note that community-based responses are not meant to be a substitute for public health and government services for people needing care for gender-based violence and/or sexual and reproductive health concerns.
The policy briefs and their content were developed and produced by Amanda Lee Centeno and Sabrina Laya Gacad respectively for the University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) and OXFAM Philippines.
You may view and download Finding Integrity in (Bodily) Autonomy here and Lunas Collective here.
Various women’s experiences and positions, overlaid with the differing challenges of COVID-19, posed different challenges in women’s lives and access to health services. As in most crises, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted access to critical sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services and hampered authorities’ ability to respond at a time when these services are needed the most.
While sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) should be considered as an essential health service, the response has shown how needs, generally perceived to be more of women’s concerns, had to take a backseat in response to health gaps created by the pandemic. This study highlighted serious gaps in access to service and provision which were already existing prior to the pandemic but was amplified due to the disruption.
Learn key recommendations to address SRHR and gender-based violence (GBV) concerns of women and people of diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and expression (SOGIE) with our policy brief entitled Beyond Lockdowns: Narratives of SRHR Initiatives in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The policy brief and its content were developed and produced by Diana Kathrina Fontamillas and Alyanna Tamayo for the University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) and OXFAM Philippines.
