The UP Center for Women’s and Gender Studies held Seminar-Workshop on Gender-Sensitive Research and Networking Activity with the Women’s Studies Association of the Philippines in Balay Kalinaw, UP Diliman last October 27-29, 2015.
Dr. Odine Maria de Guzman, UPCWGS Director, opened the activity by discussing its objectives. The two-day seminar-workshop invited distinguished scholars from the university as resource speakers. Resource speakers were Dr. Raymund R. Pavo of College of Humanities and Social Sciences, UP Mindanao; Dr. Nathalie Africa-Verceles of Dept. of Women and Development Studies, UP Diliman; Dr. Jean S. Encinas-Franco, Dept. of Political Science, UP Diliman; Dr. Maria Dulce F. Natividad, Asian Center, UP Diliman; Prof. Aileen Paguntalan-Mijares, Dept. of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, UP Los BAnos and Dr. Ma. Theresa Payongayong, Dept. of Philosophy, UP Diliman; and Dr. Gonzalo Campoamor II, Director, Research Dissemination and Utilization Office, OVRCD, UP Diliman.
After the seminar proper, participants drafted research plans and presented them to the group. Dr. Carolyn I. Sobritchea gave helpful feedbacks and inspired the participants to pursue their research plans.
