With the numerous extensions of lockdown and community quarantine, child exploitation cases have soared in the Philippines. The shift from the traditional to online learning opens another realm for predators to feast on our children.

As part of the 18-Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women, the University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) will hold a webinar on Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children (OSAEC) for Teachers and School Administrators.

Join us on 2 December 2020 (Wednesday) at 3:00 PM via Zoom and learn more on OSAEC. Certificate of Participation will be provided.

Register at https://bit.ly/2Je0KSB to participate in this webinar.

This webinar is open only for teachers and school administrators.

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

Today marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the first day of the 18-Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women and Gender-Based Violence.

The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) will be featuring stories to highlight how GBV manifests in society and how advocates and organizations tirelessly fight against this insidious social issue.

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Research Grant 2019: Research Dissemination Forum

The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) invites everyone to the UPCWGS Research Dissemination Forum on 30 October 2020 (Friday), 1:30-4:00 PM via Zoom. Featuring the research projects of our 2019 Research Grantees, this event is the second session of the series, “Site of Convergence: Weaving Tapestries of Knowledge.”

Register here: https://tinyurl.com/upcwgsforum.

Read the presentation abstracts of some of our speakers here: https://tinyurl.com/upcwgsresearch2019.

The featured research projects are:

A Comparative Analysis of the Origins of the Feminist Movement in the Philippines and Thailand
by Mary Dorothy DL. Jose and Ma. Rita Lourdes A. Alfaro

Guns and Bruises: Hypermasculinity and Police’ Involvement in Gender-Based Violence
by Lucia P. Tangi

Defying Gravity and Conventions: An Exploratory Study on the Demographic and Motivation Profiles of Pole Dance Enthusiasts in Metro Manila, Philippines (and Their Stereotyped Social Perception vs. Self-Concept)
by Adrienne Sheryl Rose L. Maguddayao and Maria Angelica D. Abad

Health and Well-being of Maturing Tomboys in Mountain Province
by Jennifer Curry Josef

Filipina Social Media Influencers and Young Women’s Meaning-making: Everyday Womanhood and Citizenship
by Cleve V. Arguelles and Veronica L. Gregorio

Children have the right to be taken care of, and they should not be left behind amid this pandemic.

The Kalinga Day Care Center (KDCC) will continue its services to the community by having online sessions. There may be no physical interactions but KDCC aims to provide psychosocial care through our virtual interactions, and carefully planned activities.

This school year will be very different yet exciting for all of us as we will implement a different form of learning. If you are interested in our child care services this year, kindly fill-up our application form: bit.ly/KDCCApp2020.

[By Kalinga Day Care Center]

[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.

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.