Hats off to Jeyziel Mae G. Burce for completing her internship at the University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) with awesome achievements! Ms. Burce helped organize successful activities for the meaningful celebration of International Women’s Month. We are incredibly grateful for the opportunity to accompany her in her learning and growth as an upcoming development worker in our country.
The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) conducted a benchmarking activity with the Gender and Development Advocacies Office (GAD) and the Social Innovation Research Center (SIRC) of the Batangas State University (BatStateU) regarding the development of a specialized research journal for the BatStateU on 9 May 2024 at the UPCWGS Library. Guests from BatStateU include Assoc. Prof. Maria Theresa A. Hernandez, Assistant Director of GAD; Jaika Almira R. Agena, Faculty with Special Assignment of SIRC; and Alexis U. Bondoc, Administrative Assistant of SIRC.
The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) Library received donated copies of the publication titled “The 2019 Expanded Maternity Leave Law: A Law Whose Progressive Potential Has Yet to Be Fully Realized” by Ma. Victoria R. Raquiza, Duke Thomas G. Dolorical, and Roja Salvador on 6 May 2024. Dr. Raquizaof the UP National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG) personally delivered the books to the UPCWGS.
The publication is now part of the robust collection of gender and development (GAD)-related literature in the UPCWGS Library. Researchers are welcome to access this and all our other library resources from Monday to Friday during office hours.
The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) visited the UP System Ugnayan ng Pahinungód to hand over copies of the book, “Engendering Inclusive and Transformative Early Childhood Care and Development,” and the “Review of Women’s Studies” journal on 30 April 2024. The UPCWGS publications are to be sent to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE) for distribution in the region.
This week, the University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) met with Mr. Yul Olaya, Chief of the Curriculum and Instructions Division of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE).
In collaboration with the UP System Ugnayan ng Pahinungód and BARMM MBHTE, our book on “Engendering Inclusive and Transformative Early Childhood Care and Development” along with other UPCWGS publications will soon be physically accessible to our communities in BARMM.
Event: Launching of TRANSCEND
Date: 27 March 2024
Venue: New World Hotel Makati
Background on TRANSCEND:
The German Development Cooperation (GIZ) will be leading a 5-year project to address the challenge of high vulnerability to climate change impacts and biodiversity loss in the Philippines. The project titled Transformative Actions for Climate and Ecological Protection and Development (TRANSCEND) will use a whole of society approach to adaptation, mitigation, and biodiversity. It will pilot a national transition process to a climate resilient, low carbon, and biodiversity friendly society. The results will be upscaled to sectoral and national policies and programs for institutionalization of positive gains.
The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) will be part of the consortium of 17 implementing partners of TRANSCEND. It will be responsible for gender mainstreaming in all work packages that will be delivered by consortium partners.
As part of its celebration of Women’s Month, the University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) conducted two Basic Pottery Workshops on 22 March 2024 at the UPCWGS Conference Room. The events were facilitated by Odangputik Pottery. The morning session was attended by members of the UP System administration gender and development (GAD) focal point system (GFPS) while the afternoon session was attended by members of the queer community and their partners. The workshops offer stress relief and relaxation. Women and gender advocates may find pottery classes to be a calming and rejuvenating activity amidst their advocacy work and daily life stresses.
As part of its celebration of Women’s Month, the University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) conducted two Art Therapy Workshops on 21 March 2024 at the UPCWGS Conference Room. The events were facilitated by Liz Rañola, a visual arts facilitator. The morning session was attended by gender-based violence victims/survivors while the afternoon session was attended by persons with disabilities (PWD) caregivers/guardians. The art therapy workshops’ objective is to facilitate the therapeutic process by using art as a method for exploration and discovery of personal experiences and emotional expression.
In celebration of Women’s Month, the University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) held a viewing of “Bagahe,” a film by director Zig Madamba Dulay, as part of its Kapihan ng mga Peminista series on 20 March 2024 at the UPCWGS Conference Room.
Bagahe tells the story of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW), Mercy Agbunag. As the whole family celebrates her homecoming, NBI agents appear on the doorstep inviting Mercy for some questioning about a case of a newborn child found in the trash bin of an airplane toilet.
As part of its celebration of Women’s Month, the University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) conducted a lecture on Women Visual Artists in the 19th Century Philippines on 19 March 2024 at the UPCWGS Conference Room. Resource person is Dr. Eloisa May P. Hernandez of the Department of Art Studies, College of Arts and Letters, UP Diliman.