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. 

As part of its celebration of Women’s Month, the University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) launched the Review of Women’s Studies Volume XXXII, Number 2 on 19 March 2024 at the UPCWGS Conference Room. 

The Review of Women’s Studies (RWS) is a refereed journal published by the UPCWGS. The journal serves as a forum where ideas on issues and concerns affecting the lives of women, seen from the analytical perspectives of different disciplines, may be exchanged. It encourages and seeks to publish research that employs feminist methodologies and that adheres to the principles of feminist research, bearing in mind the intersectionality of gender, class, religion, age, and education. 

As part of its celebration of Women’s Month, the University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) conducted an Art Therapy for Senior Citizen Community Leaders on 12 March 2024 at the UPCWGS Conference Room. The event was facilitated by Dr. Marianne Charisse N. Cuezon, an expressive arts facilitator from The Arts and Health Institute (TAHI) by Magis Creative Spaces. Participants were senior citizen community leaders from Brgy. UP Campus. The art therapy session is designed to facilitate the therapeutic process by using art as a method for exploration and discovery of personal experiences and emotional expression.

The United Nations (UN) Gender Thematic Group (GTG), in collaboration with several partners including the University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS); Bayi, Inc.; SafeCity; the UP Center for Women’s Studies Foundation, Inc. (UPCWSFI); and the UP College of Fine Arts, organized an experiential exhibit titled “Walk in Her Shoes” to support the 18-Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women (VAW). A program at the closing of the exhibit was held on 29 February 2024 at the College of Fine Arts, UP Diliman. Members of women’s groups, persons with disability, youth including young men allies, and LGBTQ were invited to the event. Participants were given art materials and were asked to paint images that respond to the prompt “Pangarap Kong Komunidad na Ligtas sa Karahasan.” There were also a song number, a dance number, and solidarity messages from event partners.

The exhibit, initially launched in December 2023 and previously housed at the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), showcases stories from various sectors of women and girls, highlighting the different forms of gender-based violence they encounter on a daily basis. The primary goal of the exhibit is to raise awareness about the pervasive nature of VAW, encourage reflection on the prevailing social norms that perpetuate this harmful behavior, and mobilize action to eradicate VAW.