Announcements

Kapihan ng mga Peminista 2023: Morning Session Panelists

Presenting the panel speakers for the morning session of the Kapihan ng mga Peminista 2023:

Beatriz Torre
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
College of Social Sciences and Philosophy
UP Diliman
Jaclyn Marie L. Cauyan
Associate Professor
Counselor Education Area
College of Education
UP Diliman
Mikaela Singson Ortega Mendoza
Former Board Member
Provincial Government of Ilocos Sur
Alyssa Balite
Gender and Human Rights Researcher
Master's in Women and Development Program
College of Social Work and Community Development
UP Diliman

The morning session of the Kapihan ng mga Peminista 2023 is happening on 15 March 2023 (Wednesday), 10:00 AM – 12:00 NN at the UPCWGS Conference Room.

All sessions will also be streamed live on our Facebook page.

Due to the limited number of slots, please message Vince Hermoso of the UPCWGS Training, Extension, and Outreach Program at 09953422151 to reserve your seats for free.

Announcements

Kapihan ng mga Peminista 2023

As part of its celebration of this year’s International Women’s Month, the University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS), in collaboration with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Philippines and the Pacific Island Countries, and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Manila, invites everyone to the back-to-back face-to-face sessions of Kapihan ng mga Peminista 2023 on 15 March 2023 (Wednesday), 10:00 AM – 12:00 NN (morning session) and 2:00-4:00 PM (afternoon session) at the UPCWGS Conference Room.

This year’s sessions will engage empowered feminist and women’s empowerment advocates, leaders, and activists, who are also experts in their respective fields, to discuss various challenges and issues faced by women, and collectively come up with ways to move the conversation forward.

Due to limited slots, please contact Vince Hermoso at 09953422151 to reserve your seats in advance.

Please wear or bring something purple, and your own coffee mugs.

Announcements

Mga Awit, Tula, at Kwento ni Dakila: An International Women’s Month Advocacy Concert

As part of its celebration of this year’s International Women’s Month, the University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS), in partnership with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Philippines and the Pacific Island Countries, the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Manila, and supported by Gyud Food Market, invites everyone to Mga Awit, Tula, at Kwento ni Dakila: An International Women’s Month Advocacy Concert on 24 March 2023 (Friday), 6:00-10:00 PM at Gyud Food Hub, UP Diliman.

Events

Creative Workshops with the Young Adults Cluster in Negros Oriental

The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS), in partnership with the Pambansang Koalisyon ng Kababaihan sa Kanayunan/National Rural Women Coalition (PKKK), conducted the creative movement, visual, and life stories workshops in a hybrid online and in-person mode with the Young Adults Cluster last November 2021 in pursuit of the arts-based research project. The arts-based research project aims to pioneer a more innovative, engaging, and accessible approach to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and gender-based violence (GBV) prevention discourse through its feminist arts-based methodology.

This method can be more effective than traditional approaches in recontextualizing SRHR as more than a health and women’s concern and casting it more as a personal issue regardless of social standing and gender, and in producing and helping other organizations produce more effective and engaging knowledge products.

The video highlights were developed and produced by the Feminist Media Lab for the UPCWGS and OXFAM Philippines.

You may view the video highlights of the workshops here.

Events

Creative Workshops with the Older Person Clusters in Olongapo City

“‘Yung pangangailangan ng babae, ‘yung pangangailangan ng lalaki na kailangan mo rin malaman para magkaroon ka ng sapat na pag-unawa tungkol sa pangangailangan ng bawat isa,” one male participant shared during the creative workshops with older persons last November 2022 in Olongapo City.

The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS), in partnership with the local government unit of Olongapo City, conducted the creative movement, visual, and life stories workshops with the Older Person Clusters in pursuit of the arts-based research project. The arts-based research project aims to pioneer a more innovative, engaging, and accessible approach to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and gender-based violence (GBV) prevention discourse through its feminist arts-based methodology.

This method can be more effective than traditional approaches in recontextualizing SRHR as more than a health and women’s concern and casting it more as a personal issue regardless of social standing and gender, and in producing and helping other organizations produce more effective and engaging knowledge products.

The video highlights were developed and produced by the Feminist Media Lab for the UPCWGS and OXFAM Philippines.

You may view the video highlights of the workshops here.

Announcements

Seminar Workshop on HGDG for LGUs

The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) and the UP Center for Women’s Studies Foundation, Inc. (UPCWSFI) are jointly organizing a Seminar Workshop on Harmonized Gender and Development (GAD) Guidelines (HGDG) for Local Government Units (LGUs) on 27-28 February 2023 at the University Hotel, UP Diliman, Quezon City.

Training fee is P6,500 (early bird) / P7,000 (regular) for food, materials, kit, access to the UPCWGS DaKILa Learning System, and certificate.

To participate, kindly register here: https://forms.gle/xjRgQED9xvhjtbeXA on or before January 27 (early bird registration) or February 20 (regular registration).

For further inquiries, please contact [email protected] / [email protected] / +632-89206950 / +632-89818500 (VoIP 4226).

Announcements

Call for Applications: Social Solidarity Economy as an Alternative Pathway to Sustainable Development Online Training Course

[NOTE: The deadline for application for the Social Solidarity Economy as an Alternative Pathway to Sustainable Development online training course is extended until 9 January 2023.]

The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) and the Asian Solidarity Economy Council (ASEC) have collaborated in offering an online training course entitled Social Solidarity Economy (SSE) as an Alternative Pathway to Sustainable Development. This will run from 14 January to 25 February 2023 through the Data, Knowledge, and Information Launcher (DaKILa) online learning platform of the UPCWGS. The course will be offered for a modest fee of USD100 for foreign participants and PhP5,000 for Filipino participants. Certificate of Completion will be provided to successful trainees.

Who May Apply

  • Trainers, organizers, and advocates belonging to organizations seeking to promote and practice SSE;
  • Willing to attend seven (7) three-hour sessions online, with each session scheduled on Saturday morning;
  • Willing to do readings, exercises, and other activities through the DaKILa Online Learning Platform or other alternative modalities of learning;
  • Endorsed by their respective organizations that will require commitment from the trainee to echo or rollout the course to the organization’s chapters and communities.

Interested applicants may register through the link https://bit.ly/SSE2023 or through the QR code embedded on the poster.

Deadline for application is on 3 January 2023.

For questions and other related concerns, please get in touch with Vince Hermoso of UPCWGS through mobile number 09953422151 or email address [email protected].

Events

Creative Workshop with the Adolescent Cluster in Quezon Province

Last September, the University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) Sexual Health and Empowerment (SHE) Project Team conducted its 6th arts-based sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) research workshop with the Adolescent Cluster in Quezon Province. The arts-based research project aims to pioneer a more innovative, engaging, and accessible approach to the SRHR and gender-based violence (GBV) prevention discourse through its arts-based methodology – applying three creative methods: movement, visual, and lifestory sharing as starting point of discussions during the workshops.

The Adolescent Cluster workshop is just one of the nine workshops that the UPCWGS SHE Project Team is conducting under this arts-based SRHR Research. This research aims to recontextualize SRHR as more than a health and women’s concern, going beyond reproduction and family planning, to a broader discourse covering concepts such as pleasure, bodily autonomy, and GBV. The findings of this research will help inform the SHE Project partners and WROs in terms of identifying different approaches in tackling SRHR with their constituents and in producing more effective and engaging knowledge products.

The video highlights were developed and produced by the Feminist Media Lab for the UPCWGS and OXFAM Philippines.

You may view the video highlights of the workshop here.