URS as CALABARZON GAD Resource Center

The Regional Development Council IV-A designated the University of Rizal System, in its capacity as the host institution of CALABARZON GAD Resource Center (GRC), pursuant to RDC Resolution No. IV-A-45-2005, signed on July 28, 2005, in Taguig City. In order to effectively implement Gender and Development (GAD) programs, projects, and activities (PPAs) and promote gender-responsive governance, it is mandated to offer guidance and technical assistance to various Regional Line Agencies (RLAs), Local Government Units (LGUs), State Universities and Colleges (SUCs), and Non- Government/Private Organizations (NGO/POs).

The rationale and need for the RGC have been conceptualized to support national commitment and the global efforts toward gender equity and equality to contribute to social, political, economic, and cultural development. It supports Republic Act 7192 known as Women in Development and Nation Building Act, which promotes the integration of women as full and equal partners of men in development and nation building and for other purposes. The need was also strengthened based on the assessment that only few among government agencies and institutions in the region are properly implementing GAD-related PPAs.

With this, URS tried its very best to strengthen its efforts and commitment to gender mainstreaming across all campuses and to sustain its technical assistance to its partner agencies. It provides capability building and training on gender sensitivity, GAD mainstreaming, planning and budgeting, gender analysis and tools like the Gender
Mainstreaming Evaluation Framework (GMEF), the Harmonized Gender and Development Guidelines (HGDG), and the Gender-Responsive Local Government (GeRL) Assessment Tool, among others.

As the CALABARZON GAD Resource Center, URS educates both internal and external clients on gender-related topics such as gender-fair or inclusive language, sex disaggregated data collection, gender-based violence, and women's human rights. It also disseminates information on gender-sensitive research and gender-responsive extension services, gender issues and concerns in education, leadership, labor, migration, health and wellness, LGBTQIA+ rights and concerns, reproductive health, and adolescent pregnancy, GAD KATROPA Move, Gender Equality, and Safe Spaces, as well as GAD trainer training.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • GAD KNOWS!
    Capitalizing on how Gender and Development Program in the University has helped reshape the ways and processes that have been influencing the perspective of people in the workplace, the GAD champion of the University, Dr. Wilhelmina P. Masinsin with the GAD Campus Heads pushed the successful Read more...
  • Gender and Development Advocacy Intensifies through a More Collaborative Efforts
    As part of the earliest education being shared by Dr. Wilhelmina P. Masinsin, University Head for Gender and Development, people in the University has understood that addressing gender inequality is a critical aspect in the institution’s development. But because roadblocks are gradually analyzed, Read more...
  • GAD-sponsored Webinars accentuated
    It is an undeniable fact that Gender and Development mainstreaming is a considerable global major strategy where men and women share the opportunity for equal participation in influencing what is valued in shaping options within society.  It is in consideration of that context that Dr. Wilhelmina Read more...