PCW, NGAs, and CSOs conduct UNCSW 67 Feedback Forum Philippine Delegates meet once again to feedback on the agreed conclusions of the 67th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Posing for posterity were (from left to right) PCW Chief GAD Specialist of PCW Policy Development, Planning, and Monitoring and Evaluation continue reading : PCW, NGAs, and CSOs conduct UNCSW 67 Feedback Forum

GADtimpala 2023 Selection Committee meets to finalize awardees The Philippine Commission on Women convened the GADtimpala 2023 Selection Committee on June 27, 2023 to finalize the GADtimpala 2023 awardees. The Selection Committee is composed of select representatives from the national government member agencies of its Commission Proper. The agencies and their designated representatives are as continue reading : GADtimpala 2023 Selection Committee meets to finalize awardees

Advisory Issued on June 27, 2023 Executive Order 167 s. 2022 among others, provided for the updated composition of the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) as follows: The EO likewise provided that the incumbent members of the Commission shall continue to hold office unless replaced or removed by the President. Office of the President Memorandum continue reading : Advisory

PCW recognizes RGADCs’ accomplishments on the 2nd GADtimpala for Regional GAD Mechanisms Awarding Ceremony To recognize the collective and exceptional efforts of Regional Gender and Development Committees (RGADCs) in providing GAD technical assistance towards the development and implementation of gender-responsive policies and programs and monitoring of gender mainstreaming efforts at the regional and local levels, continue reading : PCW recognizes RGADCs’ accomplishments on the 2nd GADtimpala for Regional GAD Mechanisms Awarding Ceremony

PCW, NEDA lead the 3rd Regional Gender and Development Committee Summit #3rdRGADCSummit: Participating chairpersons, vice chairpersons, secretariat members, and representatives from different Regional GAD Committees in the country pose for posterity in the 3rd RGADC Summit held at Manila Prince Hotel in the City of Manila from June 07-09, 2023. Also present are the officials continue reading : PCW, NEDA lead the 3rd Regional Gender and Development Committee Summit

PCW conducts GADtimpala Validation for shortlisted agencies The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) conducted a three-month long (March-May) validation activity for eighteen (18) national government agencies and government-owned and controlled corporations that were shortlisted to vie for the GADtimpala 2023. Courtesy Call with DOLE Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma PCW Executive Director Atty. Kristine Rosary Yuzon-Chaves courtesy continue reading : PCW conducts GADtimpala Validation for shortlisted agencies

PCW, OCD ink partnership to intensify gender mainstreaming in providing public service for disaster risk reduction and management Emphasizing the need to enhance gender mainstreaming performance and intensify gender development efforts in the environment sector, particularly in the field of disaster risk reduction and management, the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) forged a partnership agreement continue reading : PCW, OCD ink partnership to intensify gender mainstreaming in providing public service for disaster risk reduction and management

PCW, DICT sign agreement toward e-governance, digitally connected government The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) and the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) have recently forged a partnership to promote e-governance and established a digitally connected government at a ceremonial signing of the Memorandum of Understanding held at the Manila Marriott Hotel on April continue reading : PCW, DICT sign agreement toward e-governance, digitally connected government

PCW on police officer arrested for beating partner: VAW in all forms should be addressed, police force must be protectors not perpetrators The Philippine Commission on Women is deeply concerned and horrified seeing the extreme violence in the viral video showing a police officer maltreating his live-in partner, even to the extent of pointing a continue reading : PCW on police officer arrested for beating partner: VAW in all forms should be addressed, police force must be protectors not perpetrators

The Philippine Commission on Women – North Mindanao Field Office, Local Government Unit of Cagayan De Oro City, and the Department of Social Welfare and Development celebrate National Women’s Month by holding the 2023 Women’s Summit: Pagkigduyog The Philippine Commission on Women – North Mindanao Field Office, in partnership with the Local Government Unit of continue reading : The Philippine Commission on Women – North Mindanao Field Office, Local Government Unit of Cagayan De Oro City, and the Department of Social Welfare and Development celebrate National Women’s Month by holding the 2023 Women’s Summit: Pagkigduyog

Virtual Multi-Stakeholder Sectoral Conference on Gains and Challenges of Gender Mainstreaming The Gains and Challenges of Gender Mainstreaming: the PCW and NAPC Sectoral Multi-Stakeholder Conference provided a venue for sharing valuable lessons learned from implementing various programs and projects to address the issues and concerns of the sectors to gather lessons learned from the perspective of key continue reading : Virtual Multi-Stakeholder Sectoral Conference on Gains and Challenges of Gender Mainstreaming

Power On for Digital Inclusion: VP Sara, gov’t agencies’ efforts and call toward closing gender gaps in ICT The 2023 National Women’s Month Celebration highlights the need to bridge the digital divide toward the benefits and welfare of women and girls, powering on digital inclusion that can propel the country toward the goal of economic continue reading : Power On for Digital Inclusion: VP Sara, gov’t agencies’ efforts and call toward closing gender gaps in ICT

PH shares efforts and challenges in innovation and digitalization at UN Commission on the Status of the Women 67th session The 67th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women held on 6-17 March 2023 at the UNMHeadquarters in New York gathered representatives of member states, UN entities and non governmental organizations for the continue reading : PH shares efforts and challenges in innovation and digitalization at UN Commission on the Status of Women 67th session

PCW Message for the 2023 National Women’s Month Celebration The 2023 National Women’s Month Celebration jumpstarts a new recurring theme: WE for gender equality and inclusive society.  The word WE in this theme means Women and Everyone. The PCW believes that the work for gender equality is a two-way street. In this street, we have continue reading : PCW Message for the 2023 National Women’s Month Celebration

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PCW Memorandum Circular No. 2023-01: Guide for the 2023 National Women’s Month Celebration To Heads of Executive Departments, Agencies, Bureaus, Offices, State Universities and Colleges, Government-Owned and/or -Controlled Corporations, Legislative and Judiciary Branches, Constitutional Bodies, Other Instrumentalities of the National Government, Local Government Units, and All Others Concerned Subject Guide for the 2023 National Women’s continue reading : PCW Memorandum Circular No. 2023-01: Guide for the 2023 National Women’s Month Celebration

PCW-DBM-NEDA Joint Memorandum Circular 2022-01: Revised Guidelines for the Preparation of Annual Gender and Development (GAD) Plans and Budgets and GAD Accomplishment Reports to Implement the Magna Carta of Women 1.0 PURPOSE To prescribe the revised guidelines and procedures for the formulation, submission, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, including accounting of results of annual GAD plans continue reading : PCW-DBM-NEDA Joint Memorandum Circular 2022-01: Revised Guidelines for the Preparation of Annual GPB and GAD AR to Implement the Magna Carta of Women

Advisory: Monitoring of the Gender Mainstreaming Performance of Agencies through the Application of the Enhanced Gender Mainstreaming Evaluation Framework (GMEF) tool and Submission of Rated Baseline Gender Mainstreaming Evaluation Framework (GMEF) Assessment with Means of Verification (MOVs) from FY 2018 to FY 2022  or Updated GMEF Assessment with MOVs for FY 2022   From ATTY. KRISTINE ROSARY continue reading : Advisory: Monitoring of the Gender Mainstreaming Performance of Agencies through GMEF from FY 2018-2022

2023 National Women’s Month Celebration The 2023 National Women’s Month Celebration marks a juncture in the advancement of women’s rights as it launches a new recurring theme from this year to 2028: WE for gender equality and inclusive society. It sparks a renewed commitment to the advocacy and banks on the gains achieved during the continue reading : 2023 National Women’s Month Celebration

2023 GAD Webinar Series The online GAD Webinar Series is the Philippine Commission on Women’s (PCW) response to the mission of providing appropriate and strategic technical assistance on gender and development (GAD) to various stakeholders. Taking advantage of the shift from traditional modes of learning to innovations in information and communication technology (ICT) such as continue reading : 2023 GAD Webinar Series

Call for Applications: Philippine Commission on Women – National GAD Resource Pool Batch 9 BECOME A NATIONAL GAD RESOURCE POOL MEMBER The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) is now accepting applicants for the 9th Batch of the National GAD Resource Pool. The National Gender and Development Resource Pool (NGRP) is a community of practice among continue reading : Call for Applications: Philippine Commission on Women – National GAD Resource Pool Batch 9

Great @ 48: PCW celebrates founding anniversary united for CHANGE The Philippine Commission on Women celebrates 48 years as an agency pushing for the welfare and rights of women, catalyzing breakthroughs in the pursuit of gender equality, and paving new paths of advocacy. With the theme United for Compassionate and Harmonized Actions and Networks for continue reading : Great @ 48: PCW celebrates founding anniversary united for CHANGE

PCW Memorandum Circular 2022-06: Guidelines on the Implementation of the GADtimpala (Gender and Development Transformation & Institutionalization through Mainstreaming of Programs, Agenda, Linkages & Advocacies) 2023 To Heads of Executive Departments, Agencies, Bureaus, Offices, Government Owned and/or Controlled Corporations, Legislative and Judiciary Branches, Constitutional Bodies, Other Government Instrumentalities and All Others Concerned Subject Guidelines on continue reading : PCW Memorandum Circular No. 2022-06: Guidelines on the Implementation of the GADtimpala (Gender and Development Transformation & Institutionalization through Mainstreaming of Programs, Agenda, Linkages & Advocacies) 2023

PCW certifies GAD training programs, welcomes new batch of GAD Resource Pool members A first in its technical assistance strategies, the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) signed partnership agreements with three (3) institutions now certified to provide Gender and Development (GAD) training programs. The Commission also welcomed 20 new members to its roster National GAD continue reading : PCW certifies GAD training programs, welcomes new batch of GAD Resource Pool members

PCW Memorandum Circular No. 2022-07: Submission of FY 2022 GAD Accomplishment Report Date 05 December 2022 To All Heads of Executive Departments, Agencies, Bureaus, Offices, State Universities and Colleges, Government-Owned and/or -Controlled Corporations, Legislative and Judiciary Branches, Constitutional Bodies, Other Instrumentalities of the National Government and All Others Concerned Subject Submission of FY 2022 GAD Accomplishment continue reading : PCW Memorandum Circular No. 2022-07: Submission of FY 2022 GAD Accomplishment Report

PCW kicks off the 18-Day Campaign to End VAW with stories of survivors, social experiment, and exhibit showing two decades of advocacy The 2022 18-Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women (VAW) takes off with the Philippine Commission on Women’s (PCW) launching of a documentary series of VAW survivor stories, social experiment, and the Orange continue reading : PCW kicks off the 18-Day Campaign to End VAW with stories of survivors, social experiment, and exhibit showing two decades of advocacy

PCW Message on the 2022 18-Day Campaign to End VAW: UNiTEd for a VAW-free Philippines Two decades of advocacy, two decades of awakening, and two decades of action.   For 20 years now, the Philippines has been pursuing the goal of a community free from Violence Against Women (VAW). From joining the 16 Days of Activism Against continue reading : PCW Message on the 2022 18-Day Campaign to End VAW: UNiTEd for a VAW-free Philippines

PCW Launches Agenda ni Juana: Women’s Priority Legislative Agenda for the 19th Congress The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) launched the Priority Legislative Agenda (WPLA) for the 19th Congress in a ceremony held on November 09, 2022, at La Breza Hotel, Quezon City. The Women’s Priority Legislative Agenda is a set of proposed legislative measures continue reading : PCW Launches Agenda ni Juana: Women’s Priority Legislative Agenda for the 19th Congress

The Magna Carta of Women (MCW) mandates the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) to review, evaluate, and recommend measures, including priorities to ensure the full integration of women in economic, social and cultural development at national, sub-national and international levels, and promote further equality between women and men. To ensure that the said mandate is continue reading : Legislative Agenda for the 19th Congress

PCW-NAPC Recognizes Best Practices in GAD Mainstreaming in a three-day Multi-Stakeholder Sectoral Confab Five (5) best practices in gender mainstreaming were recognized by the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW), National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC), and the NAPC Women Sectoral Council during the Virtual Multi-Stakeholder Sectoral Conference on Gains and Challenges of Gender Mainstreaming held on October continue reading : PCW-NAPC Recognizes Best Practices in GAD Mainstreaming in a three-day Multi-Stakeholder Sectoral Confab

PCW Memorandum Circular No. 2022-05: Accomplishment and Submission of Online GAD Focal Point System Profile Form for CY 2022 GFPS Profiling TO All Heads of Executive Departments, National Line Agencies, Central Offices of Bureaus, Attached Agencies, and Government Owned and/or Controlled Corporations (GOCCs), Legislative and Judiciary Branches, Constitutional Bodies and State Universities and Colleges (SUCs)  continue reading : PCW Memorandum Circular No. 2022-05: Accomplishment and Submission of Online GAD Focal Point System Profile Form for CY 2022 GFPS Profiling

PCW shares efforts toward child rights protection in PH dialogue with United Nations A constructive dialogue with the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) was held at the UN Office in Geneva, Switzerland from September 13 to 14, 2022. The Philippine Delegation was headed by Executive Director Angelo M. Tapales of continue reading : PCW shares efforts toward child rights protection in PH dialogue with United Nations

PCW Memorandum Circular No. 2022-04: Guide for the 2022 Observance of the 18-Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women (VAW) To All Heads of Executive Departments, National Government Agencies, Bureaus, Offices, State Universities and Colleges (SUCs), Government Owned and/or Controlled Corporations (GOCCs), Legislative and Judiciary Branches, Constitutional Bodies, Other Instrumentalities of the National Government, Local continue reading : PCW Memorandum Circular No. 2022-04: Guide for the 2022 Observance of the 18-Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women (VAW)

2022 18-Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women The Philippines is in the 19th spot out of 146 countries in terms of efforts toward gender parity, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2022. While the country is still at the top in Asia in terms of closing the gender gap, there continue reading : 2022 18-Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women

PCW Memorandum Circular No. 2022-03:Preparation and Online Submission of Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Gender and Development (GAD) Plans and Budgets TO: All Heads of Executive Departments, National Government Agencies, Bureaus, Offices, State Universities and Colleges (SUCs), Government-Owned and/or Controlled Corporations (GOCCs), Legislative and Judiciary Branches, Constitutional Bodies, Other Government Instrumentalities, and All Others Concerned SUBJECT: continue reading : PCW Memorandum Circular No. 2022-03:Preparation and Online Submission of Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Gender and Development (GAD) Plans and Budgets

MCW at 13: PCW calls for stronger implementation of MCW, anti-VAW efforts As 2022 marks the 13th year of the country’s comprehensive women’s human rights law, Magna Carta of Women (Republic Act 9710), the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) amplifies the call to strengthen the implementation of this landmark law toward the empowerment of all continue reading : MCW at 13: PCW calls for stronger implementation of MCW, anti-VAW efforts

PCW condemns online content that promotes sexual harassment, child abuse and exploitation In a digital era, online content is packaged in various forms, presents different topics, and carries varying purposes. But in such a landscape where access is basically free, interpretation is open, and regulation is tricky, online creators have the responsibility to society to continue reading : PCW condemns online content that promotes sexual harassment, child abuse and exploitation

PCW: PH ranking in Gender Gap Report must spark renewed commitment towards pursuing equality The Philippines remains the best performing country in Asia in terms of gender parity although it slid down two notches in the Global Gender Gap Report of the World Economic Forum. In a scale of 0 to 1, where 1 represents continue reading : PCW: PH ranking in Gender Gap Report must spark renewed commitment towards pursuing equality

Gender Mainstreaming Monitoring System (GMMS) Online Training 2022 PCW will hold online orientations on using the GMMS. The orientation is intended for new users and those who have not attended an orientation on using the GMMS. Please be guided by the details and registration information below: REMINDERS: GMMS V2 Batch 1: September 6, 2022; 1:00PM continue reading : Gender Mainstreaming Monitoring System (GMMS) Online Training 2022

Profiling and Certification of Philippine Commission on Women- GAD Local Learning Hub PCW-GAD LLH Batch 3 The Philippine Commission on Women is pleased to announce that we are now accepting submissions of applications and supporting documents for the profiling of potential GAD Local Learning Hubs (LLHs) for Local Government Units (LGUs). The PCW GAD Local Learning Hub continue reading : Profiling and Certification of Philippine Commission on Women- GAD Local Learning Hub PCW-GAD LLH Batch 3