Towards inclusivity, the 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 (𝐆𝐀𝐃) 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 in the university held its 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩, October 29-30, 2024.
𝐏𝐒𝐔 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐃𝐫. 𝐄𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐌. 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐬, said that capacity-building program represents an essential step in equipping PSU personnel with the tools, knowledge and strategies to recognize and address issues of gender inequality within our university community.
“𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑦 𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠; 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑡ℎ, ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑡 𝑎 𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑃𝑆𝑈 𝑎𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒,” the PSU President shared.
Dr. Galas also encouraged students, faculty and staff, and university officials to renew commitment of fostering a culture of respect, equity and inclusivity, and to ensuring that gender equality is central to PSU’s mission.
𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧’𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐀𝐃 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐬
Joining the two-day event, was the mother unit of GAD Office in the university, 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡, 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐑𝐄𝐈) led by 𝐃𝐫. 𝐑𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐆. 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐲.
VP Resultay emphasized that Gender and development in a university context involves examining how gender dynamics affect educational opportunities, experiences and outcomes.
“𝐼𝑡 𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑘𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝐴𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝐸𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝐶𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑢𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ, 𝐶𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑢𝑠 𝐶𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒, 𝑆𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠, 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑟 𝐷𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑦 𝐴𝑑𝑣𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑐𝑦,” VP Resultay added.
According to the Vice President, by focusing on these areas, universities can contribute to a more equitable society and empower all students to succeed.
Meanwhile, 𝐆𝐀𝐃 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐫. 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐑. 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐝, reiterated that the path to gender equity demands not only commitment but also knowledge, tools and a strategic approach.
“𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑀𝐸𝐹 [𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑀𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐸𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘] 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐻𝐺𝐷𝐺 [𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐷𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐺𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠], 𝑎𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑙𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑢𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑠, 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑦,” Dr. Lincod added.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞
Signifying its strong commitment to quality mechanisms, the 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 headed by 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐓. 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐨, highlighted Sustainable Development Goal No. 5.
Prof. Celeste said that SDG 5 or Gender Equality is a way of looking at how social norms and structures impact the lives and opportunities available to different groups of men and women.
“𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑓 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑠 [𝑖𝑛 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑖𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑥𝑡]”, VP Celeste said in her message.
The Vice President emphasized the importance of GAD researchers to collaborate with the communities as these provide avenues to identify their needs and the real issues they face, making research context specific and reflective of the plight of both genders.
𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭
Esteemed university officials and national agency officers took part in the said event, sharing their expertise as speakers.
𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 (𝐍𝐄𝐃𝐀) 𝐑𝐎𝟏 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐌𝐬. 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐳 𝐃𝐚𝐟𝐧𝐚𝐞 𝐇. 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐳𝐚 talked about 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬.
𝐃𝐫. 𝐉𝐮𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐨 𝐏. 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐚, 𝐏𝐒𝐔 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧, shared his expertise on 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬.
The 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫, 𝐃𝐫. 𝐉𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐲𝐧 𝐋. 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐯𝐚, enlightened the participants on her talk about 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐔𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐀𝐃 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝.
𝐃𝐫. 𝐁𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐳, 𝐆𝐀𝐃 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐒𝐔 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐬, discussed the topic on 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐔𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐌𝐄𝐅.
Additionally, 𝐃𝐫. 𝐆𝐢𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐏. 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚, 𝐆𝐀𝐃 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐢𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐬, led the discussion on 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐔𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐆𝐃𝐆.
