MARAWI
CITY, Lanao del Sur, Aug. 27 (PIA) --- The Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao (ARMM), through the Regional Commission on Bangsamoro Women
(RCBW), is institutionalizing the Gender and Development – Focal Point
System (GAD-FPS) measures to promote equal gender opportunity.
Chairperson
Sittie Jehanne Mutin of RCBW-ARMM said the establishment GAD-FPS in the
region’s line agencies is aimed at facilitating gender mainstreaming
within state agencies and other institutions.
“Itong pag
e-establish po natin ng gender and development focal point system ay
isang estratehiya para ma-gender mainstream ang ating mga programa (The
establishment of this gender and development focal point system is a
strategy to mainstream gender issues in our programs),” Mutin said.
Gender
mainstreaming is a public policy concept of assessing the different
implications for women and men of any planned policy action, including
legislation and programs, in all areas and levels.
ARMM’s
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has conducted a
three-day training on GAD-FPS from August 19 to 20, 2015 in Cotabato
City. Fifty-nine planners and employees from regional and provincial
offices of the department attended the event.
Alindatu
Pagayao, DENR-ARMM assistant secretary, said in an evaluation in the
department, 70% of the employees have little knowledge about gender and
development.
“This is the first time that we had such an
extensive workshop, we expect that gender and development will be
institutionalized in the DENR so that it can be gender responsive,”
Asst. Sec. Pagayao added.
He noted that 230, or about 26
percent, out of 888 manpower personnel of the department in the region
are women. The training has capacitated the participants about basic GAD
concepts, gender mainstreaming, GAD tools for analysis, and functions
of GAD-FPS.
The region’s Department of Agrarian Reform
(DAR-ARMM) also conducted similar training on June 1-3, 2015. Ma.
Corazon Dans, DAR-ARMM communications head, said the three-day training
encompassed all the necessary knowledge to guide the department in
formulating GAD plans and budget.
Based on Joint Circular
No. 2012-01 by the Philippine Commission on Women, National Economic
and Development Authority, and the Department of Budget and Management,
all government agencies, offices and other instrumentalities shall
allocate five percent of their annual budget for GAD activities.
Chairperson
Mutin, said training will also be given to other departments and
agencies of the ARMM. “It is our mandate to guide all agencies with
regards to gender and development programs, projects or
activities.” (BPI/APB/PIA-10)
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