Lecture on Gender and Development.

1. MAKE CHANGE
WORK FOR
WOMEN
AMMAN GENER PIMENTEL
360 Degrees Community

2. In the Philippine context,
HOW FAR DOES “CHANGE”
BECOME POSSIBLE FOR
WOMEN?

3. HOW FAR DID “MEN” MAKE
CHANGE POSSIBLE FOR
WOMEN?

4. WHY DO WOMEN STILL CAN’T
HAVE IT ALL?

5. Enlightenment
Emancipation
Empowerment
CHANGE
SOCIAL
ECONOMIC
LEGAL
CULTURAL
POLITICAL
EDUCATIONA
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6. In the Philippine context, HOW FAR
DOES “CHANGE” BECOME POSSIBLE
FOR WOMEN?
 Increase participation of women
in all aspects of society
 Magna Carta of Women
 Gender and Development

7. HOW FAR DID “MEN” MAKE CHANGE
POSSIBLE FORWOMEN?WHAT MEN
SHOULD DOTO MAKE CHANGE POSSIBLE
FORWOMEN?
 Sharing of power in decision-making
 Elimination of physical and emotional abuses
 Boosting the morale of women
 Assisting women in inclusive growth and development
 Increasing opportunities for women in all undertakings

8. WHY DOWOMEN STILL CAN’T HAVE IT
ALL?
■ Presence of structural barriers
e.g. Generally, there are more male administrators than women
Legislative branch of the government is male-dominated
■ Cultural perspectives
e.g. Some practices are still patriarchal especially among indigenous groups
■ Familial background
e.g. Other families are extremely conservative putting fathers as the sole authority
■ Religious beliefs
e.g. Some fundamentalist only view male figure as the real authority

9. Making change possible for women is
making all women
Enlightened;
Emancipated; and
Empowered.

10. Enlightened- is open-minded, thinks rationally
Emancipated- cannot be shackled nor
controlled, possesses sense of independence
and interdependence
Empowered- speaks up own minds, decides on
her own

11. Change only becomes possible when
all people, regardless of gender or
sex, are able to work hand in hand in
the name of transformational and
inclusive development.

13. WOMEN AREWONDERFUL
CREATURESWORTHY OF
RESPECT, UNDERSTANDING
AND LOVE.

14. WOMEN ARE NOT DEFINED BY
WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUTTHEM
BUTWHATTHEY SAY ABOUT
THEMSELVES.

15. WOMEN ARE MORETHATWHAT
THEYTHINKWHOTHEY ARE.