GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT CORNER

Defined by the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW), Gender and Development (GAD) is the development perspective and process that is participatory and empowering, equitable, sustainable, free from violence, respectful of human rights, supportive of self-determination and actualization of human potentials.

ABOUT

Executive Order 273 directs all national government offices and instrumentalities and local government units to take appropriate steps to ensure full implementation of the policies, strategies, programs, and projects outlines in the Philippine Plan for Gender-Responsive Development, and in consonance with Joint Memorandum Circular No. 2013-01 approving the implementing Rules and Regulations on the Localization of the Magna of Women. This initiative aims to inspire and support development policy and practice, for social justice and gender equality.

Meet the Committee

The National Privacy Commission’s GAD committee is composed of the GAD Focal Point System (Executive Committee) and GAD Technical Working Group (members from various divisions and units). They ensure the effective and efficient implementation of the agency’s GAD programs, activities and projects, as well as the compliance of all reportorial requirements of oversight agencies.

MISSION

To foster a gender-fair and safe environment by building a culture of privacy resilience through empowering women and men stakeholders and data subjects with essential privacy and data protection knowledge and skills.

VISION

Empowered men and women are able to realize their full human potential and enjoy freedom from a safe and protected environment.

NPC GAD GOALS

Enhanced gender mainstreaming in the data privacy policies, plans, programs, and projects.

Strengthened GAD mechanisms to facilitate and sustain GAD initiatives.

Increased protection of women, girls, and other vulnerable groups from privacy infringements and data breaches.

NPC GAD PLANS AND BUDGET

NPC GAD ACCOMPLISHMENT REPORT

PROGRAMS, ACTIVITIES, AND PROJECTS

GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT LAWS