This is in compliance with Executive Order No. 273 directing 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 outlined in the Philippine Plan for Gender-Responsive Development, and in consonance with PCW-NEDA-DBM Joint Memorandum Circular No. 2012-01.
This initiative aims to inspire and support development policy and practice, for social justice and gender equality.
PSRTI Library’s GAD Corner
The PSRTI maintains a Gender and Development Corner, a dedicated space in the library that aims to promote gender awareness and equality. It provides diverse collection of resources, including books, research papers, government publications, thesis, pamphlets and brochures.
Featured resource for March 2025: Going CEDAW in the Philippines by the United Nations Development Fund for Women
Abstract: The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. CEDAW. Talk about putting life to a treaty on women’s human rights that was obscured for more than two decades, and just now catching up with the Beijing Platform for Action and the Millennium Development Goals. And this is what this book is about.
Visit our library to view resources like these and more!
National Women’s Month Celebration 2024
The PSRTI inaugurated its National Women’s Month Celebration (NWMC) for 2024 with a short program held at the Ceferino S. Sinsioco Room on March 7, 2024. Led by the agency’s Gender and Development Committee, the event underscored PSRTI’s dedication to gender equality and acknowledging women’s invaluable contributions to society. Read more. Read on Facebook.
PSRTI Staff Engage in Comprehensive HGDG Orientation
Personnel from the PSRTI participated in an extensive Orientation on Harmonized Gender and Development Guidelines (HGDG) held at the PSRTI Conference Hall on April 11, 2024. The session was led by Mr. Alvaro Fabon, Jr., a distinguished member of the Philippine Commission on Women’s (PCW) Gender and Development (GAD) Resource Pool. Read more. Read on Facebook.
PSRTI Personnel Join the Nation in the 2024 18-Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women
In alignment with the nationwide initiative spearheaded by the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW), the PSRTI Gender and Development (GAD) Committee organized a series of activities to support the 2024 18-Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women (VAW). This year’s campaign, running from November 25 to December 12, is themed “VAW Bigyang Wakas, Ngayon na ang Oras!” Read more. Read on Facebook.
BROCHURES AND PRIMERS
- Brochure: Republic Act 9262 or the Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children (VAWC) Act of 2004 (English)
- Brochure Republic Act 9262: Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children (VAWC) Act of 2004 (Cebuano)
- Republic Act 9262: Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children Act of 2004: Implementing Rules and Regulations
- Brochure Inter-Agency Council on Violence Against Women and Their Children
- Brochure: Republic Act 9208 as Amended by RA 10364 or the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act
- Primer on Republic Act 9208 as Amended by Republic Act 10364: Anti-Trafficking In Persons Act
- Brochure: Republic Act 11313 or the Safe Spaces Act (in English)
- Primer on Republic Act 11313: Safe Spaces Act or the Bawal Bastos Law
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RELATED SOURCES
- Republic Act No. 9262 : The Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004
- Republic Act No. 9710 : Magna Carta for Women (from the PCW website)
- Republic Act No. 7192 : Women in Development and Nation Building Act (from the PCW website)