GENDER
SENSITIVITY
OBJECTIVES OF THE TRAINING
1. Enlighten the Chairwomen of Angat Kababaihan of
Barangay Market Area on the difference between sex
and gender;
2. Encourage the participants to develop a vision of a
gender-fair society;
3. Require the participants to prepare an action plan on
how to apply their learning from the Gender Sensitivity
Seminar
4. Create a more healthy relations between the 16 chapter
chairwomen of Angat Kababaihan.
SESSION 1
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SEX
AND GENDER
What is sex?
What is gender?
How does one differ with one another?
?!
OBJECTIVES
Differentiate sex from gender
Make women appreciate the difference between
sex and gender
ACTIVITY 1
WORD ASSOCIATION
Things that are being used by a male or a female
Places where a female or a male goes to
Food that a female or a male eats
Activities that a female or a male can do
Body parts of a female or a male
LEARNING POINTS
SEX GENDER
a natural distinguishing
variable based on biological
characteristics of being a man
or a woman.
refers to the socially
differentiated roles,
characteristics and
expectations attributed by
culture to women and men
Biological fact Social Construct
Natural Attribute Created, produced,
reproduced, and maintained
by social institutions (social
construction of gender)
persons body contour,
features, genitals, hormones,
genes, chromosomes and
reproductive organs
social behavior of women and
men and the relationship
between them
SESSION 2
GENDER AS
SOCIAL CONSTRUCT
Where does gender emanate?
What is the role of the different social
institutions in effecting gender
concerns?
Factors that affect gender issues?
?!
OBJECTIVES
Understand how the mechanisms of social control
and socialization institutions like the family, church,
school, government, mass media, work, and
community perpetuate, reinforce and discriminate
against women
Realize that gender is a social construct
ACTIVITY
THE FIVE FINGER TALK
(USAPANG DALIRI)
Family (2 groups) - Preparing for a baby boy and a baby
girl
Church
Community
School
Media
LEARNING POINTS
Society tends to assign roles, attitudes, behaviors,
characteristics and expectations to individuals
based on biological differences
Gender roles are the product of societys culture,
beliefs, and values
HISTORICAL ROOTS OF
GENDER STEREOTYPING
Centuries of colonization left remnants of a feudal
view of women as properties of men
Capitalism, regarded women as objects of
pleasure and commodities for exchange
MANIFESTATIONS OF GENDER BIAS
Marginalization
Subordination
Multiple Burden
Gender Stereotyping
Violence against women
Obstacles to personal development
SESSION 3
VISION OF A
GENDER-FAIR SOCIETY
OBJECTIVES
Women themselves shall advocate for equality and
promotion of the rights of women
Create a vision of a gender-fair society
ACTIVITY
WORKSHOP ON VISIONING
MAKE A COLLAGE of a Gender-Fair
Society from cut-outs of old
newspapers, magazines, newsprints
LEARNING POINTS
Among Women
Appreciation of ones self-worth, dignity and
capacity to improve oneself and ones situation
Active participation in collective action to help
other women and their families and communities
Sufficient support mechanism
Programs to enhance womens capacity to
develop their potentials
Role models or women and men
A society is gender-fair when it manifests
Among Families
Sharing of responsibilities in the home
Non-sexist child rearing
Institutional support and facilities
Measures and programs to address violence against
women and children
A culture that empowers women
In the Socio-Cultural Sphere
Non-sexist education and training
Health programs for women
More positive and realistic portrayal of women and men
in media and advertising
Addressing gender discrimination in religious institutions
and tenets
Support systems that promote gender equality
Economic Sphere
Mechanisms to ensure equal opportunities for education,
on-the-job training and training in non-traditional skills
Training program for women
Equal pay for work of equal value
Affirmative action
Understanding and recognition of womens biological
functions
Support mechanisms and programs to promote womens
participation
Women-friendly technologies and infrastructure
Womens participation in decision making
In the Political Sphere
Empowered women who participate fully in political
processes and structures
Formulation of laws and policies that address
nontraditional concerns of women.
Strong womens groups and organizations
In the Legal Sphere
Concrete legal basis for standards that would ensure
equal rights for women and men
Sanctions to promote and protect equal employment
opportunities
Protective legislation
Legal literacy for both women and men
A gender-sensitive judicial system
Protective legislation for a gender-sensitive court
proceedings
SESSION 4
ACTION PLANNING
It is time now to
apply what you
have learned
OBJECTIVES
Formulate an action plan that will address gender
issues in their lives.
Identify specific activities that will help promote and
achieve gender sensitive environment in the home
and community in general.
ACTIVITY
ACTION PLANNING
Gender
Issues
Steps to
Address
the Issues
Resources
Needed
Time
Frame
Indicators of
Success
The action plan must contain the following:
Critical gender issues or needs concerning them personally and in
their respective families; and
Steps to be taken to address these issues or needs, specifically
concrete gender-focused activities to be undertaken by the
participants upon their return to their families, the resources
required to carry these out, the time frame for implementation, and
a mechanism for assessing progress.
