DSWD

Department of Social Welfare and

Development
(Written report)

Submitted by:
FM 3-B
Abalos, Ralph Sherwin Kieffer F.
Aribe, Gerald Paul M.
Banaag, Jenny Mae F.
Barcelo, Ruth Andrea S.
Camacam, Grace Niña N.
Candelaria, Jhenamay D.
I. Profile of Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 
 Logo 
 History 
 Mission 
 Vision 
 Core Values 
 Trivia 
 
II. Functions 
III. Current organizational structure 
IV. Budget for the last 5 years 
V. Notable projects or programs of DSWD 
VI. Current programs or projects of DSWD 

I. PROFILE OF THE DEPARTMENT: Department of Social Welfare and

Development (DSWD)  

 THE DSWD LOGO 

As you can see, there's a pair of hands protectively holding a heart, it
represents the poor and disadvantaged population. The one hand symbolizes the
joint responsibility of government and the other hand is the private sector. They join
forces to lessen poverty and uplifting the life of the sectors beneficiaries. 
The whole figure represents NURTURING and CARING which the essence of social
welfare is.  
 
Did you know? 
 In 2003, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo issued Executive Order No. 221
amending Executive Order No. 15 which defined the mandate, roles, powers and
functions of the DSWD.  
 In Jan 2004, they added a tagline Tulong! Sulong!   

It communicates the new role of DSWD from direct help to beneficiaries to technical
assistance to its intermediaries and to move forward, implying empowerment. It is
DSWD’s mission to empower its beneficiaries and intermediaries towards an
improved quality of life for the disadvantage Filipino. 
 
 HISTORY 
Social welfare as a basic function of the state was a concept that materialized only
after the Second World War, although different groups were undertaking pockets of
social work in the first decade of the American occupation in the country. After the
war, the Philippine government gradually assumed the major responsibility for social
welfare. 
 
Here's the timeline: 
1915 – The Public Welfare Board (PWB) was created. Its functions were to study,
coordinate and regulate all government and private entities engaged in social
services. 

1921 – The PWB was abolished and replaced by the Bureau of Public Welfare under
the Department of Public Instruction.
 
1939 – Commonwealth Act No. 439 created the Department of Health and Public
Welfare
 
1941– The Bureau of Public Welfare officially became a part of the Department of
Health and Public Welfare. In addition to coordinating services of all public and
private social welfare institutions, the Bureau also managed all public child-caring
institutions and the provision of child welfare services.
 
1947 – President Manuel A. Roxas abolished the Bureau of Public Welfare and in its
place created the Social Welfare Commission (SWC) under the Office of the
President. 

1948 – President Elpidio Quirino created the President’s Action Committee on Social
Amelioration (PACSA) to effect socio-economic reforms in the countryside to
counteract social unrest.
 
1951 – The SWC and PACSA were merged into the Social Welfare Administration
(SWA) which marked the beginning of an integrated public welfare program. 

1968 – Republic Act 5416 known as the Social Welfare Act of 1968 elevated the SWA
into a Department, placing it under the executive branch of government in equal
status with other social agencies like health and education. 

1976 – The Department of Social Welfare was renamed Department of Social

Services and Development (DSSD) with the signing of Presidential Decree No. 994 by
President Ferdinand E. Marcos. It gave the Department a more accurate institutional
identity, in keeping with its productivity and developmental thrusts. 

1978 – The DSSD was renamed Ministry of Social Services and Development (MSSD)
in line with the change in the form of government, from presidential to
parliamentary. 

1987 – The MSSD was reorganized and renamed Department of Social Welfare and
Development (DSWD) under Executive Order 123 signed by President Corazon C.
Aquino. Executive Order No. 292, also known as the Revised Administration Code of
1987, established the name, organizational structure and functional areas of
responsibility of DSWD and further defined its statutory authority. 
1991 – The passage of Republic Act 7160 otherwise known as the Local Government
Code of 1991 effected the devolution of DSWD basic services to local government
units. 

1998 – President Joseph Ejercito Estrada issued Executive Order No. 15 “Redirecting
the Functions and Operations of the Department of Social Welfare and
Development” to strengthen the DSWD’s repositioning efforts that began soon after
the implementation of the Local Government Code of 1991. 

2003 – President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo issued Executive Order No. 221 amending
Executive Order No. 15 which defined the mandate, roles, powers and functions of
the DSWD.
 
2005 – The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) approved the DSWD’s
Rationalization and Streamlining Plan (RSP) on January 28, 2005 for implementation
over the next five years. The RSP emphasizes the Department’s shift in policy,
functions and programs in line with its steering role. 
 
 MISSION 
To develop, implement and coordinate social protection and poverty reduction
solutions for and with the poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged. 
 
QUALITY POLICY 

 VISION 
We envision a society where the poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged are
empowered for an improved quality of life. Towards this end, DSWD will be the
world’s standard for the delivery of coordinated social services and social protection
for poverty reduction by 2030. 

 VALUES 

Respect for Human Dignity 

‘‘patas na pagtrato sa komunidad’’  
Integrity 
‘’tapat na paglilingkod na walang puwang para sa katiwalian’’  
Service Excellence 
‘’maagap at mapagkalingang serbisyo’’ 
  TRIVIA 
 
1. Did you know? 
Ang tagalog ng Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) ay… 
-  Kagawaran ng Kagalingan at Pagpapaunlad Panlipunan 

2. What was the very first name of DSWD? 

- Ministry of Social Services and Development (MSSD) 

3. Did you know? 

The new head of DSWD is Secretary Rex Gatchalian.  

4. Did you know? 

Data from the DSWD showed over 559,000 students have received the cash aid
more than the 400,000 who were initially expected to get the assistance.  And
Almost 1.5 billion cash aid for students. 

II. FUNCTIONS OF DSWD

1. Formulates policies and plans which provide direction to intermediaries and
other implementers in the development and delivery of social welfare and
development services; 
Yung dswd yung nagdedevelop ng mga plans and policies para ma implement
and madeliver yung mga social welfare and development services effectively.  

2. Develops and enriches existing programs and services for specific groups, such as
children and youth, women, family and communities, solo parents, older persons
and PWDs; 
sa mga functions ni dswd ay ang pag momodify ng mga existing programs and
services for children, youth , women, family and communities, solo parents elderly,
and pwds, existing programs and services katulad ng day care services, suplementary
feeding programs, 4ps, pension for indigent senior citizens, livelihood programs,
psychological services for those individuals na nags’struggle mentally and
emotionally, iilan lamang sa mga programs and services na pinoprovide ni dswd sa
communities 
 
3. Registers, licenses and accredits individuals, agencies and organizations engaged
in social welfare and development services, sets standards and monitors the
empowerment and compliance to these standards; 
Licensing and accreditation is also one of the department’s functions, dito
nabibigyan ng recognition and authority yung agency or mga NGOs to implement
services and operate as a social welfare and development agency, maraming benefits
ang na-ibibigay ng licensing and accreditation sa agency dahil mas maraming
opportunities para mabigyan ng projects, technical, subsidy, and training assistance
and other benefits from the DSWD itself. So syempre, mag u’undergo ito sa review
process if pumasa or nag comply ba yung agency sa standard na in’establish ni DSWD
before mabigyan ng accreditation.  

4. Provides technical assistance and capability building to intermediaries;  

 
o Community based programs or services where clients are assisted in their
respective home or community with appropriate services or needed
interventions; 
 
o Center/institution-based services where clients are provided temporary
residential care and protection for a period of time depending on their needs,
until they are rehabilitated; and, 
 
o Locally funded projects of LGUs where special projects are extended funding
by the national government (DSWD 2001b: 5-6). 

5. Provides social protection of the poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged sector,

DSWD also gives augmentation fund to local government units so these could
deliver social welfare and development services to depressed municipalities and
barangays and provide protective services to individuals, families and communities
in crisis situations. 
 
the DSWD extend assistance byproviding funds to the LGUs para makapag
bigay ng tulong sa mga barangays or portion ng community na nags’struggle
financially, mentally, emotionally, physically especially in times of crisis kagaya ng
mga nasasalanta ng bagyo at iba pa. 

III. CURRENT ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

Directory of Central Office (CO) Officials 

Office of the Secretary  
Secretary – Rex Gatchalian 
Head Executive Assistant - Atty. Perry Evan C. Lao 
Undersecretaries: 
 Monina Josefina H. Romualdez (OIC) - Social Welfare and Development
(OUSWD) 
 Atty. Edward Justine R. Orden - General Administration and Support Services
Group (GASSG) 
 Jerico Francis L. Javier - Operations Group 
  Atty. Marco M. Bautista - Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) 
 Atty. Adonis P. Sulit, CESO II - Policy and Plans Group (PPG) 
 Denise Florence Bernos-Bragas, MD, FPAFP - Standards and Capacity Building
(SCBG) 
 Vilma B. Cabrera, CESO II - National Household Targeting System and Pantawid
Pamilyang Pilipino Program 
 Alan A. Tanjusay - Special Concerns 
 Eduardo M. Punay - Special Projects 
 Alan A. Tanjusay - Inclusive and Sustainable Peace 
 Rowena Niña O. Taduran - Legislative Coordination and External Affairs 

Assistant Secretaries: 
 Rodolfo M. Santos, CESO II - Quality and Performance Management under the
PPG 
 Irene B. Dumlao, CESO IV - Legislative Affairs under the PPG 
 Ivy Grace S. Rivera - Administration under GASSG 
 Atty. Janus G. Siddayao, CPA - Finance under GASSG 
 Gary R. Politico – PPG 
 Janet P. Armas, CESO IV – SCBG 
 Diana Rose S. Cajipe, MD, FPOGS – DRMG 
 Florentino Y. Loyola Jr. - Specialized Programs under Operations Group 
 Elaine F. Fallarcuna - Statutory Programs under Operations Group 
 Marites M. Maristela, CESO III - National Household Targeting System 
 Ma. Evelyn B. Macapobre, CESO III - Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program 
 Arnel B. Garcia, CESO II - Inclusive-Sustainable Peace and Special Concerns 
 Romel M. Lopez – Special Projects 
 Ulysses Hermogenes Casimiro Aguilar – Community Engagement 

IV. BUDGET FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS 

Where does DSWD get funds? 

 The National Government provides DSWD with funds through the General
Appropriations Act to enable it to effectively deliver its mandate and ultimately
attain its vision, goals, and desired outcome. 

Summary of the budget  

 
2019 BUDGET Php 141,164,046,000 
 
2020 BUDGET Php 158.55 billion 
 
2021 BUDGET Php 176,659,841,000 
 
 2022 BUDGET Php 191.4 billion 
 
2023 BUDGET Php 196 billion 

 The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) welcomes the

current administration's budget of more than P196 billion for its implementation
of social protection programs and services. 

V. NOTABLE PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS OF DSWD

1. Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps)
A social protection program that focuses on human capital development
through the provision of cash grants to eligible poor households subject to their
compliance with education and health conditionalities.
Which provides cash assistance to impoverished households. Who are eligible
for cash grants? This are the farmers, fisherfolks, homeless families,
indigenous people, geographically isolated areas are some of the beneficiaries
of 4Ps.  
 
This program works by transferring cash – P500 per family per month + P300
per child (maximum of three children) as educational allowance for 10
months. The beneficiaries should attain the conditions like for pregnant
women must attend pre and post-natal care and be professionally attended at
childbirth. And children must have regular checkups. 
The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) is the government’s first true
venture into solving the great poverty problem by identifying and targeting
poor people to receive benefits directly.   

2. Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integral Delivery of Social

Services (Kalahi-CIDSS)
Is a poverty alleviation program that uses a community-driven development
(CDD) approach. The overall goal of the program is to reduce poverty and
vulnerability to risks among households in targeted areas through enhanced
community participation in sustainable development.
 
The program focuses on delivery of basic services such as water, sanitation,
roads, health, education, and electrification. It also strengthens the capacity of
local government units to identify and respond to the needs of their
constituents.
3. Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP)
is a program that helps low-income families, particularly those who are
affected by poverty and disaster, to improve their livelihood.
It provides them with financial assistance, training programs, and access to
microfinance loans. It aims to help them attain self-reliance by providing them
with training and livelihood projects to improve their income. 
 
4. Programs and Services for Persons with Disabilities
One of the DSWD’s primary mandates is to protect and promote the rights of
persons with disabilities (PWDs). The Comprehensive Program for Person with
Disabilities is a program that provides social protection and assistance to PWDs in
order to improve their quality of life.
The DSWD is a primary agency that provides services and programs for people
with disabilities. It is responsible for developing and delivering programs and
services that are geared toward improving the lives of these individuals
through: 
 The Magna Carta for Disabled Persons Act of 2002, which prohibits
discrimination against disabled people and their families, offers legal
protection to people with disabilities and their families.   
 According to the Unified Local Government Code of 1991, local
government units are required to guarantee that all their buildings,
facilities, and other infrastructures are accessible to people with
disabilities.  
 
5. Comprehensive Program for Street Children, Street Families, and Indigenous
People
The program is an integrated approach and a package of services and
interventions to address the needs of street children, street families and Indigenous
Peoples living and/or at-risks in the streets.
It involves the development of income generating opportunities and skills
training for children, their families and Bajaus to prevent them from working on the
streets, creation of centers where they could have life skills trainings and literacy
activities to keep them away from the streets. 
6. Lingap at Gabay Para sa May Sakit
 Is assistance and protection for sick people. People who are struggling with
serious illness can receive financial aid as well as various types of assistance through
this service. It is meant to help those without health insurance in the Philippines gain
access to care for free.
Healthcare in the Philippines has many obstacle, especially for people living in
poverty or rural areas. About a third of the population is unemployed, has no
health insurance, cannot afford medical care. 
As part of his administration to push to improve citizen’s health, President
Rodrigo Duterte set aside 1 Billion PHP from the President’s Office’s Socio-Civic
Project Funt to provide free healthcare to poor. The administration and
distribution of the President’s 1Billion Pesos Medical Aid Fund, which will
henceforth be known as Lingap at Gabay Para sa May Sakit and have been
delegated to DSWD, which has been given the responsibility of managing and
implementing funds.  
It’s meant to help those without health insurance in the Philippines gain access
to care for free. Which includes patients that struggles to make ends meet due
to high cost of treatment for serious illnesses and for patient who receives
treatment outside their province may receive financial assistance for travelling
expenditures. The program provides essentials and therapeutic diets to people
who are suffering from certain diseases including cancer and kidney disease.  

VI. CURRENT PROJECTS/PROGRAMS OF DSWD

1. PANTAWID PAMILYANG PILIPINO PROGRAMA
social protection program that focuses on human capital development
through the provision of cash grants to eligible poor households subject to their
compliance with education and health conditionalities.
GRANTS
 HEALTH GRANT will be provided to eligible families with children 0-5 years old
to include pre and post-natal care for pregnant women starting on the 1st
trimester of pregnancy and regular preventive health check-ups and vaccines
for children 0-5 years old (P500 per month per household)
 EDUCATION GRANT will be provided to eligible families with children between
the ages of 3-18 years old that are enrolled and attending at least 85% of the
school classes (P300/children in pre-school/day care and elementary;
P500/children in high school x maximum of 3children x 10 months x per
household)
CONDITIONALITIES
• Pregnant women must avail pre and post-natal care and be attended during
childbirth by a trained health professional
•Parents must attend Family Development Sessions (FDS)
•Children 0-5 years old must receive regular preventive health check-ups and
vaccines
•Children in elementary must receive deworming pills twice a year
•Children 3-18 years old must enroll in school and maintain a class attendance rate
of at least85% per month

2. KALAHI CIDSS
Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan (Linking Arms Against Poverty) Comprehensive
and Integrated Delivery of Social Services.
One of the poverty alleviation programs of the Philippine Government being
implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). It uses
the community-driven development (CDD) approach, a globally recognized strategy
for achieving service delivery, poverty reduction, and good governance outcomes.
Started on 2003, its scale-up was approved on 18 January 2013 by the
National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Board, which was headed by
President Benigno Aquino III.
Development Objective of NCDDP:
To have barangays/communities of targeted municipalities become
empowered to achieve improved access to services and to participate in more
inclusive local planning, budgeting, and implementation.

3. LISTAHANAN, or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction

(NHTS-PR),
is an information management system that employs geographic targeting,
household assessment, and validation in order to provide national government
agencies, development partners, and other social protection actors with information
on who and where the poor are in the Philippines. This information is then used for
the identification and selection of potential beneficiaries for various poverty
alleviation and social protection programs.
Why do we need a targeting system?
 We need a targeting system because resources are limited. Use of these
resources on programs that seek to reduce poverty will have less impact and will be
wasted if they do not reach the poor who need them the most. A unified set of
criteria for identifying the poor would enable convergence and complementation of
social protection programs in addressing the different dimensions of poverty. This
will maximize the impact of social protection programs and, at the same time,
minimize wastage of resources.
Who benefits from Listahanan?
The poor ultimately benefits from the use of Listahanan. The database of poor
households is used by government agencies and organizations that deliver social
protection programs and services. Everyone can access the Listahanan for purposes
that aim to assist the poor, subject to Department’s data sharing guidelines.

4. SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD PROGRAM (SLP)

is a capability-building program for poor, vulnerable and marginalized
households and communities to help improve their socio-economic conditions
through accessing and acquiring necessary assets to engage in and maintain thriving
livelihoods.
Program Tracks
The program design has two tracks: The Microenterprise Development Track
and the Employment Facilitation
Track 1: Microenterprise Development
he Microenterprise Development Track is a capacity building program that
focuses on micro-enterprise development, skills enhancement, networking and
partnership building, and provision of capital assistance to poor families. The
participants shall be organized by their economic or livelihood activity, depending on
the local field implementer’s assessment of the most appropriate form.
Track 2: Employment Facilitation
The Employment Facilitation Track provides assistance to unemployed
members of poor families preferring a job rather than start an enterprise for income
generation. They shall be provided with technical skills training, occupational
guidance and counseling, and job referrals or placement.
Given the necessary interventions identified for both tracks, the field implementers
are expected to serve as process facilitators and partnership builders to generate and
bridge opportunities for the program participants.
5. SUPPLEMANTARY FEEDING PROGRAM (SFP)
is the provision of food, in addition to the regular meals, to currently enrolled
day care center children.
WHO ARE THE BENEFICIARIES?
Beneficiaries of the program are three-year-old and four-year-old children not
in the Department of Education pre-school children but in day care.
6. SOCIAL PENSION PROGRAM (SPP)
for Indigent Senior Citizens is one of the provisions stated under Section 5
Republic Act 9994 otherwise known as the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010
Social Pension is an additional government assistance in the amount of Five
Hundred Pesos Only (P500.00) monthly stipend to augment the daily subsistence and
other medical needs of indigent senior citizens, subject to a review every two years
by Congress in consultation with the DSWD.
Who are eligible?
As defined in Section 3 of Republic Act 9994, indigent senior citizens refer to
any elderly who is a Frail, sickly or with disability. Without pension. No permanent
source of income, compensation or financial assistance from relatives to support
his/her basic needs for information: Senior citizens may inquire at the nearest
City/Municipal Social Welfare Office (C/MSWDO and Office of the Senior Citizens
Affairs (OSCA)) and DSWD Field Office VI at Tel. No. 3376221 or email at
fo6@dswd.gov.ph
7. RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES •HOME FOR GIRLS
as a temporary residential facility is an alternative form of family care
providing 24 hour group living on a temporary for girls below 18 years old, with
special needs, where needs cannot be adequately met by their own families and
relatives over a period of time. Residential services provide opportunity for the
resident to be adequately cared for temporarily under a controlled therapeutic
environment with the end view of reunion or reintegration with their family and the
community to lead a normal life.
General Objective
• To provide protection and rehabilitation services to children victims of sexual abuse
and
exploitation to facilitate their early recovery and reintegration to their families and
community.

8. RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES •REGIONAL CENTER FOR WOMEN

A residential center for abused women and their children established in
cooperation with the Congressional Spouses Foundation and Inc. rcw building. The
center caters to women and children who were victims of rape, incest, involuntary
prostitution, and illegal recruitment, domestic violence and abandonment. It offers
protective and rehabilitative services as well as conducts skill trainings to its
residents so that they can learn basic livelihood skills.

9. REGIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER FOR YOUTH (RRCY)

is a facility designed to provide intensive treatment in a residential setting for
the rehabilitation of CICL whose sentences have been suspended. It serves as a
nurturing out-of-home placement for children in need of rehabilitation, to enhance
their psychological, emotional, and psycho-social well-being.
TARGET CLIENTELE
The target clientele are CICL aged 15 years to below 18 years and not more
than 18 years old, male, who have committed an offense and ordered by the court to
undergo rehabilitation at the DSWD facility (RRCY) CICL who are on suspended
sentence may, upon order of the court, undergo any or a combination of disposition
measures appropriate to their rehabilitation and welfare.
NO CHILD SHALL BE ADMITTED IN ANY REHABILITATION FACILITY WITHOUT A
VALID ORDER BY THE COURT AFTER A HEARING FOR THIS PURPOSE. (sec. 45, RA
9344)

10. RECOVERY AND REINTEGRATION PROGRAM FOR TRAFFICKED PERSONS

Provides temporary shelter, counseling, and legal assistance to trafficking
victims. The program also offers skills training and job placement services to help
trafficking victims find employment.
Human trafficking is a global crime that trades in people and exploits them for
profit. People of all genders, ages and backgrounds can become victims of this crime,
which occurs in every region of the world. Traffickers use violence, fraudulent
employment agencies, and fake promises of education and job opportunities to trick,
coerce and deceive their victims.

11. ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS IN CRISIS SITUATION(AICS)

A social safety net or a stop-gap mechanism to support the recovery of
individuals and families from unexpected crisis such as illness or death of a family
member, and other crisis situation. The Crisis Intervention Unit is a special unit
operating as an action center to immediately respond to cases of individuals and
families in crisis situations. It provides integrated services such as immediate rescue/
and protection provision of direct financial and material assistance, augmentation
during disaster and referrals for immediate medical, legal, psycho-social services.

12. MINORS TRAVELLING ABROAD

Travel Clearance is a document issued by the Department of Social Welfare
and Development (DSWD) Field Offices or its attached agency, Inter-Country
Adoption Board (ICAB), whichever is applicable to a minor travelling abroad
unaccompanied by any of the parent or those persons having parental authority and
legal custody over the child.
Children below 18 years old are travelling alone or with companions other
than their parents or legal guardians are required to present a travel clearance. If the
traveler is 18 years old and above but is unable to take care of himself or herself due
to physical or mental disabilities, a travel clearance will also be required if he or she
is taking the trip without his parents or legal guardians.

13. DSWD ADOPTION PROGRAM

An important program that helps children find homes and families. The
program provides a number of services to both the children and the families who
adopt them, including counseling, medical care, and financial assistance.
Who are the target clientele group of the program?
•Abandoned, Neglected, Surrendered Children;
•Children who are Legally Available for Adoption;
•Prospective Adoptive Parents (PAPs)

14. UNCONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM

A government subsidy that provides cash assistance to eligible low-income
households. The program is designed to help meet the basic needs of food, shelter,
and clothing.
The Unconditional Cash Transfer Program (UCT) is the biggest tax reform
mitigation program under the TRAIN Law. It seeks to provide cash grants to poor
households and individuals who may not benefit from the lower income tax rates but
may be adversely affected by rising prices.
UCT provides qualified beneficiaries cash grants computed at Two Hundred
Pesos (PhP 200.00) per month for the first year of implementation, and at Three
Hundred Pesos (PhP 300.00) per month for each succeeding year of implementation.

15. GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Offer support for individuals and communities to address gender-related
issues and promote gender equality. To be eligible for the program's services,
individuals must be low-income or marginalized by gender discrimination.
The Magna Carta of Women (Republic Act No. 9710) defines Gender and
Development Program (GAD)
as 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.
What is the real purpose of gender and development?
Since 1993, Gender & Development has aimed to promote, inspire, and
support development policy and practice, which furthers the goal of equality
between women and men.