Republic of the Philippines

Province of Samar
Municipality of Hinabangan

I- Project Title : Team Building

Activity for MSWDO personnel

II- Project Beneficiaries :

III- Project Location :

IV- Fund Requirement :

V- Rationale

Recognizing that the economic, political and socio cultural realities affect women’s current
condition, the State affirms the role of women in nation building and ensures the substantive
equality of women and men. It shall promote empowerment of women and pursue equal
opportunities for women and men and ensures equal access to resources and to
development results and outcome. Further, the State realizes that equality of men and
women entails the abolition of the unequal structures and practices that perpetuate
discrimination and inequality. To realize this, the State shall endeavor to develop plans,
policies, programs, measures, and mechanism to address discrimination and inequality in
the economic, political, social, and cultural life of women and men.

The state condemns discrimination against women in its all forms and pursues by all
appropriate means and without delay the policy of eliminating discrimination against women
in keeping with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against
Women (CEDAW) and other International Instruments consistent with Philippine law. The
State shall accord women the rights, protection, and opportunities available to every member
of society.

The social welfare personnel shall be responsible in promoting a gender sensitive

environment in the workplace and community as well. They must ensure that their clients
enjoy a gender equality where sexual and gender preference will not lead them to
discrimination, exploitation and other forms of violence. Gender and Development shall be
mainstreamed in their Local Development Plan so that gender issues are properly
addressed.

Likewise, the social welfare personnel shall hasten their productivity towards work as well as
develop synergy among them through the promotion of gender sensitive workplace. Hence,
this activity is hereby proposed.

VI- Objectives:

At the end of the activity, the participants will be able to:

1. Mainstream the gender and development perspective within the local planning,
budgeting and implementation of the social welfare programs.
2. Contextualize gender and development in the government workforce.
3. Understand the importance of gender sensitivity in the social welfare perspective.
 4. Improve unity, team work and camaraderie among social welfare personnel.

VII- Expected Outcomes

Gender and Development perspective has been used as a development approach in the
attainment of satisfying lives for people, strengthened by the productive and resilient social
welfare personnel.

VIII- Project Description

The two-day activity is designed to mainstream the Gender and Development concept in
the enhancement of productivity of social welfare personnel. This will provide an avenue
for the participants to better understand the importance of unity, team work and
camaraderie in the work place as well as the concepts of sexual and gender preference
and how gender issues affecting the implementation of social services to people.

The activity includes lecture, workshop, consultation dialogue, team building and
simulation activities to mainstream the Gender and Development perspectives in local
policy making, planning, programming, budgeting, implementation, monitoring and
evaluation of their social welfare programs and services. Likewise, it ensures that the
development efforts of the social welfare personnel are gender sensitive and responsive
towards social inclusion and equity.

Furthermore, the activity entails the assistance of subject matter experts and facilitators
to act as training team. They are responsible to facilitate the learning pedagogy to
participants and underscore the importance of gender equality in the attainment of a
resilient and dynamic team in the work place.

Lastly, the subject matter expert will provide the participants with technical assistance in
the implementation of social welfare services.

IX- Budgetary Requirements

X- Recommendation

In view of the urgency to conduct this activity, it is strongly recommended that the
amount of ________________________ be approved.

Proposed by:

_________________________________________
MSWDO

As to fund availability:

______________________________________
Approved:

Municipal Mayor