Module 3

Session 3

Gender Impact
Assesment
Objectives:
At the end of the session, the participants should
be able to:

1. Assess the effectiveness of mechanisms of

GAD-related PPAs if needs and interests of
both men and women are taken into
consideration;
2. Gain functional and operational
understanding of gender equality/
responsiveness/ parity; and
3. Prepare gender responsive PPAs.
Overview:
Gender mainstreaming in education should
take into consideration the indicators which
contribute in the development of gender
responsive PPAs. Policies must be stated and
expressed clearly. People engaged in GAD must
be knowledgeable enough to properly conduct
gender equal programs. There must be clear
understanding of the systems , roles, information
and resources. Therefore, at programs, activities,
and projects must always benefit boys/men and
girls/women equally.
 Activities
A. “Fact or Bluff”:
Discuss within your group if each statement is true or false. Write FACT if the
statement is TRUE and BLUFF if otherwise.

1.GAD budget addresses the needs of women and men.

FACT
2. GAD budgeting involves preparing a separate budget for women.
BLUFF
3. GAD budgeting promotes accountability in agencies.
FACT
4. GAD budgets promote domestic value.
Bluff
5. GAD budget is entirely women’s budget.
bluff
6. GAD budgeting promotes girls at the expense of boys.
bluff
7. GAD budgeting means taking away from men and giving women.
Bluff
8. GAD budget addresses the needs of women and men.
fact
9. GAD budgeting does not consider the unique local conditions.
bluff
10. GAD budgeting promotes faster growth.
fact
11. GAD budgeting can reduce gender gaps.
fact
12. GAD budget eliminate violence against women.
bluff
13. GAD budget lessens the household burden of women.
bluff
 Analysis
1. Who are the persons involved in your PPAs?

2. Are PPAs gender equal and gender

responsive?

3. Are the PPAs beneficial to both boys/men

and girls/women in your school?
If yes or no, why or why not?
 Abstraction
 Gender equality in education would imply that girls and boys
are ensured and actually offered the same chances and
treatment in access, process and outcome of an education of
good quality and which is free from any sex-role stereotyping and
sexist concepts.
 Gender Impact Assessment:
A. helps decision makers to create policies that incorporate
gender perspective based on the needs, behaviors and
characteristics of the target beneficiaries either women or men.
B. likewise, it gives policymakers clear method on how to assess or
evaluate whether policies or programs and projects deliver equal
opportunities.
C. It also questions the assumption or the belief that all polices or
programs always benefit women and men equally.
Philippine Commission on Women defined Gender and
Development 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.

Mainstreaming a gender perspective is the process of assessing

the implications for women and men of any planned action,
including legislation, policies or programs, in any area and at all
levels. It is a strategy for making the concerns and experiences
of women as well as of men an integral part of the design,
implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and
programs in all political, economic and societal spheres, so that
women and men benefit equally, and inequality is not
perpetuated. The ultimate goal of mainstreaming is to achieve
gender equality.
 Indicators of Gender Mainstreaming

Policy People Enabling Programs,

Mechanism Projects and
*Expression/ *Expressions of Activities
Statement Support for *Systems and *Information,
Gender Structures Communication
Mainstreaming *Roles and and Education
*Capacity Functions of Campaigns
*Enhancement Building *Client-Oriented
GAD Focal
/ Interventions Points PPAs
Improvement for K.R.A. and *Gender *Personnel-
GAD Responsive directed PPAs
Enhancement Data/Database *Application of
*Women’s Gender
*Resources
Benefit Responsive Plans
Allocation
*PPAs
*Women (Budget)
Implementing
Participation *Networking International
Efforts Treaties and other
laws
 APPLICATION

Working in the same groups, go over the

different PPAs you have presented, then identify
one which you think is not gender responsive.
Consider the following indicators of Gender
Mainstreaming to make it gender responsive
PPAs:

A. Policy;
B. People; and
C. Enabling Mechanism.
 Thank you…

Geronimo M. Cunanan
Master Teacher-l Discussant