SENIOR GAD SPECIALIST

Philippine Commission on Women - Government; Metro Manila; On-site; PHP 335,000 - 670,000; Full time

Job summary

Philippine Commission on Women - Government seeks to enhance gender responsiveness across national development plans and coordinate updating of the National Plan for Women. The role involves ensuring implementation and monitoring the performance of agencies in line with the Plan.

The organization also conducts advocacy to empower women, provides technical assistance for gender mainstreaming, and maintains a clearinghouse for information on women, with ongoing projects and policy studies to

Responsibilities

• Institute the gender responsiveness of national development plans and coordinate the preparation, assessment and updating of the National Plan for Women, ensure its implementation and monitor the performance of government agencies in the implementation of the Plan at all levels.
• Undertake continuing advocacy to promote economic, social and political empowerment of women and provide technical assistance in the setting-up and strengthening of mechanisms on gender mainstreaming.
• Ensure that the gains achieved by Filipino women due to Philippine culture and tradition shall be preserved and enhanced in the process of modernization.
• Coordinates the preparation of Philippine development plans for women as well as their monitoring assessment and updating in cooperation with the national planning body and line agencies.
• Acts as a clearing house and data base for information relating to women.
• Conducts gender-consciousness raising programs.
• Conducts policy studies and reviews legislations to integrate women’s concerns.
• Provides technical services and ensures the development of institutional capabilities for gender and development (GAD) mainstreaming of government agencies and selected partners.
• Monitors and assesses the implementation of laws and policies on women including the implementation of international conventions such as the Beijing Platform for Action.
• Implements pilot projects for the delivery of services for women as basis for policy formulation and program recommendations.

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Major functions:

Institute the gender responsiveness of national development plans and coordinate the preparation, assessment and updating of the National Plan for Women, ensure its implementation and monitor the performance of government agencies in the implementation of the Plan at all levels.

Undertake continuing advocacy to promote economic, social and political empowerment of women and provide technical assistance in the setting-up and strengthening of mechanisms on gender mainstreaming.

Ensure that the gains achieved by Filipino women due to Philippine culture and tradition shall be preserved and enhanced in the process of modernization.

More specifically, the PCW:

Coordinates the preparation of Philippine development plans for women as well as their monitoring assessment and updating in cooperation with the national planning body and line agencies.

Acts as a clearing house and data base for information relating to women.

Conducts gender-consciousness raising programs.

Conducts policy studies and reviews legislations to integrate women's concerns.

Provides technical services and ensures the development of institutional capabilities for gender and development (GAD) mainstreaming of government agencies and selected partners.

Monitors and assesses the implementation of laws and policies on women including the implementation of international conventions such as the Beijing Platform for Action.

Implements pilot projects for the delivery of services for women as basis for policy formulation and program recommendations.

Mission Statement

As an oversight agency, we shall make government work for the promotion, protection, and fulfillment of women’s human rights to enable women and men to contribute to and benefit equally from development.

We shall pursue this through policy advocacy, provision of technical assistance and monitoring and evaluation of the gender responsiveness of government policies, plans, programs and services.

Vision Statement

PCW is recognized as the government authority that champions women’s empowerment and gender equality

Major functions:

Institute the gender responsiveness of national development plans and coordinate the preparation, assessment and updating of the National Plan for Women, ensure its implementation and monitor the performance of government agencies in the implementation of the Plan at all levels.

Undertake continuing advocacy to promote economic, social and political empowerment of women and provide technical assistance in the setting-up and strengthening of mechanisms on gender mainstreaming.

Ensure that the gains achieved by Filipino women due to Philippine culture and tradition shall be preserved and enhanced in the process of modernization.

More specifically, the PCW:

Coordinates the preparation of Philippine development plans for women as well as their monitoring assessment and updating in cooperation with the national planning body and line agencies.

Acts a clearing house and data base for information relating to women.

Conducts gender-consciousness raising programs.

Conducts policy studies and reviews legislations to integrate women's concerns.

Provides technical services and ensures the development of institutional capabilities for gender and development (GAD) mainstreaming of government agencies and selected partners.

Monitors and assesses the implementation of laws and policies on women including the implementation of international conventions such as the Beijing Platform for Action.

Implements pilot projects for the delivery of services for women as basis for policy formulation and program recommendations.

Mission Statement

As an oversight agency, we shall make government work for the promotion, protection, and fulfillment of women’s human rights to enable women and men to contribute to and benefit equally from development.

We shall pursue this through policy advocacy, provision of technical assistance and monitoring and evaluation of the gender responsiveness of government policies, plans, programs and services.

Vision Statement

PCW is recognized as the government authority that champions women’s empowerment and gender equality

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