Republic Act No. 7192 or Women in Development and Nation Building Act recognizes the role of women in nation-building and promotes the fundamental equality before the law of women and men.
GAD is a development perspective that recognizes that there are blocks/ gender biases that prevent people from attaining their full potentials. GAD works to remove gender biases in individual, families, and institutions. GAD enables women and men to do productive work and have control of and benefit from the income; and able to be knowledgeable, skilled, confident with abilities and comfortable with achievements, independence, and power.
Role of DILG:
As one of the oversight agencies, the DILG enjoins LGUs to mainstream and institutionalize GAD, ensuring that it is integrated and incorporated in the LGUs planning and budget processes which further ascertains the creation of the Local Councils of Women in every LGU.
DILG MIMAROPA Women’s Month
DILG MIMAROPA Celebrated the Women’s Month coinciding with the conduct of 2025 Human Resource Development Week dubbed as: Strategic Organizational Activity Raising Human Resource Impressive Goals at Height Making Innovations and Managing Actions Resulting to Outstanding Performance and Achievements (SOAR HIGH MIMAROPA) on March 17-21, 2025 at the Casiana Hotel, Tagaytay City.
This activity aimed to strengthen camaraderie among all employees through interactive activities taking into consideration the demographics of participants.
Following the Equal Opportunity Principle (EOP) of the Civil Service the DILG MIMAROPA provided activities to all employees regardless of age sex, gender, gender preference, religion, political affiliation, and ethnicity. This activity was participated by COS personnel and all organic employees of DILG MIMAROPA With 84 women, 81 men, and 11 LGBTQ+.
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
The Retooling Activity under the Learning and Development component of the PRIME HRM provided for an avenue to boost the self-esteem of employees by engaging them in appropriate learning interventions to address their competency gaps, and deepen their understanding on matters with the end view of improving their capability in their field of assignments.
ORIENTATION ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT
Part of the activity was the orientation on Gender and Development (GAD), and Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) given by our GAD expert, LGOO VI Jackelyn C. Manalon participated actively by all attendees.
PERFORMANCE RECOGNITION
Under the Rewards and Recognition Component, the awarding of Galing MIMAROPA! Gawad Lingkod MIMAROPA was conducted to recognize the outstanding achievements and/or work accomplishments of employees, the length of their government service and their professional/personal mitestones.
SINGING CONTEST
DILG MIMAROPA also hosted a singing contest with the theme – Women Empowerment. Participants of this activity were representatives from each Provincial Offices and Regional Office – 2 women, 3 men, 1 LGBTQIA – who actively and playfully joined the contest.
SPORTS ACTIVITY
A sports activity was also conducted to provide an opportunity to senior citizen employees to engage in activities together with the younger generations, to help improve the physical, psychosocial and social well-being of employees, and to relieve stress and enhance work performance.
GAD PHOTOBOOTH
Showcasing the classic look of Filipina Men and Women of DILG MIMAROPA are the photos taken in the GAD photobooth. Each photo promotes women empowerment.
LUPANG HINIRANG ALL WOMEN CAST
DILG MIMAROPA used the Lupang Hinirang -All Women cast for every convocations held on Mondays of March 2025.
STREAMER IN THE OFFICE
DILG MIMAROPA took part in the promotion of women’s month by hanging in the Office façade the 2025 Womens Months streamer with the theme: Babae sa Lahat ng Sektor, Aangat ang Bukas sa Bagong Pilipinas!
DILG OCCIDENTAL MINDORO
DILG Occidental Mindoro headed by PD Juanito D. Olave, Jr., conducted Orientation on Bawal Bastos Law. Also, he sponsored the wellness activities (Manicure and Pedicure) for women employees of DILG Occidental Mindoro
PALAWAN
DILG Palawan also celebrated Women’s Month by hanging of streamers, wearing purple on Thursdays of March.
DILG ORIENTAL MINDORO
Despite the busy schedules of the personnel of DILG Oriental Mindoro in implementing their programs, they did not forget to express their gratitude and pay tribute to women for their dedication, strength, resilience, and remarkable contributions to our daily lives and society.
One of the important roles and contributions of women in their community is maintaining cleanliness, order, and a safe environment. Because of this, the personnel of DILG Oriental Mindoro chose to show appreciation and gratitude to the women belonging to this sector at the Oriental Mindoro Provincial Capitol in celebration of Women’s Month.
Led by Provincial Director, Maria Victoria J. Del Rosario, the DILG Oriental Mindoro family expressed this appreciation by offering a small token of assistance to nine (9) female workers from the General Services Office of the Oriental Mindoro Capitol. Although the assistance was modest, it was given wholeheartedly to all of them.
Long live our Women Workers!