Center for Gender and Development

Jeralyn N. Hemillan, PhD

Center Director of Center for Gender and Development

ABOUT

The Center for Gender and Development is under the Office of the Vice – President for Research, Innovation and Extension of the Davao Oriental State University. It evolved from the committee on Gender and Development under Extension Unit of the Research and Extension Office.

GOALS:

  1. To capacitate faculty, staff, students and community partners in gender and development;
  2. To mainstream and implement gender-responsive policies, programs and services in the fields of instruction, research, community extension;
  3. To establish GAD-compliant and gender-friendly physical and social environments;
  4. To foster sustainable partnerships and collaborations with networks within Davao Region.

VISION

A premier Gender Research and Resource Center in Davao Region that emulates inclusion through gender-responsive policies, programs, and services leading towards women’s empowerment and gender equality.

MISION

The Gender Research and Resource Center is committed to uphold gender equality and women’s empowerment in all spheres of public and private life by implementing various gender mainstreaming strategies that cuts across instruction, research, community extension and production.

GAD AGENDA:

  1. Improved gender-responsive instruction and student development.
  2. Increased relevant gender-responsive research outputs and extension programs.
  3. Improved access to justice of victims of abuse and violence, especially women and girls with disabilities and other populations.
  4. Expanded access to affordable comprehensive men and women’s health care and services.
  5. Updated and increased information dissemination on government programs and services for realizing gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls and their human rights.

GAD KEY RESULT AREAS:

  1. Instruction and Curriculum
  2. Students Development
  3. Human Resource Development
  4. Physical Resources
  5. Research Development
  6. Community Extension
  7. Linkages and Network

GAD PROGRAMS:

  1. Gender Fair Education Program (GFEP)
  2. GAD Capacity Building Program (GCBP)
  3. GAD Research Resource Collection Program (GRRCP)
  4. Gender-Responsive Extension Community Engagement Program (GRECEP)
  5. FRIendly ENvironment for all GenDERS (FRIENDERS) Program

GAD SERVICES:

  1. Technical Assistance for GAD Capacity Development.
  2. Consultancy for Establishment of GAD-related programs.
  3. Consultation and Counseling Service for Women, Children and other victims of gender-based violence in schools and in workplace.
  4. Information Service for Gender and Development and gender-related issues.
  5. Extension Service for partner-communities.
  6. Research Service for students’ GAD-related theses.
  7. Expert Service as Resource persons on GAD.
  8. Issuance of Gender Analysis Scoring for proposed research and extension PPAs.

GAD MILESTONES:

  1. Established the Gender and Development (GAD) Center as a learning resource institute on GAD in Davao Oriental.
  2. Trained more than 20,000 students, professionals, parents, members of the indigenous community, women’s groups, barangay officials and functionaries and out-of-school youth on gender sensitivity, mainstreaming and responsiveness, awareness-raising on gender-specific issues such as sexual harassment, violence against women and children, drug abuse prevention and control, HIV/AIDS and mental health.
  3. Crafted the University GAD Code and Learning Modules for students, employees, GAD Focal Persons in DepEd and barangay officials and functionaries in the City of Mati.
  4. Presented GAD research outputs in local and international conferences.
  5. Launched Special Issue of Davao Research Journal on Gender Studies.
  6. Forged Partnerships for research and extension PPAs through MOA with several agencies and institutions for research and extension.
  7. Chaired the Local Council of Women in the City of Mati (2017-2019).
  8. Chaired the Research Division of the GAD Focal Persons in Region XI (2019).

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION:

International:
  1. Overall Best Presentation. The 5th International Conference on Gender and Sexuality 2022. Paper Title: Mandaya Indigenous People in Focus: Experiences of Women in Menopause Transition. October 13-14, 2022.
  2. Superlative Presentation. World Conference on Women Studies (WCWS2022). Paper Title: Gender Roles of Obu Manuvu Women and Leaders in the Conservation of Philippine Brown Deer (Rusa mariana). May 12-14, 2022.
Regional:
  1. 2nd Place, GADTimpala Award – Extension Category on the Best Practices on the Implementation of GAD in the Research Function of the HEIs during the Regional GAD Summit, January 20, 2021.
  2. 3rd Place, GADTimpala Award – Research Category on the Best Practices on the Implementation of GAD in the Extension Function of the HEIs during the Regional GAD Summit, January 20, 2021.
Institutional:
  1. 1st Place, Extension Highlights. Gender-Responsive Extension and Community Engagement Program (GRECEP), 1st University Research Development and Extension Colloquium and Annual In-House Review (URDE-CAIR). July 17-19, 2021.
  2. 1st Place, Gender Audit as Basis in Developing Modules for GAD Focal Persons in City of Mati, Davao Oriental (Co-author). 1st URDE-CAIR 2021, July 17-19, 2021.
  3. 2nd Place, Gender Roles in the Conservation of Philippine Brown Deer (Rusa marianna); Through the Lens of Obu Manuvu. 1st URDE-CAIR, July 17-19, 2021.
  4. 3rd Place, Gender Mainstreaming in Barangay Governance in the City of Mati, Southern Mindanao (Co-author). 1st URDE-CAIR 2021, July 17-19, 2021.
Partnerships:
  1. Plaque of Recognition, Partnership Service Award in Gender and Development (GAD) – Mental Health in the Schools Division of the City of Mati (SY 2020-2021).
  2. Plaque of Recognition, Oplan Kalusugan sa Department of Education (OK sa DepED) in the Schools Division of the City of Mati (SY 2019-2020).
  3. Plaque of Recognition, Nagkakaisang Lingkod-bayan ng Davao Oriental – Barangay Outreach Caravan. July 22, 2017.

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