The Philippine Army (PA) through the Gender and Development Section of the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel, OG1, spearheaded the first Senior Leaders' Gender and Development (GAD) Executive Briefing at the HPA Conference Room, in
Senior
and staff officers of the Army participated in the briefing with Hon. Remedios
I Rikken, Philippine Commission on Women chair, as the resource person and
speaker.
Col.
Reynaldo M. Aquino, the Acting Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel, G1,
welcomed the participants, saying that the activity is significant to the PA
GAD Focal Point System because this is the first time that senior officers of
the service has a briefing on GAD since it was integrated in the Army's programs,
activities and projects.
"In
order to continue on with the momentum, a program on PA-wide Gender
mainstreaming was conceptualized and approved by the Commanding General,"
Aquino said.
As
part of the Gender Mainstreaming Program of the Philippine Army, a Dialogue on
Gender, Women in Leadership and Empowerment is also being conducted. This
activity is participated in by all Army female personnel, both military and
civilians alike.
"GAD-related
activities had been programmed and implemented in order for PA personnel to
understand that GAD concerns everybody; that even if the campaign initially
began with women empowerment, the objective is actually people
empowerment," Aquino stressed.
In
compliance with the government’s program on Gender and Development, the
Philippine Army initiated relevant undertakings to make the organization gender
responsive.
In
October 2010, the Army created the GAD Focal Point Committee and GAD/Female
Affairs Section under the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel
(G1), PA.
The
Army also conducted GAD Orientation seminars in order to increase the
organization’s awareness and level of appreciation on GAD, especially on
promoting gender responsiveness within the Army.
As
of October 2013, there are 1,879 female soldiers in the PA, 527 of whom are
officers and 1,352 are enlisted women. There are also 1,158 female civilian
employees.
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