Seminar-Workshop on Gender and Development

Category: Enhancing Capacities
Resource Person:
Dr. Carolyn I. Sobritchea

Learning Objectives

Gender Sensitivity

  1. To provide the participants with the basic gender principles which have to be always incorporated in AFAD’s advocacy on enforced disappearances;

  2. To provide them with the basic knowledge of UN instruments gender, e.g. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination

    3. Against Women (CEDAW) and on Preventing and Combatting Violence Against Women;

  3. To give practical knowledge on how to incorporate gender in all activities, researches, statements of AFAD.

  4. To facilitate the finalization of AFAD’s gender policies.

 

Day 1

Wednesday, April 2, 2015
TimeActivitySpeaker / Facilitator
8:00 am - 9:30 am

Opening Ceremonies

  • Welcome Remarks
  • Introduction of Participants and Resource Persons
  • Presentation of the 2-day Program
  • Plenary Discussion of Participants’ Expectations about the Contents and Design of the Seminar-Workshop
 Ms Mary Aileen D. Bacalso





Dr. Carolyn Sobritchea
9:30 am - 10:00 am Break  
10:00 - 12:00 nn Lecture:
Overview of the Situation of Women and Men in Asia; Basic Concepts in GAD
Open Forum		 Dr. Carolyn I. Sobritchea
12:00 nn - 1:00 pm Lunch  
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Group Workshop:
Identifying the Issues, Needs and Concerns of Families, Women and Children Directly and Indirectly Affected by Involuntary Disappearances		  
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Plenary Presentation of Workshop Results

Synthesis:
Gender Dimensions of Involuntary Disappearances		  
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Break  
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Lecture:
What is Gender Mainstreaming? How can we Protect the Rights and Welfare of Women and Children Affected by Involuntary Disappearances

Open Forum		 Dr. Carolyn I. Sobritchea
5:30 pm Synthesis and Reflections on the Day Long Activities and Inputs Selected Participants

 

Day 2

Wednesday, April 2, 2015
TimeActivitySpeaker / Facilitator
8:00 am - 9:30 am Review of the Previous Day’s Activities

Lecture:
International Laws and Policies to Protect and Promote the Human Rights of Women

Open Forum		 Dr. Carolyn I Sobritchea
9:30 am - 10:00 am Break  
10:00 am - 12:00 nn Lecture:
“Provisions on Women from the UN Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance,”

Open Forum		 Ms Mary Aileen D. Bacalso
12:00 nn - 1:00 pm Lunch  
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Interactive Forum:
“Sharing Some Good Practices to Promote the Welfare of Women and Children affected by Enforced Disappearance”		 Ms. Tioria Pretty Stephanie Sirait
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm Plenary Discussion:
"Identifying Possible AFAD Initiatives on Gender and Development"		 Ms. Amina Masood,
Ms. Pretty Stephanie Sirait,
Ms. Edita Burgos,
Mr. Sisto dos Santos
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm Break  
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Action Planning  
4:30 pm

Closing Ceremonies

  • Commitment Sharing
  • Synthesis
  • Closing Remarks
 Ms. Ivanka Custodio
Mr. Ron De Vera
Mr. Bikash Basnet