In line with the celebration of the 2024 National Women's Month, NAMRIA, through its Gender and Development (GAD) Focal Point System (GFPS), conducted gender sensitivity training (GST) for three batches of public high school teachers and students. The trainings were held at the NAMRIA Fort Andres Bonifacio Office, Taguig City, on 19 and 20 March and 17 April 2024. The teachers and students were from Kapitolyo High School (KHS) in Pasig City, Gat Andres Bonifacio High School (GABHS) in Taguig City, and Sen. Renato "Compañero" Cayetano Memorial Science and Technology High School (SRCCMSTHS) also in Taguig City. This writer, the training resource person, is the Head Focal Person of the GFPS-Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) Technical Working Group (TWG).
The training focused on various gender concepts using the module produced by the Civil Service Institute of the Civil Service Commission. The module is divided into five parts: Introduction, Sex and Gender, MaSaLi (Magulang, Salinlahi, at Lipunan), Manifestations of Gender Bias, and Ritwal. Under the Sex and Gender, stages and institutions that contribute to various gender issues were discussed comprehensively.
Certificates of appreciation, signed by GFPS Executive Committee Chairperson and OIC-Deputy Administrator Ofelia T. Castro, and copies of the Map 101 Volume XXV issue of Infomapper (NAMRIA's publication on surveys, mapping, and geospatial information management) were handed over to Mr. Joven D. Chavez of KHS, Ms. Marina B. Biñas of GABHS, and Ms. Marilou S. Pagaran of SRCCMSTHS. NAMRIA and GAD IEC materials and centennial calendars were also given as tokens of appreciation to the schools, including the teachers and students who attended the training. The teachers and students, in turn, thanked NAMRIA for inviting them to be a part of the agency's GAD activities.
Seaman Third Class Rhean Mark A Monilla, member of the GFPS-IEC TWG, served as the host and facilitator in all the training. Staff from the Geospatial Information System Management Branch (GISMB) and Mapping and Geodesy Branch (MGB), including those assigned at the Engineering Services Division (ESD) of the Support Services Branch (SSB), provided documentation and logistics support.
The activity management team with teachers and students of Kapitolyo High School
Gat Andres Bonifacio High School
Sen. Renato "Compañero" Cayetano Memorial Science and Technology High School
In related activities, this writer and GFPS-Training TWG member Cristina M. Montoya served as resource persons in two Refresher Orientations on GST for NAMRIA Employees. The half-day orientations were held at the lecture hall of the NAMRIA Fort Andres Bonifacio Office, Taguig City, on 20 March 2024, attended by select employees of GISMB, MGB, SSB, and Resource Data Analysis Branch; and at the conference room of the NAMRIA San Nicolas Office, Manila on 21 March 2024, attended by select employees of the Hydrography Branch (HB).
At the end of the orientation, certificates and tokens of appreciation were awarded to the resource persons. GFPS-Training TWG Assistant Focal Person Florence M. Acle and member Annalyn P. Perez facilitated the conduct of the orientation. Assisting them were Madel G. Latonero of the Human Resource Development Section-Administrative Division-SSB and employees of ESD-SSB and Surveys Support Division-HB.
Mr. Quodala discusses the difference between sex and gender during the orientation at the NAMRIA San Nicolas Office.
The activity management team headed by Ms. Acle (front, 8th from left) with the participants, both in-person and online, of the orientation for HB employees
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