Curriculum Vitae of VIRGINIA BONOAN-DANDAN

Date and Place of BirthSeptember 10, 1941Laoag, Ilocos Norte, Philippines

NationalityFilipino

Address,Business: University of the Philippines

Diliman, Quezon City Philippines

Private: 15 A. Bautista, Area 2 University of the Philippines

Diliman, Quezon City, PhilippinesTelephone

Professional: NonePrivate: +6329261110

Fax: None

Email: Professional: <virginia.b.dandan@up.edu.ph>

Private: <vbdsline@yahoo.com>Working Languages

English….proficient Spanish…read

EducationBachelor of Fine Arts, University of the Philippines, 1977Master of Arts in Anthropology, University of the Philippines, 1989

PhD, Anthropology, 1995Professional Activities

Special areas of expertise in human rights are: human rights education and learning, the right to education, the rights of indigenous peoples, the right to participate in cultural life, gender issues, human rights in development and, human rights as an instrument of peace, harmony and unity in nation building.

Chairperson of the CESCR for 8 years from 1998 to 2006. Authored the CESCR’s General Comment No. 16 on Article 3 of the ICESCR, on

“the equal right of men and women to the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights.”

Co-authored with another committee member, General Comment No. 21, Article 15(1)(a) of the ICESCR on “the right to take part in cultural life” recently adopted by the CESCR.

Negotiated for the establishment of the Joint Expert Working Group on the Right to Education composed of 2 members from the UNESCO Committee on Conventions and Recommendations, and 2 members of the CESCR. This joint working group is the first formal partnership between a UN specialized agency and a treaty body, created for the purpose of dealing with human rights issues related to concerns common to both—in this case, the right to education. This working group continues to date, with Prof. Dandan as a member.

Conducts workshops on treaty body reporting writing as well as on national and regional follow-up action to the concluding observations of the CESCR.

Researches on human rights focused on human rights for economic, social and cultural development on the grassroots level, especially for those living in poverty and exclusion.

Actively promotes the concept of human rights as an instrument of peace, unity and harmony towards nation building through inter alia…

- personal engagement with States parties to assist them in understanding how best to comply with their treaty obligations and advising them on possible follow-up action on their respective Concluding Observations;

- working within the framework of human rights in community development, with indigenous peoples in the Philippines; and,

- the teaching and development of a tertiary level curriculum on human rights in development.

Studies in developing indicators and benchmarks on economic, social and cultural rights.

Current Positions National Project Manager

Human Rights Community Development Project in three PhilippineIndigenous Peoples’ Communities,

a bi-lateral project of the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippinesand the New Zealand Human Rights Commission

Adjunct Faculty Masters in Development Management Program Asian Institute of Management

Makati, PhilippinesSelected PublicationsDandan, Virginia B. “Monitoring, Supervision and Dialogue in the

Human Rights System, Challenges for the UN DevelopmentAgencies. SCN News. No.18 pp.34-38. Geneva: WHO, 1999.

Dandan, Virginia B.“A View Beyond Beijing.” Symposium on Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific Region—Toward Partnership for the

Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. Tokyo: Ministryof Foreign Affairs, 1995.

Dandan, Virginia B. “Profile of the Samoki Woman.” Review ofWomen’s Studies. vol 1 no.1, pp 2-14. Quezon City: Universityof the Philippines, 1990.

Dandan, Virginia B.. The Philippines at the Dawn of the 21st

Century. Manila: Office of the Press Secretary, Republicof the Philippines, 1989.

Dandan, Virginia B., ed., Readings on the Tasaday. Pasig: TasadayCommunity Care Foundation, 1989.

Dandan, Virginia B.”Traditional Art Forms in Luzon.” ResearchGems. Quezon City: University of the Philippines, 1988.

Dandan, Virginia & R.D.F. Defeo. The University Art CollectionGeneral Catalogue Volume Two: The Jorge Vargas Collection.Quezon City: Art Inventory Committee, Office of the President,University of the Philippines System, 1987.

Dandan, Virginia & R.D.F. Defeo. The University Art CollectionGeneral Catalogue Volume One. Quezon City: Art InventoryCommittee, Office of the President, University of the Philip-pines System, 1987.

Dandan, Virginia B. “Images of the Filipino Woman.” Women, Policyand Action. Manila: National Commission on the Status ofWomen. March, 1987