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GENDER DEVELOPMENT
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Emerson Rey S. Avila
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DECLARATION OF
COMMITMENT AND PARTNERSHIP
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We, THE PARTICIPANT REPRESENTATIVES OF STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES, OTHER PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, AND PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, hereby covenant and commit ourselves and our respective unit bureaucracies to the following:
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Ensure that gender stereotypes and images in existing educational materials and curricula are adequately and appropriately revised, and that Gender-sensitive language be used at all times,
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2.Pursue capacity-building on gender and development(GAD), peace and human rights education for teachers, and all those involved in the education sector;
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3.Develop and promote gender-sensitive curriculum;
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4.Develop gender-fair instructional materials;
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5.Provide scholarship programs for marginalized women and girls and ensure that conditions such as age, pregnancy, motherhood, disabilities, or lack of consent of husband shall not be grounds for disqualification in the grant of scholarships;
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6.Ensure that women faculty who become pregnant outside of marriage shall not be discriminated by reason thereof, taking into account the school’s academic freedom as constitutionally guaranteed. They shall not be dismissed, separated from work, forced to go on leave, re-assigned or transferred without due process. They shall have access to work already held with no diminution in rank, pay or status and shall be entitled to all benefits accorded by law and by the concerned learning institutions, subject to the school’s exercise of its institutional academic freedom;
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7.Ensure that no female student shall be expelled, dismissed, suspended, refused or denied of admission, or forced to take leave of absence in any educational institution solely on grounds of pregnancy outside marriage during her school term;
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8. Ensure that pregnant students shall be assisted through available support services while in school, such as but not limited to counselling to ensure completion of their studies;
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9.Develop programs and policies to prevent Violence Against Women(VAW), including institutional mechanisms for complaints in cases of rape, sexual harassment, and other forms of violence and discrimination against women, and provide assistance to students faculty , or personnel who have been victims of VAW;
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10. Coordinate with PNP, DOJ, CHR, DSWD, and the LGU so that appropriate assistance are given to female faculty and students who are victims of rape, sexual harassment and other forms of violence against women and discrimination.
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We HEREBY AGREE AND COVENANT TO ALL THE FOREGOING UNDERTAKINGS THIS ___ DAY OF ___ 2012 AT _________________________
ON THE OCCASION OF THE 1ST REGIONAL SUMMIT ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT.
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THANKYOUTHANKLadies & gentlemen!