Lesson 2: Legal Basis

Question 1

This memorandum order pertains to the establishment of policies and guidelines on GAD in the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in the Philippines.

Answer 1

CHED MEMO NO.1,S.2015

Question 2

GAD means

Answer 2

Gender and Development; a framework that promotes gender equality and aims to address gender-based disparities and issues.

Question 3

Adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly, often described as an international bill of rights for women.

Answer 3

CEDAW (The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women)

Question 4

the most visionary agenda for the empowerment of women and girls everywhere, imagines a world where each woman and girl can exercise her freedoms and choices,

Answer 4

BPFA (The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action)

Question 5

reviews, evaluates, and recommends measures to ensure the full integration
of women (mainstream)-

Answer 5

The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW)

Formerly known as the
National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW)

Question 6

a comprehensive human rights law that promotes
women empowerment, calls for equal opportunities for women and men, and ensures equal access to resources and to development results and outcome in the Philippines.

Answer 6

The Magna Carta of Women or Republic Act 9710 (MCW)