The University of Northern Philippines through the Center for Gender and Development (CGAD), in celebration of Women’s Month the center conducted a Gender Sensitivity Training for the GAD pool for levelling session to update gender issues related to their field of expertise and find ways to challenge and provide possible solutions to gender issues on March 19-20, 2025, at the UNP Hostel.

Through this activity, the GAD Pool from the different colleges were able to understand the concept of gender and development as a human-centered approach. That the twin goals of gender and development which were gender equality and women empowerment were also discussed to helped participants appreciate and recognize their roles as duty–bearers in advocating for gender equality and women empowerment and the attainment of inclusivity in the academe.  The training also provided the participants with various gender perspectives and developed them to a more well–rounded comprehension of human experience toward the attainment of a gender-sensitive workplace. The two-day training was successful and full of learnings.

Article by Mae Piano, Photo by Mark Gian Pagayatan.