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LUCENA CITY, Quezon -- More than a hundred participants from various gender and development (GAD) offices, local government units (LGUs), state universities and other higher education institution in Quezon Province gathered for a three-day convention to address challenges in mainstreaming gender in the various sectors.

Quezon Provincial Gender and Development head Ofelia M. Palayan urged participants to make GAD a way of life in pursuit of equality among men and women, not only in workplaces but also in communities.

Palayan also emphasized that the collective efforts from various sectors are instrumental to make Quezon province to be gender responsive to the needs of women, men and children and the elderly.

She said that Quezon Governor David C. Suarez has underscored gender responsive governance through policy making, programs and projects responsive to gender concerns.

The provincial government of Quezon has partnered with the Calabarzon Regional Gender and Development (GAD) Committee to the three-day event, from November 15 to 17, at the Lima Park Hotel in Malvar, Batangas to provide opportunities among sectors to discuss and pave the way to achieve greater gender equity and women empowerment among Quezon constituents.

Aimed at coming up with strategies to mainstream gender to various stakeholders, the convention featured Quezon province’s best practices, initiatives and strategies on GAD efforts.

Various topics were also tackled such as the Implication of Asean Integration on Gender and Development; Gender-Fair Education; Women in Media; Making the Drugs Rehab Program Gender Responsive; Gender and Mental health; Gender responsiveness among family responsibility; and Sharing best practices and addressing gender issues through Quezon’s First 1000 Days of Life (Q1K) program.

Quezon Provincial Health Officer II Dr. Grace V. Santiago, who is also program management officer of Q1K, disclosed on Tuesday that her presentation shared ingenuities, initiatives and strategies of the Q1K to constantly address gender issues by generating behavioral change among parents and community in child rearing.

Santiago also said that the Q1K Technical Working Group has formulated the set of activities and interventions for pregnant women and babies and the whole family through the three primary components of the program; the Health Care and Sanitation, Food and Nutrition and Social Care. (Gideon Belen/PNA) NOVEMBER 2017

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