Iloilo GAD Team visits Antique
Iloilo GAD Team and UGSAD Regional Resource Center staff
with Antique Gov. Sally Zaldivar-Perez
(4th from right, front row).
Recognizing the successful initiatives and programs the Province of Antique have embarked in Gender and Development (GAD), the Iloilo GAD Team lately visited the said province for a learning exposure on gender mainstreaming strategies.
The 14-member team was led by its focal persons Provincial Government Assistant Department Head of Human Resource Management and Development Office Alma P. Ravena and Provincial Planning Officer IV Evelina Sustento.
Before the actual visit to various GAD-mainstreamed projects of Antique, the Iloilo GAD Team with CALABARZON Regional GAD Team, joined Gov. Salvacion Perez and Antique GAD Team in a luncheon meeting where Antique's Best Practices in GAD Mainstreaming were presented.
Perez, in her message, was so proud when she conveyed that GAD projects especially those that involved children and women were already in place and the mainstreaming of gender sensitivity in various programs and projects.
She said these projects and programs include Antique Integrated Area Development (ANIAD) Program, establishment of Provincial Women's Desk, the creation of Committee on Women in Development of Sangguniang Panlalawigan and of Provincial Council for the Welfare of Children and Gender and Development (PCWCGAD), the approval of Gender and Development Code of the Province of Antique and the formulation of 3-year strategic plan for GAD, among others.
After the luncheon meeting, the Team then headed to various Gender-mainstreamed projects of Antique with Provincial Social Welfare Officer Larry Petinglay as guide.
The Iloilo GAD Team delegation was composed of Evelina Sustento, PPDO; Alma Ravena, HRMDO; Ma. Concepcion Jesusa Garrido, PPDO; Ian Espada, HRMDO; Ma. Cynthia Oñate, Administrator's Office; Judy Caliwanagan, PSWDO; Thelma Pasaquin, PENRO; Mary Ann Llauderes, PPDO; Mae Abeja, PPDO; Rosalinda, PPDO; Nelida Tayong, PPDO; and Dolores Montaño, Agriculture.
(Capitol News)