Gender Mainstreaming in Higher Education in ASEANHigher Education Summit on Gender Issues
The Conference gathered higher education officials and members of the academe from the 10 ASEAN member-states to tackle the challenge of integrating gender equality in higher education and commit to a common plan of action plan in the region.
The event also intends to call attention to the remaining gaps in gender and development initiatives and build stronger partnerships for increased social protection for women and children alongside regional economic integration.
The last day of the Conference expanded to include more than 500 local participants, which will tie in with CHED’s annual hosting of the “Higher Education Summit on Gender Issues”.
Since 2010, CHED has been pushing for the agenda to mainstream gender and development in higher education. It has issued several landmark policy statements and documents, the most prominent of which is CHED Memorandum Order (CMO) No. 01, series of 2015 or the “Establishing the Policies and Guidelines on Gender and Development in CHED and HEIs.”
PATRICIA B. LICUANAN Chair, Philippine Commission on Higher Education, Chair, UN Commission on the Status of Women, 1994-1996, Chair, Main Committee, UN Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing
1.REMEDIOS P. MONDIGUING (Philippines) Gender and Development Consultant, Office of Anti-Sexual Harassment University of the Philippines – Diliman2.LAI SUAT YAN (Malaysia) Senior Lecturer, Gender Studies Program Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya
3.SARAS DEWI (Indonesia) Philosophy Professor and Former Head, Undergraduate Philosophy Study, University of Indonesia
1.CRISTINA C. TRIUNFANTE (Philippines) Commissioner for Academe, Philippine Commission on Women
2.LE THI QUY (Vietnam) Dean of Faculty, Thang Long University
Facilitator:
MARIA HELEN F. DAYO (Philippines) Member, Technical Panel on Gender and Women’s Studies Commission on Higher Education GAD Specialist, University of the Philippines Los Baños
Topic 2: Academic and Curricular Programs (Developing a Gender Studies Program) Philippines Indonesia
Panelists:
1.ZENAIDA Q. REYES (Philippines) Dean, College of Graduate Studies and Teacher Education Research Philippine Normal University
2.IED VEDA SITEPU (Indonesia) Dean, Faculty of Letters, Universitas Kristen Indonesia
Facilitator: CUSTER C. DEOCARIS (Philippines) Chief Education Program Specialist, Research Management Division Office of Planning, Research and Knowledge Management Commission on Higher Education
1.ELIZABETH KRISTI POERWANDARI (Indonesia) Researcher, Universitas Indonesia
2.NATHALIE LOURDES A. VERCELES (Philippines) Associate Professor, College of Social Work and Community Development, University of the Philippines – Diliman
Facilitator:
FINAFLOR F. TAYLAN (Philippines) Assistant Professor, Faculty of Management and Development Studies, University of the Philippines Open University