News & Events

The Office of Gender Concerns (OGC) conducted an open discussion about gender issues on February 5, 2020 from 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM. The goal of the event is to amplify the conversation about gender-related topics to promote people’s awareness. It also aims to eliminate people’s reservations on asking and learning more about gender, sexuality, and inequality issues. The OGC has previously released information materials about gender equality, the concept of intersectionality, end of violence against women, and the fight against sexual harassment. As people have been exposed to these matters, the event served as a venue to ask their questions [...]

OGC Director, Asst. Prof. Rameses De Jesus, presented his study on Pursuing Gender-Responsive Online Higher Education in the Philippines; representing the UP Open University in the 5th Congress of Asian Association of Women's Studies (AAWS) 2019, Facing New Challenges for Feminisms in Asia: Reiterations, Renewals, and Revisions. The conference was held on December 6-8, 2019 in the Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea. The challenges for feminism in Asia is the focal subject of the 5th Congress of the Asian Association of Women's Studies 2019; with the outlook that asia is a "social and political construct whose geographic boundaries change depending [...]

The UP Open University, led by the Office of Gender Concerns joined Los Baños' Walk to End Violence Against Women (VAW) as part of the 18-day Campaign to End VAW.  The event was organized by the Gender and Development Office of the Municipal Office of Los Baños on November 25, 2019; starting the walk from the Multi-purpose Evacuation Center and ending it in the Municipal Office Building. The event also included an exhibit featuring statistics of cases of VAW, laws against VAW, and visual representations of the numbers of VAW victims and manifestations of VAW.

OGC Director, Asst. Prof. Rameses De Jesus, served as resource speaker for the Mental Health and Gender, during two seminars at the Sandiganbayan. The first seminar was attended by 180 employees of Sandiganbayan, held on 13 November 2019; while the second seminar was attended by 150 employees of Sandiganbayan, held on 21 November 2019.

OGC Director, Asst. Prof. Rameses De Jesus, attended the UP System Gender and Development Committee Meeting. Attended by Coordinators and representatives of UP gender offices, held at UP Cebu Lahug campus, on 14-15 November 2019. 

OGC Director, Asst. Prof. Rameses De Jesus, served as consultant in the ISAT U Guidance and Counseling staff meeting held at the ISAT U conference room, on 7 November 2019. Participated by ISAT U Counselors, OSA Director, and GAD Committee Coordinator.

OGC Director, Asst. Prof. Rameses De Jesus, served as resource speaker for the Gender and Mental Health seminar held at the ISAT U Auditorium on 07 November 2019, this time attended by 220 university students.

OGC Director, Asst. Prof. Rameses De Jesus, served as resource speaker for the Mental Health and Gender seminars held at the Auditorium of the Iloilo Science and Technology University (ISAT U). The first seminar was on 06 November 2019, attended by 170 faculty members.

OGC Director, Asst. Prof. Rameses De Jesus, represented UPOU at the opening of the Ugsad public exhibit in Robinsons Mall Iloilo, as well as the inter-agency celebration dinner of Ugsad’s 20th anniversary. Ugsad Regional Gender Resource Center is a coordinating body composed of around 90 institutions that facilitate gender mainstreaming in Region VI (Western Visayas).

OGC Director, Asst. Prof. Rameses De Jesus, served as resource speaker for the Public Forum on Gender and Mental Health, as part of the 20th anniversary celebration of Ugsad (Iloilo Regional Gender Resource Center), held July 25, at the Iloilo Science and Technology University Auditorium, and attended by 60 participants representing various local government units such as the Civil Service Commission, Bureau of Fire Protection, Bureau of Corrections, as well as state educational and service units.  This forum was also a first of its kind, as gender and mental health is rarely discussed, and the gathering resulted in a lively discussion [...]