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OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

GENDER ANALYSIS OF HEALTH PROGRAM, PROJECTS, ACTIVITIES AND POLICIES OF BARANGAY CENTRO AGDAO, DAVAO CITY (2004-2006). OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

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  1. GENDER ANALYSIS OF HEALTH PROGRAM, PROJECTS, ACTIVITIES AND POLICIES OF BARANGAY CENTROAGDAO, DAVAO CITY (2004-2006)

  2. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY To determine how the health program, projects , services and activities of Barangay Centro, Agdao, Davao City have promoted or disregarded gender equality. To determine the impact of health programs, projects and activities at Barangay Centro on women’s and men’s , girls and boys situation.

  3. RESEARCH PROCESS • PREPARATORY PHASE • Composing the Research Team of MAGI • Designing Research Framework • Presentation to Barangay Council • IMPLEMENTATION • Identification of Target Respondents for FGD • FGDs Conducted • Interview with key officials • Review of secondary data VALIDATION/ GENDER FORUM • Research Team formed • Commitment of LGUs • Approved Research framework • Data gathered related to Health Budgeting and Planning, analyzed and consolidated Gender analysis of budget and health PPAs of Brgy. Centro, Agdao

  4. BARANGAY CENTRO AGDAO, DAVAO CITY Barangay Centro is one of the eleven barangays of Agdao District and has fourteen puroks, densely populated and relatively a depressed and compact community in terms of the people’s situation vis-à-vis housing and land occupancy. It has a total land area of 59,440 hectares, which is about 0.024 percent of Davao City’s total land area. Its distance from the city proper or (City Hall) is approximately 4.85 kilometers.

  5. POPULATION Number of Households and Population, by 2005

  6. The Barangay Centro Health Programs, Projects, Services and Activities and the Roles of Men and Women and Community in the Various Phases of Health Services Delivery.

  7. BARANGAY CENTRO HAVE… • 19 Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) • 2 Barangay Health Centers that • dispenses medicines • provides health services to children • dispenses Vitamin A and undertaking feeding activity or weight monitoring for malnourished children aged 0-6 • provides Maternal and Child Health Care • undertakes Family Planning Program • The barangay council has eight (8) male elected officials and one (1) female elected official for Sangguniang Kabataan or (SK)

  8. BARANGAY CENTRO’S HEALTH WORKERS ARE COMPOSED OF…. one public health nurse who reports weekly; one male doctor in-charge for the whole Agdao district covering eleven barangays and reports to the barangay health center every first Wednesday of the month; a male dentist who reports every Monday of the week; three (3) Female Barangay Nutrition Scholars ; a midwife, and nineteen (19) Barangay Health Workers or BHWs, all women coming from the fourteen (14) puroks.

  9. SOME HEALTH STATISTICAL GUIDE ON THE SITUATION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN Zero Maternal Mortality Rate Infant and Mortality Rate VAW cases

  10. ENABLING MECHANISMS TO ENSURE INTEGRATION OF GENDER CONCERNS IN THE HEALTH PPAS Barangay Centro Council members under the leadership of the Barangay Captain have participated in several gender sensitivity workshops even before 2004 Gender-Focal Person cum Barangay Councilor and a GAD committee composed of the GAD Focal Person a woman staff handling the Women’s Desk the Men’s Support Group coordinator. The committee of three in consultation with the Barangay Captain plays a decisive role in implementing the GAD plan. GAD Code of Davao City Civil Society Organization Involvement In Barangay Centro

  11. Barangay Centro Agdao, Davao City Projects and Budget

  12. BARANGAY DEVELOPMENT FUND

  13. SECTORAL PROJECTS

  14. BARANGAY CENTRO STAFF COMPLEMENT

  15. IMPACT OF HEALTH PROGRAMS, PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES ON WOMEN AND MEN • residents/beneficiaries interviewed were happy and thankful that there is a barangay health center in the community where they can ran to for reproductive health and other health problems • women who were interviewed think they have all the rights to choose what is good and have control over their bodies. • the presence of a dentist makes the dental program very systematic and effective. The treatment and tooth extraction are performed in one of the multi-purpose buildings of the barangay.

  16. Due to massive information campaign about cardio-vascular program, women and men in the community are very much aware of the consequences of cardio-vascular diseases. BHWs during their home visits always carry with them their sphygmomanometer device or BP apparatus for blood pressure screening. High awareness of community on FP methods due to IEC of different multi-sectoral groups

  17. IDENTIFIED ISSUES AND CONCERNS RAISED BY FGD PARTICIPANTS AND INFORMANTS: • Men do not seek family planning advice nor attend reproductive health seminars , in return most women suffer the consequences of unwanted pregnancies. • There should be a program on reproductive health for out of school adolescents . • lives of young boys and girls are at stake as “gang wars” are proliferating and becoming intense making parents more alarmed of their children’s future. • Summary killings or executions of young men/boys are happening mostly in vulnerable urban poor communities like Barangay Centro.

  18. Productive ageing programs, projects and activities for elderly persons and community-based Caregiving programs should be encouraged and not just to focus on the mortuary contributions of the elderly. • More livelihood projects be introduced to women and men as well in the community to arrest being hooked up in “cycle of debts” due to loan sharks present in the barangay. • As indicated in table 3, so far, food has the highest percentage in every household expenditure in 2005, therefore, health care indicators were not attended to because the women and men , the girls and boys of Barangay Centro needed food instead of medicines. • Purok leaders should encourage their constituents to build sanitary toilets especially houses near the shoreline.

  19. Even if budget is allocated for GAD, the women constituents at times encountered difficulty in accessing it, in the sense that GAD budget vis-à-vis activities was not widely disseminated. Monitoring utilization of GAD Budget was not usually done. Gender stereotyping, especially in assigning of roles to women and men, which are mostly extensions of their roles in the home. Except for health and social services where women dominated, the other sector projects are dominated by men. This reality revealed a glaring

  20. There are still significant involvements/work that women continued to do voluntarily without being recognized and paid for, this include the following: • a.) unpaid care work in the immediate communities; • b.) housework; • c.) facilitating echo of training to other members of the barangay/area; • d.) involvement in coastal clean-up; • e.) involvement in the maintenance and propagation of faith; etc

  21. SOME GENDER RESPONSIVE INDICATORS - 1 organization working in the area - Barangay Council for Women (BCW) organized - Access to a gender-resource center

  22. Participation in Local Special Bodies

  23. 90% of household have safe drinking water 80% have sanitary toilet facilities 71% Garbage disposal system Multi-purpose halls that can be utilized by women and men, boys and girls for official/functional/educational and recreational activities were also present within the Barangay Barangay Centro Agdao has good lighting facilities according (90%) Barangay Centro Agdao has good lighting facilities according to the majority of the respondents The Barangay Council enacted a resolution creating the GAD point person within its membership, who would be responsible for steering activities and initiatives that engerderize the policies, support systems and projects of BLGUs towards promoting and protecting the rights of women

  24. LGU sponsored training programs for women constituents (cooperatives, women NGOs, women groups) in the past three years LGU sponsored training programs for women constituents (cooperatives, women NGOs, women groups) in the past three years Presence of Organized committees/working groups to address specific gender issues and concerns: Development and implementation of plans, strategies, and resources to address gender concerns and issues Presence and Implementation of local ordinances and policies

  25. TOP THREE CONCERNS/PROBLEMS/ISSUES OF WOMEN CONSTITUENTS IN THE LOCALITY. Most of those interviewed singled out domestic violence (i.e. physical, verbal, psychological) as the number one concern of women in the barangay.. The next problem identified by women was health related concerns, such as lack/insufficient medicines or health care services for sick members of the barangay. A concern very dear to women being the giver of life. The third concern was economic, which relates to cycle of debts, unemployment, insufficient family income, not being able to send children to school/plenty of school drop outs, presence juvenile delinquents, etc

  26. Facilitating Factor capability building opportunities (i.e. trainings, seminars, exposures, orientation, etc.) provided by line agencies of government, partner NGOs; budget allocated to pay for services of women such as BHW, WCDO, for GAD-related activities, although not fully utilized; openness of the barangay officials to partner with other groups (i.e. line agencies of government, NGOs, Civic organizations) just to access opportunities and resources for women and men; coverage.

  27. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION Massive poverty. Barangay Officials of Barangay Centro with the leadership of the Barangay Captain, are doing their best to address the various needs of their constituents. One of the major concerns focused on by the Barangay is on health needs which should have been transformed into programs that are gender-responsive. the health programs and services of Barangay Centro are not yet that gender-aware especially on the aspect of integration of gender-related concerns in all the various phases of health services delivery within the area. Continue linkages with like minded organizations both in government, civic, and private sectors to sustain the GAD related initiatives and access new ventures and ideas on how to improve the existing programs

  28. Improve monitoring mechanisms for all sectors program in terms of compliance to integration/mainstreaming gender concerns in their plan and in terms of delivery or actual implementation Build the GAD expertise of the Barangay so that it can help other barangays mainstream gender concerns in their area The barangay health centers are mere recipients of health programs initiated by the City Health Office (CHO) rather than being partners in providing health care services In terms of program implementation, barangay program implementers are allowed to participate in planning sessions but have no participation but can request for allocation or can submit proposals.

  29. While there are programs aimed at women and children (Maternal and Child Care program) there is no in-depth gender analysis of the real situation especially on roles of women and men in the community. Despite its limitations, the barangay has started becoming responsive to the VAWC cases by legislating the “Bantay Pamily Program” and the “Community-Based Rehabilitation of Perpetrators’ of crime against women and children in the barangay. The passage of city ordinance 5004 known as the Women Development Code of Davao City which is being implemented by the Integrated Gender and Development Office has provided another legal framework to pursue and enhance the implementation of gender-responsive programs and projects at the barangay level

  30. There are no clear policy statements and mechanisms in addressing gender needs of men and women. The CSSDO, a devolved component of the DSWD, is actively involved in issues involving women and children. By coordinating with them, Barangay Centro is able to harness their expertise and resources especially at providing immediate care, temporary shelter and legal assistance to VAWC victims and other concerns of the barangay. However, CSSDO is limited to referrals and could not shell-out any financial resources at all.

  31. RECOMMENDATIONS The Barangay Government Unit of Barangay Centro should undertake comprehensive land-use based barangay development plan that will set the development direction of the barangay and update its barangay profile Create opportunities that respond to identified gender issues in the community Sustain the activities of local bodies created to respond to VAWC cases like the Bantay Pamilya with functional QRT members, WCDO, MSG, counseling group for victims. creation of support structure to deter violence like counseling group for VAWC victims, QRTs, although many are not yet functional; and IEC on gender issues and concerns whose medium is appropriate for the ordinary people and widespread dissemination

  32. THANK YOU…

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