1.

Gender and Development (GAD)  Gender Identity: How you think of

yourself (Cisgender, Transgender)
Definition:
 Gender Expression: How you
 A participatory and empowering
present yourself (clothing, behavior,
development process that promotes
pronouns)
gender equality, human rights, and
self-determination.  Sex Characteristics: Biological traits
(Male, Female, Intersex)
 Recognizes women as active agents
of development.

Difference between Sex and Gender: 🟢 2. Environmental Awareness and

Protection
SEX GENDER
Learning Objectives:
Biological Socially & culturally
(Male/Female) constructed  Understand environmental
protection, climate change, and
Learned through solid waste management.
Given at birth
culture
Key Concepts:
Permanent Variable
 The environment is our shared
“What you are born “What happens legacy, yet it suffers from pollution,
with” afterward” deforestation, and
overdevelopment.
Gender Socializing Institutions:
 Filipinos must act collectively to
 Family
protect natural resources.
 School
Environmental Laws in the Philippines:
 Church
1. RA 9152 – National Environmental
 Work Awareness and Education Act (2008)
 Media 2. RA 9003 – Ecological Solid Waste
SOGIESC (Sexual Orientation, Gender Management Act (2001)
Identity, Expression, Sex Characteristics) 3. RA 9275 – Clean Water Act (2004)
 Sexual Orientation: Who you are 4. RA 8749 – Clean Air Act (1999)
attracted to (Heterosexual,
5. RA 9147 – Wildlife Resources
Homosexual, Bisexual, Pansexual,
Conservation Act
Asexual)
6. RA 9175 – Chainsaw Act
  Coastal areas: Rising sea levels

🟡 3. Solid Waste Management Ways to Reduce GHG Emissions:

Key Practices:  Use energy-efficient appliances

1. Segregation – Separate  Recycle and reuse materials

biodegradable and non-
 Walk or bike short distances
biodegradable waste.
 Use renewable energy
2. Composting – Biodegradables
decomposed into fertilizer.  Patronize recycled products

3. Recycling – Convert waste into

useful products.
🟠 5. Basic Concepts of Disaster and Disaster
Benefits of Proper Waste Disposal: Risk

 Protects health Key Terms:

 Creates peace and order  Hazard: Potential cause of damage

 Reduces dumpsite crisis  Disaster: Realized hazard causing

loss
 Conserves natural resources
 Vulnerability: Condition reducing
 Provides additional income
ability to respond

 Capacity: Ability to cope with

🔵 4. Climate Change hazards

Definition:  Risk: (Hazard × Vulnerability) ÷

Capacity
A change in global climate caused by human
activity altering atmospheric composition. Disaster Management Cycle:

Main Cause: 1. Prevention

 Greenhouse Effect – Gases trap 2. Mitigation

heat, warming the Earth.
3. Preparedness
Impacts:
4. Response/Relief
 Agriculture: Reduced crop yield
5. Rehabilitation
 Health: Increase in diseases
6. Reconstruction
 Biodiversity: Species extinction
7. Development
Human Factors Affecting Vulnerability:  Marijuana (Cannabis Sativa) – Dried
hemp leaves; smoked
 Wealth
Anti-Drug Laws:
 Education
 RA 9165 – Comprehensive
 Governance
Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002
 Technology
 Lead Agency: PDEA (Philippine Drug
 Age Enforcement Agency)

 Gender Youth’s Role:

 Say “NO” to drugs

🔴 6. Drugs and Substance Abuse,  Engage in sports and community
Prevention, and Control programs

Definition:  Choose good friends

 Drug: Chemical causing physical or  Join anti-drug campaigns

mental change.

 Drug Abuse: Using drugs without

🟣 7. Process of Community Engagement
prescription or for the wrong
purpose. Strategies:

Types of Drugs: 1. Consciousness-Raising – Empower

the poor, listen to their stories,
Type Effect
respect equality.
Stimulants Increase alertness
2. Promoting Participation –
Hallucinogens Distort perception Encourage active involvement and
collective decision-making.
Sedatives Induce calmness
Process of Community Engagement:
Narcotics Relieve pain
1. Community Entry – Identify and
Common Drugs in the Philippines: contact local leaders
 Shabu (Methamphetamine) – Most 2. Integration/Immersion – Live and
abused; causes weight loss, interact with the people
insomnia, violent behavior
3. Joint Analysis – Study problems
 Ecstasy (MDMA) – Party drug; together
mood-altering
 4. Action Learning Cycle: Action →
Reflection → Learning → Planning

5. Joint Planning & Implementation –

Work and decide together

6. Phase-out/Empowerment – Enable
communities to continue on their
own

Ideal Practices:

 Respect and equality

 Trust and solidarity

 Capacity building

 Professionalism

Unsatisfactory Practices:

 Blaming the poor

 Dismissing local knowledge

 Treating locals as passive