UPDGO: Gender Sensitivity Training

Courtesy of Marion Micah Tinio

Courtesy of  Marion Micah Tinio

by Andre' Quiray

The Department of Geography together with representatives from the UP Legal Office and the Youth Against Sexual Harassment, participated in a Gender Sensitivity Training conducted by the UPDGO at their office last November 20, 2018.

Pursuant to the UP Anti-Sexual Harassment Code, the training aimed to mainstream gender awareness and sensitivity, supporting the thrust of the University to enable a gender-fair, safe and healthy learning and working environment among all sectors of the UP Diliman constituency. Ms. Kristel May G. Magdaraog, Assistant Professor Bernadette V. Neri and Atty. Alnie G. Foja facilitated the training, providing the various frameworks and materials to help understand existing gender relations. Such will promote a UP community free of discrimination and safe from any form of violence, abuse or exploitation regardless of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression (SOGIE).

The training was attended by Department Chairperson Yany Lopez, Mylene Hazel de Guzman, Maria Celeste Hermida, Dominique Sasha Amorsolo, Raquel Najja Hao, Emmanuel Garcia, Marion Micah Tinio, Joseph Santos Palis and Andre Quiray.