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    This document summarizes Memorandum Circular No. 2013-22 issued by the Cooperative Development Authority on mainstreaming gender and development in cooperatives. It outlines the legal bases for promoting gender equality, defines key terms, and provides guidelines for cooperatives to integrate gender considerations into their policies, programs, budgets, leadership, and monitoring. The circular aims to ensure cooperatives promote gender equality and the empowerment of women in all aspects of their operations in accordance with Philippine law.

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    This document summarizes Memorandum Circular No. 2013-22 issued by the Cooperative Development Authority on mainstreaming gender and development in cooperatives. It outlines the legal bases for promoting gender equality, defines key terms, and provides guidelines for cooperatives to integrate gender considerations into their policies, programs, budgets, leadership, and monitoring. The circular aims to ensure cooperatives promote gender equality and the empowerment of women in all aspects of their operations in accordance with Philippine law.

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    Module 3

    Memo Circular No. 2013-22 Guidelines on Mainstreaming Gender and Development (GAD) issued by the
    Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) on November 12, 2013

    LEARNING OUTCOMES:

    At the end of this module, the students should be able

    ● To define the meaning of mainstreaming


    ● To study the mainstreaming GAD in cooperative
    ● To list down the four legal bases

    The CDA Memorandum Circular No. 2013-22 known as the Guidelines on Mainstreaming Gender and
    Development (GAD) in Cooperatives, mandates to disseminate to the cooperative sector the GAD mandate of the
    government: to ensure the promotion of gender equality and institutionalization of GAD in policies, programs and
    other activities of the cooperatives.

    Section 1. Legal Bases


    ● Philippine Constitution
    Article II, Section 14 “The State recognizes the role of women in nation-building and shall ensure the
    fundamental equality before the law of women and men.”

    ● Executive Order (EO) 273 or the Philippine Plan for Gender-Responsive Development Plan (PPGD 1995-2025)
    Mandated in the implementation of gender and development in accord with our constitutionality guaranteed human
    rights.

    ● PCW-NEDA-DBM Joint Circular No. 2021-11


    PCW is mandated to lead in setting the priority agenda for women’s empowerment and gender equality including
    the targets for such. While NEDA, ensure that “gender and development (GAD) issues and concerns, gender
    equality and women’s empowerment are mainstreamed and integrated in the sector outcome indicators” of
    agencies.

    ● RA 6939
    “…to promote the viability and growth of cooperatives as instruments of equity, social justice and economic
    development.”

    Section 2. Title
    The title of this shall be known as “Guidelines on Mainstreaming Gender and Development in Cooperatives.”

    Section 3. Purpose
    These Circular aims to disseminate to the cooperative sector the GAD mandate of the government. This is to
    ensure the promotion of gender equality (GE) and institutionalization of GAD in policies, programs and other activities
    of the cooperatives. On the other hand, this shall also mandate the monitoring of progress in the implementation of
    GAD programs and activities of cooperatives towards achieving GE.

    Section 4. Scope
    This Circular shall be applicable to all cooperatives duly registered with the Cooperatives Development
    Authority.

    Section 5. Aspects of GAD Mainstreaming


    All cooperatives shall implement mainstreaming of GAD in the following:

    1. People
    ● Leadership, management, members
    ● Are those assigned to lead and facilitate GAD mainstreaming in cooperatives
    ● These people should be effectively mobilized thus their gender awareness and competencies on GAD
    mainstreaming should be raised and developed; participation of women and men in the general
    assembly, ownership meeting and economic and social projects/activities of the coop.
    2. Policies
    There shall be an approved and implemented policies related to GAD and GE.
    ● Regulations and guidelines
    ● Are the leadership resolutions, pronouncements, guidelines, plans, and manuals supporting the
    initiatives to achieve GE in the cooperative (e.g. sex-disaggregated data; GAD plan and budget gender
    present in coop strategic plan; etc.
    3. Cooperative Development Plan
    The approved Cooperative Development Plan shall include strategies/programs/activities/projects that
    address issues and concerns on gender and policy implementation.
    4. Programs/Projects/Activities
    A GAD budget must be allocated to the programs/activities/projects in the Cooperative Development Plan.
    ● Economic and Social
    ● Are the concrete economic and social actions to promote and ensure the attainment of GE
    5. Budget
    A GAD budget must be allocated to the programs/activities/projects in the Cooperative Development Plan.
    6. Enabling Mechanisms and Instruments
    There shall be mechanisms and instruments established in the cooperative that will ensure GAD
    mainstreaming is facilitated, implemented and monitored.
    ● Structure, plan, budget and system
    ● Are the organizational procedures/systems work (e.g. Gender-neutral language and indicators; gender
    needs of officers and staff are addressed; women and men contribute to share capital)

    Section 6. GAD Mainstreaming Mechanisms and Instruments


    The cooperative shall create, appoint and establish the following GAD mainstreaming mechanisms and
    instruments:

    a. GAD Committee
    b. GAD Focal Person
    c. GAD Education and Training Program
    d. GAD Support Systems and Services

    Section 7. Functions and Responsibilities

    Section 8. Monitoring
    There shall be a system of monitoring the progress of the implementation of GAD
    programs/activities/projects of the cooperative towards GE.
    a. Reports to the General Assembly must include updates on the implementation of gender plans and
    programs.
    b. Social performance reports to CDA must include GAD accomplishments.

    Section 9. Separability
    Should there be any part of this Circular declared unconstitutional, the rest of the provisions shall remain in
    force and effect.
    Section 10. Effectivity
    This Memorandum Circular shall take effect upon the approval of the Board of Administrators of the
    Cooperative Development Authority and fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Office of the National
    Administrative Registry (NDAR).
    Approved by the Board of Administrators of CDA under Resolution No. 245, Series of 2013 dated November
    18, 2013.
    Reference

    The Memorandum Circular 2013-22

    LEARNING OUTCOMES:

    PREPARED BY:

    ___________________
    FLEUR DE LIZ P. ZRIQAT
    INSTRUCTOR I

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