DFA Adopts New Gender and Development Agenda for 2023-2028

Secretary Enrique A. Manalo signs the DFA GAD Agenda for CYs 2023-2028, together with Undersecretary for Administration and Chairperson of the GAD Focal Point System Executive Committee Antonio A. Morales and Assistant Secretary and Head of the GAD Secretariat Christopher B. Montero (DFA-OPCD photo by Camille Antoinette Barizo)

PASAY 09 March 2023 – In celebration of National Women’s Month and International Women’s Day 2023, the Department of Foreign Affairs adopted its new Gender and Development (GAD) Agenda for CY 2023 to 2028, at a signing ceremony led by the Secretary for Foreign Affairs and the GAD Focal Point System Agency Head Enrique A. Manalo on Wednesday, 08 March 2023.

The DFA GAD Agenda is the strategic framework and plan on gender mainstreaming, which shall serve as the Department’s basis for identifying and implementing its priority Programs, Activities, and Projects (PAPs) to achieve its GAD goals and outcomes for the 6-year period.

The Secretary for Foreign Affairs reiterated DFA’s full commitment towards a more resilient, responsive, and inclusive foreign service; where women and men equally contribute to and benefit from the achievement of development goals, and fully enjoy their human rights. END

Secretary for Foreign Affairs Enrique A. Manalo (center), Undersecretary for Administration and Chairperson of the GAD Focal Point System Executive Committee Antonio A. Morales (left from center), Assistant Secretary and Head of the GAD Secretariat Christopher B. Montero (right from center), together with the GAD Secretariat (Acting Director Anne Kristine D. Salvador, Bernice Catherine S. Santayana, Zara Paulynne B. Gonzaga, Rose Anne V. Lipat, and Claudine Joanne D. Dizon) and the Participatory Gender Audit (PGA) consultants after the signing of the DFA GAD Agenda for CYs 2023-2028.