Asia Pacific Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, Vol. 5, No. 3, August 2017 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 130 P-ISSN 2350-7756 | E-ISSN 2350-8442 | www.apjmr.com Gender and Development Implementation in Masbate State College, Philippines Elreen Aguilar-Delavin Dr. Emilio B. Espinosa Sr. Memorial State College of Agriculture and Technology, Masbate State College, Philippines learnednivaled@gmail.com Date Received: February 21, 2017; Date Revised: July 12, 2017 Asia Pacific Journal of Multidisciplinary Research Vol. 5 No.3, 130-136 August 2017 P-ISSN 2350-7756 E-ISSN 2350-8442 www.apjmr.com Abstract – The study focused on the Gender Mainstreaming of the college using the GMEF Tool. It determined the policies along gender and development, the Audit Findings from previous years and GMEF results on the key areas and entry points. Also, it determined the framework on the formulation of policy and programs in the college. Results showed that there were several policies put in place by respective agencies, also the college obtained several findings from the Audit that needs to be addressed immediately not to make it a perennial observation, while on the GMEF result it obtained level 2-Installation of Strategic Mechanisms in most key areas and in general. This implies, that with the initiatives in the agency there is a need to increase the progress in gender mainstreaming in the college. To cater this, a framework design was made to ensure the establishment of policies and programs in all units along gender mainstreaming. Keywords – GMEF, gender mainstreaming, policy and program INTRODUCTION Many years the enlightenment for women in the society has grown bigger, it may be in workforce, politics, business and the like. Hence, the intensive engagement of activists and researchers with the development establishment has turned "gender" into a legitimate policy issue for institutions and movements operating at different levels. Yet gender inequalities in power continue to be a persistent and integral feature of the modern world and its institutions - whether markets and macroeconomic flows; states, political parties and social movements; or the intimate sphere of family, household and community. Transformative agendas of social change are constrained not only by the continued dominance of market orthodoxy in some important arenas of policy making, but also by shifts in geopolitics, and new forms of religious and cultural politics that are being played out at global, national and sub-national levels[3]. In the Philippines, the National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW) now Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) in 2001 came up with a tool named Gender Mainstreaming Evaluation Framework (GMEF) that will serve as guide for the agencies in assessing the levels of Gender and Development (GAD) mainstreaming and identify areas of strengths and pointers for improvement. With an expanded mandate from the Magna Carta of Women or Republic Act 9710 (PCW) which is to lead in ensuring that government agencies and local government units should be capacitated on GAD, hence updating the policies and guidelines in GAD Mainstreaming is a necessity and led to enhancing the GMEF as a response to the call of time. In addition, Section 37 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the law mandates all government agencies, offices, bureaus, instrumentalities, State Universities and Colleges (SUCs), Government-owned and Controlled Corporations (GOCCs) and LGUs to “pursue the adoption of gender mainstreaming as a strategy to promote and fulfill women’s human rights and eliminate gender discrimination in their systems, structures, policies and programs, processes and procedures. Hence, what is gender mainstreaming? This focuses on the substantive work on the organization-it is not just about achieving a gender balance in those organizations, it is also identifying concrete actions to promote gender equality, making all the goals explicit in all processes and documents and it is a complementary strategy to women’s empowerment [2]. Moreover, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) approved a Special Order creating a CHED GAD Focal Committee and Secretariat which initiated GAD programs of the commission. Thereafter, the commission approved the constitution of GAD Focal Committee on the set of guidelines and policies to be followed by Higher Education Institutions or HEIs in the implementation of GAD projects, activities and