Group 1 - Chapter 6: Women: A Sectoral Situationer

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Women: A Sectoral Situationer

PRE-LESSON:

Darah Baculpo

topics

Women and Education

Sectoral Situationers

Violence against Women

Women and the Economy: Women and Work

Women, Work, and Poverty in the Philippines

Women and Armed Conflict

What is sectoral situationer?

Sectoral -

relating to the various economic sectors of a society or to a particular economic sector

presentation and analysis of the existing conditions in a particular area. It reveals the challenges faced by the locality or in other country.

SITUATIONER -

The sectoral situationer will give an overview of the condition of women both in the Philippines and around the globe in relation to oppression. This situationer may hopefully serve as a lens in which students can view and understand the gender inequality women face everywhere.

Carla

Bongcawil

Women and the Economy: Women and Work

Work- is understood as a livelihood - a survival mechanism for many Women have specific labor issues related to their gender.

Rolette

Casaña

work-related issues surrounding women around the globe, as described in the 2015 UN World's Women Report:

There are fewer women than men at work, and most women only work in one sector.

• They often participate in "vulnerable employment" or work on their own account.
• Women working in home-based employment are at risk for unemployment and maltreatment.
• Women who work in the public sphere are delegated to the service sector.
• This phenomenon is called the occupational segregation of women.

The pay gap—they are paid less than what men receive for doing the same work, across all sectors and occupations.

• Specifically, women earn 70%-90% of what men earn in most countries.
• The sharing of unpaid work at home is also an issue.

Rolette Casaña

Some issues have gained ground, such as maternity and paternity leaves.

Women, Work, and Poverty in the Philippines

Kyzia Balladares

Women as a Social Class

• fifth poorest
• 15.6% of women are classified poor in 2015

The structural adjustment programs have a negative impact on women living in poverty.

It affects:

• availability of work
• nature of one’s work
• job security

2015 Beijing Platform for Action +20 NGO Report of UP Center for Women's Studies

Kyzia Balladares

• Confirms that women still face the same issues at work today
• Poverty and the lack of decent work opportunities still affect both men and women

Women Gender Biases in the Philippines

• limited career choices
• lack of support facilities
• sexual harassment
• lack of protection (informal sector and domestic workers)
• tenuous social protection
• limited monitoring on labor standards
• unremitting promotion of labor export policy

Work (according to Labor Force Service of the Philippine Statistics Authority)

• as an economic activity that a person does to pay
• involves a person who serves in:

Kyzia

- private companies - private households - family-owned businesses - establishments - government-controlled corporations - government

Balladares

Kyzia

Women and work have multiple overlaps.

Sectors experiencing women-specific issues

• agriculture
• formal labor (retail or factory work)
• informal work

Balladares

Women overseas Filipino workers are also at high risk.

Women and Education

Eanna Cañada

Gender Parity

- instrument at the service of equality, which consists of ensuring the access of women and men to the same opportunities, rights, opportunities to choose, material conditions while respecting their specificities.

• Generally, fewer students enroll in secondary education than in primary education, and even so in tertiary education.

Examples:

South Korea 8TH

Sri Lanka 9TH

Issues in gendered nature of certain specializations:

UAE 1ST

India 4th

1. Underrepresented in STEM fields
2. Underrepresented in vocational courses
1. 781 million people aged 15 years above still remain illiterate and ⅔ are women

Fast Facts

Literacy (2008)

• Women have higher basic literacy and numerical skills than men. Basic literacy 96.1% for women and 95.1% for men.
• The trend of higher literacy for women corresponds with the fact that more women finish elementary school and high school than men.

Enrollment in Primary and Secondary School

• Statistically, 9 out of 100 girls aged six to 11 did not go to school during this period, versus 11 in every 100 boys.
• About 80.27% of girls completed their secondary education versus 69.88% of boys.
• More girls were able to complete both primary and secondary education in the school year 2010-2011.

Fast FACTS

• Even fewer students enrolled in public secondary Madrasah schools, with a total of 34,241 enrollees, 57.24% of which are women and 42.67% are men.
• Only 86,771 students from the indigenous people enrolled in secondary education, 54.76% female enrollees.

• 89.58% of public elementary school teachers and 77.06% of public secondary school teachers are female (Philippine Statistics Authority, 2008-2009).

Higher Education

• There was a higher preference for private higher education for both male and female students.
• 6 out of every 10 women and 7 out of 10 men preferred to go to private institutions than public schools.

Alternative Schooling Systems

Education as a Vocation

Violence against women

Violence against women (VAW) exists on a global scale, and affects millions of women on a daily basis.

1 in 3 women has experienced some form of VAW in her life (World Health Organization, 2017).

1 in 5 will have experienced attempted or actual rape in her lifetime (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015).

HALF of these victims are made up of girls below the age of 16 worldwide.

30% of women’s first sexual encounter is forced or non-consensual (World Organization, 2017).

Additional Info according to World Health Organization:

Most of this violence is intimate partner violence. Almost one third (30%) of women who have been in a relationship and have experienced some form of physical and/or sexual violence by their intimate partner.

Lelahel

Bilocura

Many as 38% of murders of women are committed by a male intimate partner.

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

CULTURE

SPECIFIC VIOLENCE

• defined here as any aspect of a culture that can be used to legitimize violence in its direct or structural form

• Women make up 80% of the victims of human trafficking.
• Women are quite prone to becoming VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE due to their SEX.

Women and Armed Conflict

They can have critical perspectives on their position, make choices, and organize collectively. Women can take active roles in violence, such as joining the conflict, or participate in peace processes.

They are targeted with weapons and suffer social and economic dislocation. They suffer the psychosocial impact as loved ones die or they witness violence against their families and neighbors.

Kent

Bercede

Throughout history, women and girls have often been targeted in wartime for violence especially sexual violence

A lack of high-level leadership committed to integrating women’s rights, including in Security Council negotiations and in peace talks, means women are often left out.

They join, or are forced to join, armed forces or insurgency movements. They care for the wounded, sick, despairing and displaced, and may be among the most outspoken advocates for peace.

Kent

Bercede

POST LESSON:

Darah Baculpo

Comment on the chat box

3 words that can describe the following terms:

• Sectoral Situationer
• Occupational Segregation of Women
• Gender Parity
• Vulnerable employment

3 examples on each of the following terms:

• Violence on Women (VAW)
• Participation of Women in Formal Peace Processes

Group 1 members

Lelahel

Darah

Kyzia

Kent

Bilocura

Baculpo

Bercede

Balladares

Arly

Rolette

Carla

Eanna Cañada

Cavan

Casaña

Bongcawil

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