Call for Papers: Review of Women’s Studies
[NOTE: Please click for the updated Call for Papers.] The Review of Women’s Studies is accepting articles on a rolling basis. Essays and creative works that explore the myriad experiences of Filipino women and problematize gender relations in Philippine society are welcome. Reviews of current scholarship, local or foreign, creative work (poems, short fiction, essays), […]
UPCWGS Welcomes New Deputy Director for Research and Publication
The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) welcomes Dr. Marie Aubrey J. Villaceran as its new Deputy Director for Research and Publication starting 1 June 2018. Dr. Villaceran is a professor at the Department of English and Comparative Literature in the University of the Philippines, Diliman. She has a BA […]
The New UPCWGS Logo
The logo features elements that emanate from a center, representing the UPCWGS, and the ten gender offices of the CUs and campuses. All energize and propel the women’s and gender agenda in the University and society. The logo also symbolizes the diversity of SOGIE through the hues that represent the LGBTQIA+ movement. The purple interior […]
UPCWGS Women’s Month Celebration: Schedule of Activities
UPCWGS Celebrates National Women’s Month
UPCWGS Welcomes New Director
The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) welcomes Dr. Nathalie Lourdes A. Verceles as its new director starting 1 March 2018. Dr. Verceles is Assistant Professor at the Department of Women and Development Studies (DWDS) in the College of Social Work and Community Development (CSWCD), UP Diliman. She has previously […]
Call for Entries: Virginia Benitez Licuanan Award in History Writing – Essay Writing Contest
Event: Call for Entries Virginia Benitez Licuanan Award in History Writing Essay Writing Contest Description: The Ateneo Library of Women’s Writings (ALiWW) announces the launch of the Virginia Benitez Licuanan Award in History Writing in celebration of the 100th birth anniversary of Virginia Benitez Licuanan – writer, editor, and educator. Established through the generosity of […]
UP Symposium: Gender Politics in Our Time
UP Symposium on Gender Politics in Our Time 07-08 December 2017 The UP Center for Women’s and Gender Studies cordially invites you to participate in the inaugural “UP Symposium on Gender Politics in Our Time” to be held at the National Institute for Science and Mathematics Education Development (NISMED) Auditorium, University of the Philippines Diliman, […]
UP DGO Releases Monograph on Divorce in the Philippines
The University of the Philippines Diliman Gender Office (UP DGO) has recently published the UP DGO Monograph Series No. 2 (September 2017). Written by Atty. Alnie G. Foja of the UP DGO and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), “Reintroducing Absolute Divorce in the Philippines and Thoughts on the Divorce Bill” discusses the […]
Rampahan: Redefining Byukon
Ipinagdiriwang ngayong Marso ang Buwan ng Kababaihan bilang paggunita sa makabuluhang ambag ng mga babae sa paghubog ng kasaysayan ng pakikipaglaban para sa makataong paggawa, pagkakapantay-pantay ng mga kasarian, at maging sa panawagan para sa kapayapaan. Sa kabila ng mga ito, nananatiling nakakahon ang kanilang imahen sa homodyenisado at komersiyalisadong pamantayan ng kanluraning kagandahan na […]