Enthused by achieving the 5th Sustainable Development Goal – Gender Equality (GE), Family Enrichment & Financial Literacy advocacies, Gender and Development programs of Tagum Cooperative are significantly shaped as strategies for gender equality, for example through Gender Sensitivity Training.
GAD/GE Committee, headed by Board of Director Monica L. Salido, and the GAD/GE Trainers Group fruitfully completed the three batches of online Gender Sensitivity Training with Family Enrichment Program attended by the 1,300 coop members all the way from different Tagum Coop Branches & Satellite Offices, which were held from May 20 to June 20, 2023, via Zoom video conference.
Participants relished and shared some views and best experiences in family relationships, especially roles and responsibilities at home, decision-making, and financial management.
In the training, resource speakers stressed that GE is about accepting and appreciating the complementarity of women and men in the society and the contribution of both sexes to the development process. The training was also conducted to address the level of awareness of the members on gender concepts and gender issues.