GAD Database Not Fully Established
18. The Provincial Government was unable to fully establish a GAD database that
would have provided gender statistics and sex-disaggregated data for effective
planning, budgeting, programming, and policy formulation, as mandated by
Section 36(c) of RA No. 9710, hindering the accurate identification and analysis of
gender gaps and differences within the locality, which could lead to inefficiencies
in program implementation and resource allocation.
18.1 Section 36(c) of RA No. 9710 mandates all government entities, including
departments, attached agencies, offices, bureaus, state universities and colleges,
government-owned and controlled corporations, LGUs, and other government
instrumentalities, to develop and maintain a Gender and Development (GAD)
database. This database must contain systematically gathered, regularly
updated, and gender-analyzed gender statistics and sex-disaggregated data for
use in planning, programming, and policy formulation.
18.2 Furthermore, Section 4.1.B(1) of the Philippine Commission Women (PCW),
DILG, DBM, and National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)
Joint Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 assigns LGUs, through their Local
Planning and Development Offices (LPDOs), the responsibility of establishing
and maintaining the GAD database.
18.3 Annex B of the same JMC outlines that the LGU GAD Focal Point System
(GFPS) and the DILG Operations Field Officer assigned to the LGU shall
support the LPDO in generating and processing sex-disaggregated data and
other GAD-related information. Additionally, it specifies the minimum GAD
indicators and sectoral data requirements that should be included in the LGU
database.
18.4 To establish the GAD database, the Provincial Government may utilize its
existing database, planning and data-gathering tools, and management
information systems to generate gender statistics, age, sex-disaggregated data,
and other GAD-related information. These may be sourced from primary and
secondary data, including surveys, studies, focus group discussions (FGDs), and
other relevant sources.
18.5 On November 7, 2024, the Audit Team formally requested information from the
GAD Focal Person regarding the establishment and maintenance of the GAD
database within the Provincial Government, including relevant documents to
substantiate their response to the audit query.
18.6 In a letter dated November 22, 2024, the GAD Focal Person confirmed that the
sex-disaggregated data is being adequately maintained and submitted a copy of
the database managed by the Provincial Government.
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