Associate Professor 2

Doctor of Social Development, Master of Arts in Women and Development Studies, Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics

UP Diliman

Specialization and Areas of Interest: Feminist theories and movements; Social development theories; Gender and poverty; Gender and housing; Gender and work; Gender and human rights; Feminist research; Gender analysis of development policies, programs, projects; Gender training and module development

Publications

Author. (2020). Populism, Patriarchy, Protest: Feminist Issues, Responses, and Actors During the First Three Years of the Duterte Administration. Review of Women’s Studies, Vol. 30. Quezon City: UP Center for Women’s and Gender Studies.

Co-Author. (2020). Women and Poverty. Philippine NGO Beijing+25 Report. Review of Women’s Studies. Quezon City: UP Center for Women’s and Gender Studies.

Author. (2018). Organized Women’s Responses to Urban Poor Housing: Towards Transformations in Housing in the Philippines. Review of Women’s Studies, Vol. 28. Quezon City: UP Center for Women’s and Gender Studies.

Author. (2017). Surfacing Gender Issues in Housing: Insights from a Case Study in Angono, Rizal. Philippine Journal of Social Development, Vol. 9. Quezon City: College of Social Work and Community Development.

Co-Author. (2016). Kaligtasan, Kabuhayan, Karapatan: Mga Batang Manggagawa sa Tubuhan (A Compendium of Four ABK3 LEAP Studies). Quezon City: Research and Extension for Development Office and World Vision Development Foundation, Inc.

Co-Author. (2015). Women and Poverty: Philippine NGO Beijing +20 Report. Review of Women’s Studies Vol. 25, Nos. 1 & 2. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Center for Women’s Studies.

Author. (2014). The Gender Dimensions of Climate Change as a Human Security Issue. Social Science Information, Vol. 42. Quezon City: Philippine Social Science Council.

RESEARCHES AND CREATIVE WORKS:

A. Completed Projects and Researches

Collaborator. (2020). “Who Cares? Recognition and Dignity for Care Workers in Asia,” part of the regional project Transformative Feminism – Feminist Perspective on the Future of Work of the Frederich-Ebert-Stiftung. Video, available at: https://bit.ly/37BubrZ

Researcher. (2019). Country Study on “The Future of Work – Trends, Discussions, Entry Points,” part of regional project Transformative Feminism – Feminist Perspective on the Future of Work of the Frederich-Ebert-Stiftung. Available at: http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/philippinen/15895.pdf

Co-Researcher. (2019). Creating Innovations in Collaborative Action Research and Community Dialogue. Joint project of the College of Social Work and Community Development, UP Diliman and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Unpublished.

Co-Issue Editor. (2019). Philippine Journal of Social Development Vol.12. College of Social Work and Community Development, UP Diliman. Co-Researcher. (2018). Mainstreaming and Enhancing the Capacity of the Commission on Human Rights as Gender Ombud. Commission on Human Rights. Unpublished.

Co-Researcher. (2015). Gender Research and Audit of Valenzuela City. Joint project of the City of Valenzuela and the University of the Philippines Center for Women’s Studies. Unpublished.

Researcher. (2013). Baseline Research on Gender and Development for Marikina City. Joint project of the City of Marikina and Women’s Legal and Human Rights Bureau, Inc. Unpublished.

B. On-going Projects

Co-researcher. Building Networks for Human Rights Approaches to Meet Humanitarian Needs in the Philippines. Joint project of the College of Social Work and Community Development, UP Diliman and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. September 2019 to present.

Co-researcher. Through a feminist lens: What do feminist spaces look like during a pandemic? Research funded by the UP Center for Women’s and Gender Studies. October 2020 to present.