Gender and Development (GAD) under Republic Act 9170 or the Magna Carta Act of Women of 2009 refers to the development perspective and process that are participatory and empowering, equitable, sustainable, free from violence, respectful of human rights, supportive of self-determination and actualization of human potentials. It seeks to achieve gender equality as a fundamental value that should be reflected in development choices; seeks to transform society's social, economic and political structures and questions the validity of gender roles they ascribed to women and men; contends that women are active agents of development and not just passive recipients of development assistance; and stresses the need of women to organize themselves and participate in political  processes to strengthen their legal rights.

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The Philippine Embassy commits to implement policies promoting gender and development and fostering the principles of inclusivity and gender sensitivity in the conduct of diplomacy and delivery of services to all Filipinos and other stakeholders.