AIDA SANTOS-MARANAN

Building 15, Unit 41

BLP Condominium, Road 3, Brgy. Pag-asa,
Quezon City 1105, Philippines
Phone/Fax: +63.2.4267479
Mobile: +63.918.4375907
aida.fulleros.santos@gmail.com

AREAS OF INTEREST AND EXPERTISE

• Gender and development mainstreaming

• Gender/women and governance
• Training and Facilitation
• Modules development
• Planning, monitoring and evaluation
• Research and publication
• Literary and technical writing

My professional background includes experience As a co-founder of the legislative network of civil

with various multilateral and bilateral donors and
international development institutions—including
the United Nations—and in various capacities,
including research, training, module development,
capacity building, and evaluation. I have worked
in different settings—with government agencies,
community-based groups, NGOs, academic
institutions, the media and in the legislative arena.
society organizations and women’s groups called
SIBOL or Sama-Samang Inisyatiba para sa
Pagbabago ng Batas at Lipunan (Collective
Initiatives for Transforming Law and Society), I
had been an active participant of the core group
that drafted and lobbied for the passage of laws on
rape, violence against women, and anti-
trafficking.

I am a member of the internationally-based I have served as a Training Consultant on Gender

Association for Women’s Rights in Development
(AWID) and the Gender Resource Network (GRN),
a national network of gender advocates and
consultants. I currently sit as the vice-chairperson
of the Board of Trustees of ISIS International-
Manila. I do volunteer work for several
local/national organizations working on
governance issues, legislative advocacy/legal
reforms, sex trafficking and women’s rights, peace
and security issues, among others. I am the
Country Coordinator of the Philippine Women’s
Network on Peace & Security, which is affiliated
with the international network of Women for
Genuine Security. I have been a women’s
rights/gender advocate since the early 1980s in
the Philippines.
and Development Mainstreaming to the following
Philippine government institutions: the
Department of Finance (DoF), the Department of
Labor and Employment (DOLE), the Overseas
Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), the
National Mapping and Resource Information
Authority (NAMRIA), the National Commission on
the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW), the
National Transmission Corporation (TransCo),
the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation, and
the Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority (TESDA), among others.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (LATE 1990S—PRESENT)

Women’s Education, Development, Productivity & Research

Organization (WeDpro), with support from the European Union Quezon City, Philippines
Project Manager Nov 2009—Present
PRIVATE AND PUBLIC FACES OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: ADDRESSING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND
TRAFFICKING IN THE URBAN POOR COMMUNITIES AND “RED LIGHT DISTRICTS” OF ANGELES CITY AND
OLONGAPO CITY. LGU and barangay level collaborative activities that include research, developing and
publishing instructional and educational materials, capacity-building trainings and workshops,
community-based theatre development, advocacy, and organizing special events to promote awareness
on VAWC and trafficking laws from a gender and human rights perspective.

CORDAID (formerly Bilance, a European donor institution) Quezon City & Davao City, Philippines
and Philippine Programme Partners Jul—Aug, 2009
Facilitator / Resource Person
Development of a module and workshop facilitation on SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RIGHTS as part
of the mainstreaming mandate of CORDAID among its Philippine partners, as part of an ongoing
program of CORDAID.

Institute of Popular Governance,

funded by One World Action Zamboanga City & Quezon City, Philippines
Consultant Mar—May, 2009
Program assessment of the DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE (DUG) / BAYANIHAN SA KALUNSURAN: SHAPING GOOD
URBAN GOVERNANCE THROUGH COLLECTIVE ACTION. Evaluation of several partner programs towards better
understanding of how gender can be mainstreamed into their activities; developed interview and FGD
tools, conducted KIIs and FGDs of programme stakeholders, write-up of assessment report; facilitation of
the validation workshop; assistance provided in developing gender indicators for the program and
projects.

UNDP / UNIFEM / UNFPA Cambodia and Philippines

Consultant 22 Oct—14 Dec, 2008
MAPPING AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT TOWARDS A JOINT PROGRAMME ON GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE (GBV). Final
output consisted of a mapping of programs and projects on GBV and needs-assessment report that
included general recommendations for the developing of a Joint Programme Cambodia-based UN-led
initiatives addressing GBV. Evaluation of existing UN programs on VAW; rapid research and development
of FGD instruments for UN program partners; write-up of report.

Oxfam-NOVIB Philippines
Consultant 15 Nov -30 Dec, 2007
Research and write-up of the report, SCOPING STUDY ON ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN’S POLITICAL
PARTICIPATION IN THE PHILIPPINES. Final output included a situationer on women’s political participation
in the Philippines as an input into a regional activity of Oxdam-NOVIB; the report was published.

UNICEF Philippines
National Consultant 2007
DEVELOPMENT OF SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS ON CHILDREN using a rights-based perspective. Responsibilities
included review of several UN, government and NGO documents / materials; participation in validation

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workshops; report writing.

National Transmission Corporation (TransCo), a government-owned

and -controlled corporation Philippines
Consultant / Trainer / Facilitator 2006-Q1 2008
GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT MAINSTREAMING PROGRAM. Responsibilities included assessment of gender
mainstreaming efforts within the organization and its constituents; developing strategies on advocating
for inclusion of key gender concerns into the mandate/vision of the institution; training of trainers;
conduct of 19 batches of gender sensitivity training in major island-regions of the Philippines (Luzon,
Visayas and Mindanao regional offices); provided skills to the Gender Mainstreaming Committee on
gender-responsive planning and budgeting.

UN International Labour Organization Jakarta, Indonesia

Consultant June—Dec, 2007
Development of a master training manual on migration and pilot training for middle managers of the
newly established migration management department, BNP2TKI.

WeDpro and the Institute for Popular Democracy Philippines

Project Manager / Research Coordinator 1 Dec 2006—30 Mar 2007
STRENGTHENING WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE–BRINGING BACK POLITICS INTO THE
PHILIPPINE WOMEN’S ENGAGEMENT. Responsibilities included project management; conduct of key
informants interviews, focus group discussion and validation workshops, report writing

UNFPA (Technical Services Team for East and

Southeast Asia Bangkok, Thailand) Philippines
National Consultant 15 Aug—15 Sept, 2006
DOCUMENTING UNFPA GOOD PRACTICES IN PROGRAMMING TO END GENDER- BASED VIOLENCE. Responsibilities
included the development of a case study based on analyzing the processes that were undertaken to design
and implement the selected project, and ensured that the case study includes a detailed component on the
impact of the project on women, men and the community; analyzed good practices that allowed success
and constraints faced during the process (design and implementing phases) including advocacy and policy
dialogue in addition to the opportunities; formulated recommendations to sustain and broaden successes.

CORDAID Philippines
Consultant May 2006—Feb 2007
Evaluation of gender components in programs of and training on gender mainstreaming among its
Philippine partners

AFESIP and Paz Desarollo / GAD ASIA (Spain) Philippines

Consultant-Lead Trainer/Facilitator Nov 2007
REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON GENDER MAINSTREAMING: GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT IN ASIA PACIFIC, PROPOSALS
FOR A REGIONAL STRATEGY. Responsibilities lead facilitation and synthesis; report writing (participating
countries (Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Timor/Timor Leste, Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam).t

UNFPA (Technical Services Team for East and South-East Asia

Bangkok, Thailand) Philippines
Consultant 30 Jul—Sept, 2006

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Research and assessment of existing programs and services on GBV in the country, and report writing for
GENDER BASED VIOLENCE (GBV) INTERVENTIONS: MATERIALS RETRIEVAL AND COUNTRY SCANNING. The
consultancy provided UNFPA a report on existing services on GBV/VAW in the Philippines and case
studies of good practices. This went into a regional report crafted by UNFPA.

WeDpro, in collaboration with IPD and One World Action Philippines

Project Manager / Research Coordinator Jul—Sept 2006
WOMEN IN POLITICS COUNTRY SCANNING Project. Responsibilities included project management, research
and report writing.

UNFPA Manila, Mindanao, & Visayas, Philippines

Consultant: Gender Specialist / Team Member Aug 2004—Jan 2005
UNFPA 6TH COUNTRY PROGRAMME (CP) DEVELOPMENT (2005). Responsibilities included review of UN
materials on reproductive health including HIV/AIDS; led a team in data gathering, focus group
discussions and interviews in assigned sites; developed and administered questionnaire on reproductive
and sexual health situations in 3 out of 10 poorest regions in the Philippines. Reviewed and assessed the
gender components of the Country Programme; worked with concerned LGUs in enhancing their
proposals for the 6th CP.

UNFPA Manila, Philippines

Consultant Dec 2004
DEVELOPMENT OF A GENDER AND RIGHTS BASED APPROACH FRAMEWORK ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH.
Developed a programme framework on reproductive health that included HIV/AIDS.

Gadjah Mada University Center for Population and the Indonesia and the
Rockefeller Foundation (Indonesia) Philippines
Project Member & Country Paper Researcher-Writer Jan—June, 2003
CROSS BORDER MIGRATION AND SEXUALITY RESEARCH. Responsibilities included research, report writing;
attendance in multi-country discussions/workshops.

University of the Philippines Social Science and Research

Foundation / NIH Fogarty International Center Philippines
Consultant / Trainer June—Dec, 2003
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND INTENSIVE TRAINING IN RESEARCH ETHICS PROJECT. Course syllabus writer
for a course on gender & bioethics; resource person for trainings and workshop conducted for educators
and program staff.

Equality Now (New York) and V-Day with WeDpro New York, USA & the Philippines
Asia-Pacific Regional Coordinator 2000—2003
STOP RAPE CONTEST and anti-violence initiatives. Responsibilities included inputs into the V-Day initiative
and the Stop Rape Contest conducted globally; member of the selection team; launching of national
campaigns and initiatives to support the global campaign (e.g., launching of Rape Free Zones); oversight
of the implementation of the award-winning entry from the Philippines.

Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) - USA, Venezuela, Indonesia, the

International & Asia Pacific and The Ford Philippines
Foundation Phase 1: 1998—2000

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Country Project Coordinator Phase 2: Mar 2002—Apr 2003
Phase 1: WOMEN IN THE INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION PROCESS: PATTERNS, PROFILES AND HEALTH
CONSEQUENCES OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION (Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Venezuela, the United
States). Responsibilities included project management; conduct of primary and secondary research;
report writing. Phase 2: Publication of a research report and popular publications, responsibilities
included oversight on and management of publication.

The Asia Foundation Jakarta, Indonesia

Consultant / Lead Facilitator / Resource Person Feb 2000
WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN EAST ASIA: 2ND REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (REGIONAL PROJECT TO
COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN EAST ASIA. Responsibilities included the development of the
workshop design; acted as lead facilitator and ensured that the workshop objectives were achieved.

The Asia Foundation Mongolia

Consultant / Lead Facilitator / Resource Person Aug 1999
In-country (Mongolia) meeting on DOMESTIC VIOLENCE – WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN EAST ASIA: IDENTIFYING AND
EXCHANGING LESSONS ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

The Asia Foundation & the Economic Support Fund, USAID Philippines
Consultant / Lead Facilitator / Resource Person Jul—Aug, 1999
Philippine country-level meeting of WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN EAST ASIA: IDENTIFYING AND EXCHANGING LESSONS
ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT MAINSTREAMING

MARINA Manila, Philippines

GAD Consultant 13 May 2009
Facilitated / critiqued the agency’s assessment of its GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT MAINSTREAMING PLAN
2008, and provided inputs into its GAD Plans 2009-2010.

Rural Women’s Congress / UNIFEM CEDAW-SEAP Quezon City, Philippines

Resource Person 8 May 2009
Lecture on HUMAN RIGHTS CONCEPTS & INSTRUMENTS IN THE CONTEXT OF GENDER BASED DISCRIMINATION &
EQUALITY for the CEDAW & Women’s Human Rights Indicators Training.

CORDAID Quezon City, Philippines

Resource Person 24-25 Apr, 2009
Lecture on GENDER & RHR IN DEVELOPMENT WORK for the CORDAID Programme Partner Consultation,

Advocate of Philippine Fair Trade, Inc. Quezon City, Baguio City, Tagaytay City, Philippines
Training Consultant/Facilitator/Resource Person 2007—2008
GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT MAINSTREAMING WORKSHOPS for staff / personnel to enhance their capacity to
mainstream gender to their programs and projects.

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National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW) Manila, Philippines
Consultant / Trainer May 2006
CAPACITY BUILDING FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDERS ON GENDER RESPONSIVE AND RIGHTS BASED
PERSPECTIVE IN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING: A SKILLS TRAINING WORKSHOP. Responsibilities included
preparation of training design and facilitation.

Akbayan Women’s Committee Quezon City, Philippines Jan

Consultant / Trainer 2006
Presented talk, TOWARDS A FRAMING OF AKBAYAN’S BRAND OF FEMINISM(S) TO ENHANCE WOMEN’S
LEADERSHIP.

UNDP / UN Gender Mainstreaming Committee Manila, Philippines

Resource Person Nov—Dec, 2005
DESIGN FOR GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR UN STAFF. Responsibilities included the
development of the UN Reference Manual on Gender Mainstreaming; tasks included key informants
interviews; conduct of validation workshop; writing and editing.

NCRFW Philippines
Resource Person April 2003
WORKSHOP ON RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT. Responsibilities included preparation of inputs
to the workshop and facilitation.

UNDP Philippines
Consultant- Lead Facilitator Sept 2002
SKILLS TRAINING ON GENDER ASSESSMENT FOR UNDP PROGRAMME STAFF AND PARTNERS. Responsibilities
included preparation of training design and facilitation.

Philippine Health Social Science Association Philippines

Module writer 2002
TEACHING MODULE ON GENDER AND BIOETHICS. Responsibilities included modules development and
workshop facilitation.

UNDP / UN Country Team Philippines

Resource Person 5-8 June, 2002
2ND UN COUNTRY TEAM (UNCT) TRAINING WORKSHOP ON A RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMMING. Responsibilities included preparation of inputs to the workshop and facilitation.

Philippine Legislators Committee on Population and Angeles City, Pampanga,

Development Philippines
Consultant-Facilitator 20-21 Sept, 2002
POPULATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT GROUP ORGANIZATIONAL BUILDING SEMINAR-
WORKSHOP. Responsibilities included the development of the workshop design; acted as lead facilitator
and ensured that the objectives were achieved.

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 Program Development Division, NCRFW in cooperation with
the Canadian International Development Agency Clarkfield, Pampanga, Philippines
Consultant- Lead Facilitator 23-25 Jan, 2002
POPULATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT GROUP ORGANIZATIONAL BUILDING SEMINAR-
WORKSHOP. Responsibilities included the development of the workshop design; acted as lead facilitator
and ensured that the objectives were achieved.

NCRFW and UNFPA Philippines

Consultant 2000
CAPACITY BUILDING FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDERS ON GENDER RESPONSIVE AND RIGHTS-BASED
PERSPECTIVE IN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING. Responsibilities included development of the training-
workshop design and lead facilitation

Various government agencies Philippines

Consultant Various dates
Gender and development mainstreaming activities including gender sensitivity training and gender-
responsive planning.

TEACHING

• Lecturer, Diploma Course on Bioethics and Gender, University of the Philippines-Manila, 2005
• Master’s Program in Women’s Studies, St. Scholastica’s College, 1990s-2004 (currently on leave)
• Lecturer/Resource Person-Facilitator, Institute of Women’s Studies, in various courses such as women
and development, women and culture, women and sexuality/reproductive health and rights, feminist
theories, 1988-present
• Lecturer/Resource Person, Intercultural Course on Women and Society, a three-month intensive
scholarship course for women from the Asia-Pacific region, Institute of Women’s Studies, 1989-2002
• Coordinator and Lecturer, with Lynn Lee, Summer Seminar on Women and Development, Women’s
Studies Program (pre-cursor of the formal women’ studies in the Philippines), St. Scholastica’s College,
1986
• Lecturer, Summer Renewal Program, Sisters Formation Institute (SFI), 1985-1986
• Founder, Coordinator and Lecturer, The Feminist Foundation, a non-formal educational program for
women, early 1990s.

MEDIA EXPERIENCE

• Columnist, Philippine Journal, a broadsheet, 1998

• Scriptwriter, Women and AIDS, a 30-minute documentary produced by WomanHEALTH Philippines and
Reach-Out Foundation, 1994
• Scriptwriter, Continuing Lives: Women of the Bases, co-produced by the Philippine Women’s Video
Collective with the Mowelfund Institute and supported by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC),
1992

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 EDUCATION & TRAINING

University of the Philippines-Diliman Quezon City, Philippines

• Units in Philippine Studies (major in Filipino Literature, minor in Humanities and Anthropology),
1979-1982
• BA, major in Creative Writing and Literature in English, 1972

Trainings received
• Regional Training of Trainers Workshop on Gender-Responsive Budgeting. Organized by the UNDP
with the Asian Institute of Management (AIM), National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women
(NCRFW) and CAPWIP, 12-15 July 2004, Makati City, Philippines
• Participatory Evaluation Workshop Trainers’ Training. Organized by UNIFEM, New York and
Connecticut, U.S.A., 1994
• Feminist Management Training. Organized by NOVIB, De Beuk (The Netherlands) and the Center for
Women’s Resources (CWR), 1992
• Grantee, Video Production Training Workshop. Organized by Mowelfund with support from the British
Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 1991-1992

PUBLICATION HIGHLIGHTS

• Women’s Political Participation: A Retreat or an Advance? A Brief Overview of Women and Politics in
Selected Asia-Pacific Countries. In collaboration with WeDpro, Inc. Submitted to NOVIB, December 2007
• Women’s Political Participation in the Philippines: Gains, Challenges and Directions. A Case Study. In
collaboration with WeDpro, Inc. Submitted to NOVIB, December 2007
• Women in Politics in the Philippines: An Overview -- A Report by the Women’s Education, Development,
Productivity and Research Organization (WeDpro), Inc. , In collaboration with the Institute for Popular
Democracy (IPD), Inc.
• Strengthening women’s participation in politics and governance–“Bringing back politics into the
Philippine women’s engagement” Reflection and Insights on the Status and Directions of Women's
Political Participation: Re-imagining Women’s Movements and Struggles in Conversations with Women.
A collaborative project between the WeDpro and the Institute for Popular Democracy (IPD). Written by
Aida F. Santos-Maranan, Nancy Endrinal Parreño and Alinaya Fabros. October 2007 (for publication)
• Women in the International Migration Process: Patterns, Profiles and Health Consequences of Sexual
Exploitation - The Philippine Report (Revised and updated), published by the Coalition Against
Trafficking in Women – Asia Pacific, Quezon City, 2002. 97pp.
• Violence against Women in Times of War and Peace, published by the University of the Philippines Center
for Women’s Studies, Gender, Reproductive Health, and Development Monograph Series 2002. 57pp.
• Toward a Gender-Responsive Legislation (volumes 1 and 2), with Eleanor C. Conda and Maria Dulce F.
Natividad, developed for the National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW), Manila,
Philippines, 1999.
• Looking In – The SIBOL Framework Paper on Women’s Reproductive Health and Rights, Sexuality and
Violence Against Women, with Marilyn T. Erpelo, Josefa S. Francisco, Cecilia T. Hoffman, Andrea Luisa
T. Anolin and Irene F. Daguno, published by WeDpro, Inc. for SIBOL, Quezon City, Metro Manila, 1998.

Selected Articles / Essays

• “Emergent Sexuality Issues Among Selected Populations of Filipino Migrants”, in Living on the Edges –
Cross-Border Mobility and Sexual Exploitation in the Greater Southeast Asia Sub-Region, edited by

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 Muhadjir Darwin, Anna Marie and Susi Eja Yuarsi (Eds.), Center for Population and Policy Studies,
Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarata, Indonesia, 2003.
• “Prevention, victim support and rehabilitation: The Philippine experience of rescue operations and
support”, in People Trafficking, Human Security and Development, Development Bulletin, No. 66
Development Studies Network, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University,
Canberra, ACT. Australia.
• December 2004, published by the Contributor, Women in an Insecure World, A Handbook on Violence
Against Women, Part IV, (edited by Marie Vlachova and Lea Biason). Geneva Centre for the Democratic
Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), cd-rom version released Summer 2004.
• Research on Vulnerable Groups: Women, paper presented to the Panel Presentation to the 3rd Intensive
Training in Bioethics, UP-Fogarty Bioethics Project, 2-6 April 2004, EDSA Shangrila Plaza, Mandaluyong
City, Manila
• “Globalization, Human Rights and Sexual Exploitation; Blazing Trails, Confronting Challenges: The
Sexual Exploitation of Women and Girls in the Philippines”, in Making the Harm Visible Global Sexual
Exploitation of Women and Girls (Speaking Out and Providing Services), edited by Donna M. Hughes
and Claire Roche, Coalition Against Trafficking in Women, Kingston, Rhode Island, 1999.
• “Gathering the Dust: The Bases Issue in the Philippines,” in Let the Good Times Roll -- Prostitution and
the US Military in Asia, by Saundra Pollock Sturdevant and Brenda Stoltfuz, published by The New York
Press, New York, U.S.A., 1992.
• “An Alternative Way of Looking at Women and Migration: Why an NGO Perspective, in Trade in
Domestic Helpers-Cause, Mechanism and Consequences -- Selected Papers from the Planning Meeting on
International Migration and Women”, edited by Noeleen Heyzer, published by the Asia & Pacific
Development Centre (APDC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1989.

Published more than 100 publications, articles, and essays on women’s issues, migration, gender and
development locally and internationally, opinion columns on broadsheets, poetry anthologies; and
wrote scripts for audiovisual productions.

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