University of Rizal System-Gender and Development Center

16/07/2026

LOOK: July 14-15, 2026. An enriching and transformative two-day journey filled with learning, meaningful exchanges, and a shared vision for a more gender-responsive and inclusive academic community.

Over the past two days, we have been given the opportunity to reflect, learn, and reaffirm our commitment to advancing Gender and Development in higher education. As we conclude this meaningful undertaking, we extend our heartfelt appreciation to our esteemed validators from the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for their guidance, expertise, and invaluable insights.

Philippine Commission on Women (PCW)
Ms. Bea Selina P. Velasco, GAD Specialist II
Ms. Caryl Gatapia, GAD Specialist II
Ms. Gabrielle Marigondon, GAD Specialist II

Commission on Higher Education (CHED)
Mr. Ricky Cera, Education Supervisor II
Dr. Annabelle Dafielmoto, Education Supervisor II
Ms. Nila Magat, Education Supervisor II (Observer)

Thank you for your time, encouragement, and unwavering commitment to promoting GAD excellence. We are truly honored by your presence and inspired to continue fostering a more gender-responsive and inclusive academic community.

02/07/2026

University of Rizal System – Gender and Development (GAD) Center
July 2, 2026 | AVEC, URS Morong Campus

In preparation for the 2026 GADTimpala On-Site Validation, the University of Rizal System Gender and Development (GAD) Committee conducted a Briefing, Mock Presentation, Validation, and Document Review with members of the GAD Focal Point System and key university officials.

The activity featured a briefing by Dr. Wilhelmina Masinsin and valuable insights from Ret. Asst. Comm. Fortunata M. Rubico and Asst. Comm Lucila M. Isidro of the Commission on Audit, who shared GAD best practices and recommendations.

This initiative reflects the University's continuing commitment to excellence in Gender and Development, promoting gender-responsive governance and fostering an inclusive academic community.

23/03/2026

𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻.

This is how University President Dr. Nancy T. Pascual sees women lead, not by seeking mere recognition, but by creating active spaces where every woman can innovate and thrive. Leadership is not defined by authority alone, but by a heart guided by fairness and the courage to uplift others. It is about ensuring that institutions serve as the foundation for a gender-equal society.

When institutions intentionally empower women to lead with heart, they don't just brighten individual futures; they help build a more equitable world for everyone.

18/03/2026

In observance of National Women’s Month, the University highlights empowering words from its women leaders, echoing the call for “WE for Gender Equality and Inclusive Society.” Together, we celebrate the strength and contributions of women in our community.
"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏'𝒔 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏'𝒔 𝑹𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉, 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆. 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒘𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒔, 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚, 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔, 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒔.
𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏'𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒗𝒂𝒊𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏, 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝑩𝒂𝒃𝒂𝒚𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒔, 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚, 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒓𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕
𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒖𝒔 𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉, 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍. 𝑴𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒕, 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆𝒓, 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒍."
-𝑫𝒓. 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂 𝑷. 𝑴𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒅, 𝑼𝑹𝑺 𝑮𝑨𝑫 𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎 𝑪𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓, 𝑪𝑨𝑳𝑨𝑩𝑨𝑹𝒁𝑶𝑵 𝑮𝑨𝑫 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓
𝑪𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝑴𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓, 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑮𝑨𝑫 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝑷𝒐𝒐𝒍 (𝑩𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 1)
𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏

In observance of National Women’s Month, the University highlights empowering words from its women leaders, echoing the call for “WE for Gender Equality and Inclusive Society.” Together, we celebrate the strength and contributions of women in our community.

"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏'𝒔 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏'𝒔 𝑹𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉, 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆. 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒘𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒔, 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚, 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔, 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒔.

𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏'𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒗𝒂𝒊𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏, 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝑩𝒂𝒃𝒂𝒚𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒔, 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚, 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒓𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕

𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒖𝒔 𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉, 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍. 𝑴𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒕, 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆𝒓, 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒍."

-𝑫𝒓. 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂 𝑷. 𝑴𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒅, 𝑼𝑹𝑺 𝑮𝑨𝑫 𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎 𝑪𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓, 𝑪𝑨𝑳𝑨𝑩𝑨𝑹𝒁𝑶𝑵 𝑮𝑨𝑫 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓
𝑪𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝑴𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓, 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑮𝑨𝑫 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝑷𝒐𝒐𝒍 (𝑩𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 1)
𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏

11/03/2026

Celebrating Women’s Month!
Let's honor the strength, talent, and vision of women everywhere.
Their integrity and inspiring actions make a lasting impact in our communities.

11/03/2026

𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐔𝐑𝐒!
Today, the URS community proudly wears purple to support gender equality, respect, and empowerment. Together, we stand for a campus where everyone is valued, heard, and treated with dignity and respect.
Let this day remind us that promoting equality and inclusivity is not just about the color we wear; it is a commitment we uphold every day.

10/03/2026

National Women’s Month Celebration 2026
National Theme: “WE for gender equality and inclusive society”
Sub-Theme: “Lead like the Babylans, Filipinas!”

Happy NWMC 2026! one URS for Purple Wednesday!

On March 11, 18, and 25, 2026, URS will take part in the National Women's Month Celebration and promote Purple Wednesday by wearing purple blouses or t-shirts. This is to demonstrate one's dedication, solidarity, and support for women's rights, gender equality, and empowerment.

Mabuhay ang mga makabagong Babaylan who continue to champion gender equality, inclusion, and a safe and empowered society!

07/03/2026

LOOK: The University Gender and Development (GAD) Focal Committee joined the 2026 National Women’s Month Kickoff Celebration organized by the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW), held at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Malate, Manila. This year’s celebration carries the national theme “WE for Gender Equality and Inclusive Society” and the sub-theme “Lead like the Babaylan’s Filipinas!”

First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos graced the event as she delivered the message of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and led the ceremonial ribbon-cutting together with her son, Vincent "Binnie" Marcos Jr.

Representing the University were GAD Focal Persons Rodler Villalon, Norlyn Mendiola, Richelle Go, Joy Dee Fernandez, Pia Bendana, Aries Anievas, Gerald Ricafrente, Salome Villasis, Gia Casamayor, and Wilhelmina Masinsin, who also had the opportunity to meet Ermelita V. Valdeavilla, Chairperson of the Philippine Commission on Women. The delegation likewise extends its sincere appreciation to the Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA) for its valuable assistance and generosity.

Mabuhay ang mga makabagong Babaylan who continue to champion gender equality, inclusion, and a safe and empowered society!

02/03/2026

The University of Rizal System joins the whole nation in celebrating National Women's Month with theme “WE for Gender Equality & Inclusive Society”

Happy National Women's Month!