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CSWCD Aklatan

1996 Concept Paper on Center for Participatory Development
This project proposal emphasizes the CSWCD's longstanding commitment to people's development through its academic, research, and extension programs. The Center advocates for pro-people, community-based, and participatory development approaches, challenging traditional top-down models while actively engaging with marginalized groups. To enhance outreach and align with the University’s mission of democratizing education,...
Addressing the Issue of Family/Domestic Violence Through an Integrated/Interdisciplinary Approach
This proposal seeks to establish an institutional linkage with the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to provide orientation workshops for local government executives in high-incidence areas. It also aims to enhance the capabilities of social workers and police in local government units, equipping them with the skills...
Breaking Ground for Community Action on Child Labor
This project proposal focuses on addressing the needs of working children, excluding street children, in both urban and rural areas of the Philippines, particularly in Maguindanao, Benguet, Rizal, Bulacan, Ifugao, Negros, Cebu, and Basilan.
Capability Building of Local Government Unit Social Workers
This project seeks to enhance the knowledge, attitudes, and skills (KAS) of social workers in local government units, equipping them to tackle challenges arising from the country's changing circumstances. It aims to provide practitioners with analytical frameworks and tools for understanding their communities, strengthen their skills in networking, advocacy, organizing,...
Center for Participatory Development (CPD)
Center for Participatory Development: An Expansion of CSWCD’s Extension Function
This project proposes the establishment of a Center within an academic institution to advance theory building in participatory development. It will facilitate forums on development concerns, share practical experiences, and evaluate strategies, promoting "theorizing from below" and creating indigenous materials. The Center will also focus on capacity building among marginalized...
Community-Based Participatory Training
Despite various programs aimed at alleviating poverty, 89% of Filipinos still remain poor, highlighting that infrastructure and livelihood initiatives alone are insufficient without raising awareness among the population. There is a pressing need for programs that promote awareness of local and national realities and foster genuine, mass-based community organizations for...
CPD: Community Outreach of the CSWCD
The proposed project aims to establish a Center within an academic institution to enhance theory building and promote participatory development. This Center will facilitate forums to address development concerns, share experiences, and evaluate strategies, fostering "theorizing from below" and producing indigenous materials. It will support marginalized groups and the movement...
Center for Participatory Development (CPD)
Enhancing the Role and Status of Filipino Women in Social...
The program aims to tackle emerging issues identified in the recent mid-term review of WID-related CPC projects. It seeks to enhance the implementation of these programs by addressing the challenges highlighted during the review process.
Government Training on Gender (GO GENDER)
The Women and Development Program of the College of Social Work and Community Development has as one of its objectives the provision of "a holistic and comprehensive perspective to the study of women and development, particularly in the context of the Third World and the Philippines," to "development workers, both...
Women and Development Program (WDP)
Grassroots Leaders Training
The project aims to empower and enhance people’s organizations through targeted non-formal education and training initiatives.
Institutionalizing Existing Indigenous Coping Mechanisms to Serve as Vehicle for...
Recognizing the strength of women in managing their homes and communities despite challenges, the project seeks to institutionalize informal coping mechanisms that have proven beneficial. It plans to conduct consciousness-raising activities involving women, adolescent children, and male family members to foster understanding and cooperation in addressing women's empowerment and development...
Land Rights for Rural Women: A research project
This project proposal seeks to address the critical yet underexplored issue of land rights for rural women, a subject that remains largely neglected despite its profound implications for social justice and equity. Historically, land reform movements have focused on class struggles, often sidelining the specific challenges faced by rural women...
Rosalinda Pineda-Ofreneo
Mainstreaming the Gender and Development Framework in the DENR Operations
Recognizing that environmental issues have often been viewed as primarily men's concerns, the project seeks to address the underrepresentation of women in environmental initiatives, as their involvement is crucial for effective resource protection and sustainable practices. Over the course of one year, the project will focus on mainstreaming a gender...
Provision of Equipment for the Academic Building of the CSWCD...
A key component of the program is a supervised field placement lasting two semesters, which enhances students' skills in community development and social work while fostering a pro-people and pro-poor orientation. Additionally, the College strengthens its training and extension programs through research collaborations with the School of Social Welfare at...