One of the highlight of DOF’s celebration of the 2022 National Women’s Month was the conduct of Gender and Finance Summit 2022 wherein the DOF have partnered with several government agencies under the finance sector to present and discuss their programs, researches, financial products and services that caters the need of Filipino women and men. During the Opening Remarks of the Central Administration Office (CAO) and GFPS Executive Committee Member, Director Alvin P. Diaz, he said that “Over the years, more women are becoming financially literate and have access to savings, insurance, investment, and other financial products and services. But we in public service would like to ensure that we continually developed and deliver gender-responsive programs that are accessible and tailored fit to the needs of all Filipino women and men. If gender mainstreaming is sustained in our policies, programs, and projects, we are halfway through achieving gender equality and financial inclusion.”
With this year’s Gender and Finance Summit, the I-Rescue Lending Program: Interim Rehabilitation Support to Cushion Unfavorably-affected Enterprises by COVID-19 of the Land Bank of the Philippines, the InLife Sheroes Movement: She Cares of InLife Philippines with the assistance of Insurance Commission, and the presentation of Philippine Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (PH-EITI)’s scoping study, entitled “Gender in Extractives: the PH-EITI initiatives” were among the GAD-related programs/products and services that were presented and discussed.
This activity was participated by 116 female and 34 male employees from the DOF and various bureaus and attached agencies such as the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF), Central Board of Assessment Appeals (CBAA), Insurance Commission (IC), Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP), National Tax Research Center (NTRC), Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC), Philippine Guarantee Corporation (PhilGuarantee), Privatization and Management Office (PMO), and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
