NORSU GAD

The holidays are brighter when everyone shares the work. Cooking, preparing, and caring for the celebration is not only women’s responsibility—every dish prepared together, every task shared, turns stress into joy and moments into memories.

This season, let’s embrace shared responsibility—because together, we make the celebrations warmer, the laughter louder, and the love deeper.

𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑩𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕!

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘴 𝘖𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.
𝘞𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺.

𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩, 𝘫𝘰𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘕𝘖𝘙𝘚𝘜 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦.

H𝐚p𝐩y B𝐢r𝐭h𝐝a𝐲 𝐚n𝐝 𝐛e𝐬t w𝐢s𝐡e𝐬! 💜

ℱ𝓇ℴ𝓂 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒢ℯ𝓃𝒹ℯ𝓇 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒟ℯ𝓋ℯ𝓁ℴ𝓅𝓂ℯ𝓃𝓉 𝒞ℯ𝓃𝓉ℯ𝓇
𝒩ℯℊ𝓇ℴ𝓈 𝒪𝓇𝒾ℯ𝓃𝓉𝒶𝓁 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓉ℯ 𝒰𝓃𝒾𝓋ℯ𝓇𝓈𝒾𝓉𝓎

Sabi nga: If you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all. ✨

This 'reunion season', let’s unwrap more than presents. Let’s open our hearts with kindness, respect, and understanding—gifts we can share with everyone around us.

In our relationships, let’s create safe, inclusive, and caring spaces, remembering that each person may be quietly carrying their own silent battles and untold struggles.

When we choose empathy over judgment, every gathering becomes more than a celebration, it becomes a moment filled with joy, gratitude, and heartfelt connection.

How inclusive is the Philippines’ progress toward gender equality and social inclusion?

A new PIDS study looks at how women, persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples, and other marginalized groups experience multiple, intersecting forms of exclusion. Despite legal frameworks like the Magna Carta of Women and the Magna Carta for Disabled Persons, gaps remain in education, employment, and access to services.

The study recommends reforms in budgeting, legislation, institutional capacity, and data systems to ensure that development policies reach those who are often “invisible” in national statistics.

Read: bit.ly/pidsdp2025-35

𝑭𝙧𝒐𝙢 𝙖𝒅𝙫𝒐𝙘𝒂𝙘𝒚 𝒕𝙤 𝙖𝒄𝙩𝒊𝙤𝒏. 𝙁𝒓𝙤𝒎 𝒂𝙘𝒕𝙞𝒐𝙣 𝙩𝒐 𝒍𝙖𝒔𝙩𝒊𝙣𝒈 𝒊𝙢𝒑𝙖𝒄𝙩.

Our heartfelt gratitude to all our dedicated stakeholders and partners in advocacy who made this year’s 18-Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women powerful, meaningful, and truly transformative. Your voices, actions, and commitment are shaping safer, stronger, and more empowered communities across the Philippines.

Every conversation sparked. Every action taken. Every partnership built.
All bring us closer to a .

When we unite, we inspire change. When we empower women, we uplift the nation.
But our work does not stop here.

Let’s continue to speak up, protect women and girls, challenge harmful norms, and build safer communities—together.

Maraming salamat for being part of this movement. 🧡

Representation matters.

Yet, only 1% of countries ensure women with disabilities have a seat in local government.

This must change.

👉 See the and learn more in the 2025 Gender Snapshot report from UN Women and United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
https://unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2025/09/progress-on-the-sustainable-development-goals-the-gender-snapshot-2025

𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬!

College of Tourism & Hospitality Management
- Best Booth Presentation

College of Teacher Education
- Best Booth Gimmick

Congratulations to all winners!

𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬!

Congratulations to all winners! You can drop by the NORSU GAD Center to claim your prize.

𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬!

Congratulations to all winners! You can drop by the NORSU GAD Center to claim your prize.

From Germany to Zimbabwe, from China to Fiji, cities around the world lit up in orange during the of Activism against gender-based violence.

These monuments, marches, and illuminated skylines carried one message: ending violence against women — online and offline — is urgent, universal, and non-negotiable.

Together, we for safety, dignity, and justice .

🔗 Learn more about this year’s global movement: https://www.unwomen.org/en/get-involved/16-days-of-activism

𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐒𝐔 𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰: 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐕𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧

As part of the 18-Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women, the Negros Oriental State University GAD Center hosted an engaging and child-friendly Anti-Violence Awareness Activity on December 12, 2025, at the NORSU Sports and Cultural Complex.

Day care children from select centers across Dumaguete City participated in an interactive learning session led by Prof. Jonah Mavel and Prof. Riza Mae T. Abellanosa, who shared age-appropriate lessons on personal safety, respect, and recognizing safe vs. unsafe behaviors. Through stories, activities, and guided discussions, the session aimed to empower young children with early awareness and help build a safer, more caring community for all.

Together, let us continue working toward a violence-free future, starting with our youngest learners.