Excerpts from the PCW-DBM-DILG-NEDA Joint Memorandum Circular 2013-01 Guidelines on the Localization of the Magna Carta for Women.
Item (B) Establishment and Maintenance of GAD Database:
- LGUs, through their Local Planning and Development Offices (LPDO), shall spearhead the setting up and maintenance of the GAD database to serve as basis for gender-responsive planning, programming and policy formulation. The GAD database, which can either be manually operated or developed through software, shall form part of the overall management information system (MIS) of the LGU.
- Sex-disaggregated data and GAD-related information may be derived and/or sourced from the local National Statistics Office (NSO), academe, CSOs as well as from studies, surveys and administrative reports of the local offices of NGAs such as, but not limited to the following: the Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR),
Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
The sex-disaggregated data and results of the Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS), the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) and Local Governance Performance Management System (LGPMS) may form part of the GAD database. - The LGU GFPS or its TWG shall provide technical assistance to the LPDO in ensuring that the GAD Database is operational.
- Provinces, cities, municipalities and barangays shall be capacitated to develop and/or enhance their GAD Databases. Barangay GFPS shall gather and process sex-disaggregated data and GAD-related information for submission to the city and/or municipality. The city and/or municipality shall consolidate the same for data processing, data analysis and data updating and maintenance of their GAD databases. The consolidated city and/or municipal data shall be submitted to provinces for updating and maintenance of their respective GAD databases.
