Activities, Programs, & Resources

Minor in Gender Studies 

The Minor in Gender Studies is an interdisciplinary academic program that exposes students to key concepts, theoretical perspectives, debates, and methodological approaches in gender studies. The program equips students with analytical tools to critically assess historical, socio-economic, cultural, political, and ideological dimensions of the gender question cognizant of their intersectionality with class, race, ethnicity, age, sexuality, and religion. The program develops an innovative mindset among students to generate transformative solutions to contemporary gender issues. 

Gender equality is a critical aspiration enshrined in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Moreover, gender mainstreaming has been central in Philippine development plans while issues and analyses surrounding sexuality, feminism, and intersectionality foreground the global and interdisciplinary scholarships on gender.  

In consonance with the interdisciplinary requisites for gender studies, eleven departments and programs from the Schools of Social Sciences and Humanities collaborated in the creation and delivery of the program. These collaborating departments and programs are Chinese Studies, Communication, Development Studies, English, Fine Arts, History, Interdisciplinary Studies, Japanese Studies, Filipino, Political Science, and Sociology and Anthropology. The Department of Sociology and Anthropology serves as the administrative host of the Minor. 

Admission Requirements

• Applicants must have successfully completed SOCSC 11 (Understanding the Self)
• Submit a letter of intent and CV to the Department of Sociology and Anthropology through this email address: socioanthro.soss@ateneo.edu
• Kindly scan the QR code or click the link below to apply.

Application for minor

Online Discussions

LS GAD PANEL TALK: Queer Comics and Illustration
LS Gender Focal Point Committee
18 October 2023

Speakers: Jomer Haban, Logihy, and Bunny Luz

This panel conversation intends to raise awareness of Filipino queer comics and illustrations and inspire queer creativity and expression among our students. We ask artists about their inspirations for their queer stories, their motivations in creating queer images and narratives, and some technical aspects in terms of building one's story and visuals for comics and illustrations with queerness in mind.

Women Watch: Theory on and Practice of Women in Politics
University Gender and Development Office
19 March 2024

Speakers: Former Vice President Leni Robredo, Mayor Sittie Djalia Hataman, and MP Froilyn Mendoza 

This event is sponsored by the Department of Political Science together with the Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect - Philippine Office (APRtoP-PO), the University Gender and Development Office (UGDO), and the Women and Gender Studies Association of the Philippines (WSAP). This forum intends to bring together women who prominently figure in national and local governance as well as movements in the form of praxis sharing combined with scholarly reflections from women political scientists. The event will be held at Leong Hall, Ateneo de Manila University from 9:30 AM to 11:15 AM. 

For the full program, please visit this link bit.ly/WomenWatchProgram