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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.
Research Grant on Women & Gender - Tuition & Fieldwork Subsidy SY 2026-2027
The Research Grant on Women and Gender supports research with a vision of building gender-inclusive, gender-responsive, and gender-safe communities. The grant prioritizes transformative research on women and gender.
This is a gender-inclusive grant that is open to all HE graduate students enrolled in Higher Education programs of Ateneo de Manila University with approved Thesis/Dissertation/Capstone research topics on women and gender (i.e. Master’s or Doctoral Candidates). This grant may be combined with other scholarships or grants.
One (1) grant recipient will be chosen per academic year. The grant recipient will receive financial support which may be used for the following purposes:
- Payment of up to a maximum of six (6) units of tuition and fees (up to two consecutive semesters of research/writing phase) and/or
- Field research subsidy
The deadline for submission of completed application requirements is 26 June 2026, at 5 PM. The announcement of the grant recipient will be on 17 July 2026.
For more information and inquiries, please contact us at genderdev@ateneo.edu.
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