| Gender and Development (GAD) is composed
of and run by current Peace Corps volunteers working throughout the world.
The mission of GAD is to educate and promote women's rights and the awareness
of gender issues among the women, men, and youth of Panama and the Peace Corps
community through training, conferences and workshops.
 The group was formerly known as WID/GAD (Women in Development / Gender and
Development), but recently changed the name to just GAD to dispel the view
that the group focuses only on women´s issues. Also, the adopt-a-girl program
is no longer in effect due to logistical difficulties.
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Gender and Development Conference - 2011
letter to PCPF
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Gender and Development Conference - February 2010
The group sells a variety of Peace Corps / Panama merchandise, including
t-shirts, polo shirts, and soon a series of postcards featuring stunning
volunteer photography from around the country. Details including prices and
quantities will be coming soon.
Officers:
-
 President Victoria Flagg (Victoria.flagg[AT]gmail.com)
- Vice President Sara Hunt (sarabeth56[AT]hotmail.com)
- Secretary Valerie Brender (vbrender[AT]gmail.com)
- Treasurer Michelle Pobjoy (freckles0211[AT]yahoo.com)
- Education Coordinator Jessie Gellings (gellings.jessica[AT]gmail.com)
- Men´s Health Coordinator Robby Alley (robby.alley[AT]gmail.com)
(To use email address above, replace [AT] with "at" sign.)
 GAD sponsors activities throughout the year, including national seminars as
well as classes and lectures taken directly to local communities that focus on
themes affecting women and families on a local and national level. A sample of
topics covered include health and nutrition, sexual and reproductive
education, alcohol and drug abuse, parenting skills, cross-gender
communication, as well as economic empowerment and organizing.
All activities are designed to promote GAD objectives:
- Promotion of women's rights
- Increasing awareness of problems and issues that affect men, women and gender
relations
- Problem specific education on health and social problems that touch
men, women and families.
GAD
Activities
↑ Students from Guanaco Abajo, Los Santos during a
presentation of Juntos Si Podemos (Healthy Behaviors and HIV/AIDS
education) with Peace Corps and the Red Cross.
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← Sara Hunt and Martha Brabec giving a condom demonstration during a
family planning charla in Lajero Arriba, Comarca Ngabe-Buglé |
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