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UPCWGS Hosts Conversation with Imelda Cajipe Endaya

The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) hosted a special conversation with Imelda Cajipe Endaya, the first woman to be named National Artist for Visual Arts, on 6 October 2026 at the UPCWGS Conference Room. Together with UP Department of Art Studies professors Flaudette May V. Datuin, Eloisa May P. […]

A Conversation with National Artist Imelda Cajipe Endaya

The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) invites everyone to a special conversation with Imelda Cajipe Endaya, the first woman to be named National Artist for Visual Arts, on 6 October 2026 (Tuesday), 1:00-4:00 PM at the UPCWGS Conference Room. A feminist, visual artist, activist, writer, and curator, Cajipe Endaya […]

UPCWGS Holds Free Birth Control Implant & Removal and Breast Examination

The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS), in partnership with FriendlyCare Foundation, Inc. through the UP Center for Women’s Studies Foundation, Inc. (UPCWSFI) held another free Birth Control Implant & Removal and Breast Examination initiative on 4 September 2026 at the UPCWGS Conference Room. Of the 70 confirmed registrants and […]

Free Birth Control Implant & Removal and Breast Examination

[NOTE: Due to the inclement weather brought about by the southwest monsoon, the Birth Control Implant & Removal and Breast Examination is rescheduled from 18 August 2026 (Tuesday) to 4 September 2026 (Friday).] The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS), in partnership with FriendlyCare Foundation, Inc. through the UP Center […]

UPCWGS Launches Review of Women’s Studies Volume XXXV, Numbers 1 and 2

The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) launched the latest issues of its journal, the Review of Women’s Studies Volume XXXV, Number 1 and the Review of Women’s Studies Volume XXXV, Number 2 (Special Issue on Gender, Media, and Development), on 16 July 2026 at the UPCWGS Conference Room. The […]

Review of Women’s Studies Volume XXXV, Number 1

The Face of Menopause: Analyzing Self-Portraits of Menopausal Filipino Women Using Social Semiotics by Liza Aleria-Cabrera and Brenda G. Caballero “Ani Man G’yud Ko”: Pag-Transition Bilang Pagbawi sa Katawan at Iba Pang Kuwento ng Pagiging Trans sa Lungsod ng Davao (This Is the Way I Am: Transitioning as Reclaiming of the Body and Other Stories […]

UPCWGS Conducts Lecture-Workshop on Feminist Approach to Postpartum Well-Being

The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) conducted Shared Care, Shared Healing: A Feminist Approach to Postpartum Well-Being on 14 May 2026 at the UPCWGS Conference Room. The event included a lecture by Dr. Junice L. Demeterio-Melgar of Likhaan Center for Women’s Health Inc.; a community panel discussion featuring Mary […]

UPCWGS Conducts Poetry Workshop

The University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) conducted Where the Body Speaks: A Poetry Workshop on Pleasure and Bodily Autonomy on 30 April 2026 at the UPCWGS Conference Room. Facilitated by Dr. Conchitina “Chingbee” R. Cruz of the UP Diliman Department of English and Comparative Literature, the workshop brought together […]

UPCWGS Conducts Creative Makeup Workshop

As part of its celebration of Pride Month, the University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS), in partnership with the UP Center for Women’s Studies Foundation, Inc. (UPCWSFI) and Hatch + Hoolman Studio, conducted the Creative Makeup Workshop on 21 June 2026 at Hatch + Hoolman Studio, Taguig City. With the […]