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Aida F. Santos-Maranan


Gender and Development Specialist & Advocate; Researcher, Educator, Writer, Editor, Trainer

Areas of Interest and Expertise
Gender and development mainstreaming; Gender/women and governance; Training and Facilitation; Modules development; Planning, monitoring and evaluation; Research and publication; Literary and technical writing. View her CV.

Aida F. Santos-Maranan's professional background includes work experience with various multilateral and bilateral donors and international development institutions including the United Nations, in various capacities -- researcher, trainer, modules developer, capacity building expert, and evaluator. She has worked in different settings – with government institutions, community-based groups, NGOs, academic, media and legislative arena.

She does volunteer work for several local/national organizations working on governance issues, legislative advocacy/legal reforms, sex trafficking and women’s rights, peace and security issues, among others. At present, she is the Country Coordinator of the Philippine Women’s Network on Peace & Security, which is affiliated, with the international network of Women for Genuine Security.

Aida F. Santos-Maranan has been a women’s rights/gender advocate since the early 1980s in the Philippines. She is a member of the international organization called Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID); a national network of gender advocates and consultants, the Gender Resource Network (GRN), and the Board of Directors for ISIS International-Manila.

As a co-founder of the legislative network of civil society organizations and women’s groups called SIBOL or Sama-Samang Inisyatiba para sa Pagbabago ng Batas at Lipunan (Collective Initiatives for Transforming Law and Society), she had been an active participant of the core group that drafted and lobbied for the passage of laws on rape, violence against women, and anti-trafficking. She has served as training consultant to various government institutions and local and international NGOs.

Contact details
Email: aida.santos [at] wedprophils [dot] org
Phone/Fax: +63.2.4267479