GOVERNMENT
PROGRAMS AND
INITIATIVES LN
ADDRESSING SOCIAL
SOCIAL
INEQUALITY
is the difference in the distribution of social
desirables such as wealth, power, and prestige.
some are some of the social inequalities and the
programs that the government is undertaking to
address these inequalities.
1. INEQUALITY IN THE
ACCESS TO SOCIAL,
POLITICAL, AND SYMBOLIC
CAPITAL
1.INEQUALITY IN THE ACCESS TO SOCIAL, POLITICAL,
AND SYMBOLIC CAPITAL
• Social Capital is the ability of a collective
to act together to pursue a common goal.
• Political Capital refers to the trust, good
will, and influence possessed by a political
actor, such as politician, to mobilize support
toward a preferred policy outcome.
• Symbolic Capital refers to the resources that
one possesses which is a function of honor,
prestige or recognition, or any other traits that
one values within a culture.
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS ADDRESSING THESE
INEQUALITIES ARE:
• Conditional Cash Transfer program locally known as Pantawid
Pamilya Pilipino Program, or 4Ps, is a government program that
provides conditional cash grants to the poorest of the poor in the
Philippines.
• Agrarian reform in the Philippines seeks to solve the centuries-
old problem of landlessness in rural areas.
• SK Reform Act of 2015 has the provisions that prohibits political
dynasty.
• Universal focals o guaty retary Faucation at is a
• Universal access to quality tertiary education act is a law that
institutionalizes free education and exemption from other fees in
2. MINORITY
GROUPS
groups composed of less-
dominant classifications in
society that experience
disproportionately lower
opportunities than their
dominant counterparts.
these are some relevant issues involving minority groups:
1. Gender Inequality
• In some countries women are paid relatively lower than
men due to their sexuality and biological differences.
• The LGBT community has always been treated
indifferently and discriminatively because they do not fall
within a biologically defined gender group.
PROGRAMS
• The Philippine Plan for Gender-Responsive
Development (PPGD) rests on a vision of development that is
equitable , sustainable, fee from violence, respectful of human rights,
supportive of self-determination and the actualization human
potentials,participatory and empowering.
• Magna Carta of Women (MCW) is a comprehensive women's
human rights law that seeks to eliminate discrimination through the
recognition, protection, fulfillment, and promotion of the rights of
Filipino women.
2. ETHNIC
MINORITIES
Because some minorities live traditionalistic lives far
away from the city and technology, and some may
appear differently than usual, they have been
consistently labeled and treated as people with
minimal knowledge and capabilities.
PROGRAM
Republic Act 8371, known as the Indigenous
Peoples Rights Act (IPRA), was enacted in
1997. It has been praised for its support for the
cultural integrity of indigenous peoples, the
right to their lands and the right to self-directed
development of these lands.
3. OTHER
•
MINORITIES
This may include people with disabilities or
people with religions that are less prevalent in
society. These minorities experience
discrimination in work, especially when the
disabled have physical limitations, while the
religious have practices and beliefs that are
greatly disagreed upon by the majority.
PROGRAMS
Republic Act No. 9442, an Act Amending Republic Act No.
7277, Otherwise known as the Magna Carta for Disabled Persons,
and For Other Purposes' Granting Additional Privileges and
Incentives and Prohibitions on Verbal, Nonverbal Ridicule and
Vilification Against Persons with Disability. Its objective is to provide
persons with disability, the opportunity to participate fully into the
mainstream of society by granting them at least twenty percent
(20%) discount in all basic services.
PROGRAMS
DepEd recognizes the participatory rights of the child
in the formulation and implementation of policies, and
in all proceedings affecting them, whether they be
victims or aggressors, either directly, or through a
representative.
PROGRAMS
Enactment of Anti-Bullying Law which
mandates directed all elementary and
secondary schools to adopt policies to
address the existence of bullying in their
respective institutions
TRANSFORMING OUR WORLD: THE 2030 AGENDA FOR
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
This Agenda is a plan of action for
people, planet and prosperity. It also
seeks to strengthen universal peace in
larger freedom.
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