Manila, March 28 -- Upholding the importance of family in gender and development programs will spell the difference in ensuring equality, according to an official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).

"We have enhanced the content of the family development session (FDS) and we use that to capacitate the members of the family. We continue to enhance the content with the inclusion of gender and development in the topics," Janet Armas, DSWD Assistant Secretary for Standards and Capacity Building Group, said on the sidelines of the National Women's Month closing program here Friday.

Armas headed the DSWD Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in 2020 after being the agency director in the Cordillera Administrative...