CSC issuance promotes gender awareness in government offices, especially that government officials and employees encounter gender issues every day, the memorandum will also encourage the employees to make conscious effort to avoid implicit and explicit discriminatory language against women and men and will promote gender-sensitivity in workplace.

Wilfredo Aporongao, Zamboanga City Gender and Development Officer under the City Mayor’s office highlighted that the practice of gender-fair communication among employees will help increase gender sensitivity in the workplace, avoid discriminatory words that reinforce stereotypes, and eventually contribute to a more inclusive social change.

Moreover, some suggestions on how to use non-sexist language are to eliminate generic use of He, His or Him unless antecedent is obviously male; eliminate the generic use of Man, instead use People, Human, Human Being; eliminate sexism in symbolic representations of gender in words, sentences and text; eliminate sexual stereotyping of roles and when addressing persons formally.

The CSC emphasizes that language is an essential tool in communication. It articulates consciousness, reflects culture, and affects socialization. Hence, the need to recognize the importance of transforming language from traditional language to more liberating language, that is gender-sensitive.