Process to Develop Gender Mainstreaming Action Plan
Gender Mainstreaming
Gender Mainstreaming is a globally accepted strategy for promoting gender equality
Principles of Gender Mainstreaming
• Gender Equality• Incorporating Gender into
Politics• Including Women in Decision
Making• Prioritizing Gender Equality• Shifts in Institutional Culture
Gender Mainstreaming Action Plan
• Instrument to Gender Mainstreaming• Promotes equality in rights and opportunities
Importance of the Action Plan
• Translate the principles and objectives into concrete actions
• Fine tune progress and emphasize on implementation
• Ensure implementation of United Nations recommendations
Procedure of Gender Mainstreaming
• Ladder Model– Fundamental Understanding– Examine Conditions– Plan and organize– Examine the activities– Survey and analyze– Formulate objectives– Implement measures– Evaluate the outcome– (Focus on continuous improvement
Procedure of Gender Mainstreaming
• STEP 1: Basic Awareness– Organize trainings– Acknowledge gender theory– Consider gender mainstreaming as a strategy– Develop self assessment mechanisms
Procedure of Gender Mainstreaming
• Step 2: Examine Conditions– Study Operations– Gender equality operations– Overall operation process
Procedure for Gender Mainstreaming
• STEP 3: Plan and Organize– Develop objectives, checklists,
controls– Set targets– Identify methods for training– Identify means to support and
coordinate(Gender Mainstreaming Action Plan)
Procedure for Gender Mainstreaming
• Step 4-6: Make an inventory, survey and analyze operations– Develop basis for your decisions by analyzing
activities to be undertaken– Identify target group of operations– Develop action plan
Procedure for Gender Mainstreaming
• Step 7: Implement the measures
The organization implements the measures required to achieve gender equality in activities
Procedure for Gender Mainstreaming
• Step 8: Evaluate the outcomes– Follow-up– Evaluation– Disseminate Results