Process to develop gender mainstreaming action plan

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


• STEP 1: Basic Awareness– Organize trainings– Acknowledge gender theory– Consider gender mainstreaming as a strategy– Develop self assessment mechanisms


• 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)


• 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


• Step 7: Implement the measures

The organization implements the measures required to achieve gender equality in activities


• Step 8: Evaluate the outcomes– Follow-up– Evaluation– Disseminate Results

Process to develop gender mainstreaming action plan

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