Description
Gender mainstreaming is the current international approach to promoting equality between women and men.
It is based on the recognition that gender inequality operates at all levels and in all sectors of society, and thus needs to be addressed in the mainstream. It aims to ensure that women and men benefit equitably from all that society has to offer, and are equally empowered to affect its governance and decisions.
The Gender Management System (GMS) is a holistic and system-wide approach to gender mainstreaming developed by the Commonwealth, for the use of governments in partnership with other stakeholders including civil society and the private sector. The GMS is a comprehensive network of structures, mechanisms and processes to enable governments and other organizations to contribute to gender equality through all policy-making, planning and activities.
This Quick Guide has been produced to assist governments and other stakeholders in mainstreaming gender in development planning. It is an abridged version of the GMS publication Gender Mainstreaming in Development Planning: A Reference Manual for Governments and Other Stakeholders.
Contents
Preface
1. Introduction
Purpose and Scope of this Guide
Changes in Approaches to Development Planning
Human Development
Gender Planning
2. Approaches to Development Planning and Gender Analysis
From Women in Development to Gender and Development
Practical and Strategic Gender Needs
3. The State of Development Planning
Political Will and Adequate Financial and Other Resources
Development Planning and Macroeconomic Policy
Institutional Concerns
Public and Private Spheres
4. Mainstreaming Gender in Planning Cycles
Gender-Aware Policy and Planning
The Four Major Planning Cycles
5. Tools for Gender Mainstreaming in Development Planning
Using Gender-Sensitive Indicators
Tools for Gender Integration into Macroeconomic Policy
References
Appendix
List of Figures
List of Tables