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 using gender-sensitive indicators in the context of gender mainstreaming. It is an abridged version of the GMS publication Using Gender-Sensitive Indicators: A Reference Manual for Governments and Other Stakeholders.
Contents
Preface
1. Introduction and Overview
What are Gender-Sensitive Indicators and Why Are They Useful?
Aim and Scope of this Guide
Interpreting Indicators
2. Developing and National-Level Database of Gender-Sensitive Indicators
Data Sources
Methodological Advice
Training for the Production of Gender-Sensitive Databases
Popular Participation in Indicator Collection and Use
3. Gathering and Using Gender-Sensitive Indicators
Population Composition and Change
Human Settlements and Geographical Distribution
Households and Families, Marital Status, Fertility
Learning in Formal and Non-Formal Education
Health, Health Services, Nutrition
Economic Activity and Labour Force Participation
Access to Land, Equipment and Credit
Legal Rights and Political Power
Violence against Women
Macroeconomic Policy and Gender
4. Gender-Sensitive Indicators: The State of the Art
UNDP 1995 Human Development Report
UN Publications
Yearbook of International Labour Statistics
World Back
Other Donors
References
List of Figures
List of Tables