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Principles of Gender Mainstreaming

Gender mainstreaming is an approach to policymaking that considers both women's and men's interests and concerns. It was introduced in 1985 to integrate a gender perspective into all policies and programs. The objectives are to make gender more visible, transform institutions, and ensure equitable distribution of power and resources. Gender mainstreaming involves collecting sex-disaggregated data, identifying gender gaps, setting objectives, implementing appropriate interventions, monitoring progress, and ensuring women and men are equally involved in decision-making.

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Principles of Gender Mainstreaming

Gender mainstreaming is an approach to policymaking that considers both women's and men's interests and concerns. It was introduced in 1985 to integrate a gender perspective into all policies and programs. The objectives are to make gender more visible, transform institutions, and ensure equitable distribution of power and resources. Gender mainstreaming involves collecting sex-disaggregated data, identifying gender gaps, setting objectives, implementing appropriate interventions, monitoring progress, and ensuring women and men are equally involved in decision-making.

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PRINCIPLES OF GENDER MAINSTREAMING

INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORKS
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
“All human beings are born free and
equal in dignity and rights.”

Photo: UN
RATIONALE FOR GENDER
EQUALITY
• Human rights rationale
• Economic rationale
Gender Mainstreaming

It is an approach to policy-making that


considers both women's and men's
interests and concerns.
The concept of gender mainstreaming
was first introduced at the 1985 Nairobi
World Conference on Women.
GENDER MAINSTREAMING
OBJECTIVES
• Make gender more visible
• Transform institutions
• Ensure that power and resources are
deployed equitably

Photo: NDI
Gender Mainstreaming
-integrating a gender equality perspective
at all stages and levels of policies,
programs and projects.
-women and men have different needs and
living conditions and circumstances,
including unequal access to and control
over power, resources, human rights and
institutions, including the justice system.
Gender Mainstreaming
-integrating a gender equality perspective
at all stages and levels of policies,
programs and projects.
-women and men have different needs and
living conditions and circumstances,
including unequal access to and control
over power, resources, human rights and
institutions, including the justice system.
Gender Mainstreaming
-Several studies have shown that gender inequalities as
such have direct costs. In many cases, public policies
have been based on the needs of the dominant group
in society or on the needs of those who have
traditionally been the decision-makers, mostly men.
-The women’s rights movement, an increased presence
of women in decision-making, strong commitments to
women’s human rights at all levels, and the
development of gender studies and sex-disagregated
data, have all helped unveiling the fact that public
policies often did not consider women’s differing needs
and situations.
GENDER MAINSTREAMING
MYTHS
• Favors women over men
• Women and men are already equal
• Only for policies related to women and
women’s issues
Gather any sex-disaggregated data and information 1
that are useful to analyze the situation of women and
men in the respective policy domain. Then, try to
answer the following questions:
• In which ways does the policy affect the everyday
lives of women and men in general or specific
groups of women and men?
• Are there any gender differences and/or gaps in the
policy sector (regarding rights,
participation/representation, access to and use of
resources, values and norms that affect gender-
specific behavior)?
2
It involves identifying gender policy objectives and
appropriate approaches and interventions to achieve
them. Gender budgeting is used to identify how budget
allocations contribute to the promotion of gender
equality. 
3
Ensure that all who are involved are sufficiently aware
about the relevant gender objectives and plans. If this
is not the case, set up briefings and capacity building
initiatives according to the staff’s needs. Gender
equality training – as part of capacity building
initiatives - to raise capacity on how to integrate a
gender equality dimension in the sector will usually be
needed for all actors who are expected to contribute:
researchers, proposal evaluators, monitoring and
evaluation experts, scientific officers, program
committee members, etc. 
4
It is necessary to monitor on-going work. 
Gender-sensitive/specific monitoring allows gaps
and difficulties to be identified and redressed as
soon as possible, while changes that are
necessary to accomplish what has been planned
can still be introduced.
5 Principles of Gender Mainstreaming
1. Gender-sensitive language
2. Gender-specific data collection and analysis
3. Equal access to and utilization of services
4. Women and men are equally involved in
decision-making
5.  Equal treatment is integrated into steering
processes
“Achieving gender equality requires the
engagement of women and men, girls and boys.
It is everyone's responsibility.”
-Ban Ki Moon
Webliography
https://pcw.gov.ph/gender-mainstreaming/
https://www.coe.int/en/web/genderequality/what-is-gender-mainstream
ing
https://www.wien.gv.at/english/administration/gendermainstreaming/pr
inciples/five-principles.html

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