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Graduation from a Gender Perspective Gender Mainstreaming for Shiree Beneficiaries

Graduation from a Gender Perspective Gender Mainstreaming for Shiree Beneficiaries. Lesson Learning Workshop Barisal, February 4-6, 2013. What are the main challenges to Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment that our female Shiree beneficiaries continue to face?.

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Graduation from a Gender Perspective Gender Mainstreaming for Shiree Beneficiaries

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  1. Graduation from a Gender Perspective Gender Mainstreaming for ShireeBeneficiaries Lesson Learning WorkshopBarisal, February 4-6, 2013

  2. What are the main challenges to Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment that our female Shiree beneficiaries continue to face? • Dowry/Early Marriage • Sexual Violence/Abuse • Sexual Harassment/Eve-teasing • Division of Household tasks • Abandoned Women/Female-headed households • Intra-household differences of Poverty/Graduation • Girls’ access to education: enrollment and graduation • Women’s Lower job training opportunities • Unequal Wages • Women’s Access to paid work • Others?

  3. Group Exercise • 4Groups with one Gender Topic Each: • Dowry/Early Marriage • Sexual Violence/Abuse/Harrassment/Eve-teasing • Access to Education/Job Market/Equal Wages/Business • Intra-HH differences of IGA/Graduation • Discuss and Answer Questions: • What are NGOs currently doing? • Why does it continue? (Social structures, norms, attitudes, values, power hierarchies) • What can NGOs do differently? Overarching theme: Powerbrokers!Male/Leader attitudes, Engagement of Men/Leaders/Communities in gender mainstreaming process

  4. Open Discussion: What can NGOs do differently in Gender Mainstreamingfor Gender-Equal Graduation? How to change attitudes of powerbrokers and engage them in gender mainstreaming process? Example: husbands, sons, male authorities, male religious leaders

  5. Thank You!

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