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Gender Mainstreaming (GM)

Gender Mainstreaming (GM). A strategy for making the concerns and experiences of women as well of men an integral part of all activities and programmes… GM brings the experiences, knowledge and interests of women and men to work together to improve their lives.

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Gender Mainstreaming (GM)

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  1. Gender Mainstreaming (GM) A strategy for making the concerns and experiences of women as well of men an integral part of all activities and programmes… GM brings the experiences, knowledge and interests of women and men to work together to improve their lives 1

  2. Basic principles of mainstreaming (1 of 2) • Adequate accountability mechanism for monitoring progress • Assumptions that issues or problems are neutral from a gender equality perspective should never be made • Clear political will and allocation of adequate resources including human and financial resources 2

  3. Basic principles of mainstreaming (2 of 2) • Gender mainstreaming requires that efforts be made to broaden women’s equitable participation at all levels of decision making • Mainstreaming gender does not replace the need for targeted, women specific policies and programmes... 3

  4. Why GM within UN-HABITAT ? (1 of 2) • ECOSOC Agreed Conclusions 1997/2: • mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes of the UN System ( S G Report E/11997/66) • ECOSOC resolution 2001/41in which the Council calls upon the SG and all bodies reporting to ECOSOC to address gender perspective in their reports to ECOSOC 4

  5. Why GM within UN-HABITAT (2 of 2) • UN-HABITAT GC resolution 19/16 para 1 The GC requests the ED , in implementing UN-HABITAT Gender Policy, to promote the full integration of gender perspectives in all activities of UN-HABITAT 5

  6. Programme on Strengthening GM within UN-HABITAT ( 1 of 6) • The programme responds to calls made by the CPR to UN-HABITAT to increase and make visible the work on gender mainstreaming and women’s empowerment • It contributes to realizing the 1999 Strategic vision: gender and women’s empowerment will be used as an indicator for success of UN-HABITAT. 6

  7. Programme on Strengthening GM within UN-HABITAT ( 2 of 6) • Organization of the programme • 1. Self assessment • Identify skills gap, learning needs • Identify obstacles and challenges encountered, best practices and strategies for future • Report of self assessment to be presented to Senior Management Board, and GC through CPR 7

  8. Programme on Strengthening GM within UN-HABITAT ( 3 of 6) • 2. Revitalization of Gender Task Force • Divisions/Branches/Unit to nominate one professional staff as a gender focal point • Capacity building in gender analysis skills ( planning, budgeting, etc.) of gender focal points • . 8

  9. Programme on Strengthening GM within UN-HABITAT (4 of 6) • 3. Capacity building in gender analysis • (i) Preparation of a handbook on gender mainstreaming in human settlements in close collaboration with the relevant Divisions and Branches • Organization of a tailor made workshops for each Divisions/Branches: Handbook to be pre-tested 9

  10. Programme on Strengthening GM within UN-HABITAT (5of 6) • After the workshops, Divisions Branches and Unit will be encouraged to prepare action plans on gender and women’s empowerment • GMU will maintain contact and work closely with various Divisions, Branches /Units through regular meetings 10

  11. Programme on Strengthening GM within UN-HABITAT (6 of 6) • GMU would like to be invited in Divisions’/Branches’/Units’ staff meetings to explain this programme, if necessary. 11

  12. Thank you 12

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