i. Gender Equity Policy

Constitutional gender equality European Union policy

Gender Equity Policy and The Nine Benchmarks

UNDP's gender policy is based on a two pronged approach to achieving gender equality

Policy and programme design should incorporate gender analysis to ensure that they mainstream gender concerns.

The gender unit was located within the Bureau for Development Policy under the poverty group and provided guidance on gender policy and programmes, and on advancing gender as a cross cutting theme.

3.3 Mainstreaming gender issues in policy making and implementation

Gender is a crosscutting theme in development cooperation policy.

The Concept of Gender Policy of Kazakhstan (2003) emphasizes the importance of and need for gender sensitization, expertise and indicators in budget policy, plans and programmes.

These organizations have put in place training programmes on gender issues and mainstreamed gender in policy making.

The gender sensitive presentation of issues in documentation before the General Assembly facilitates gender sensitive policy formulation.

In 2002, BDP issued a gender equality policy note describing effective entry points for advancing gender equality.

Gender policy and the empowerment of women went beyond the issue of gender balance within the Secretariat.

The mainstreaming of gender in all government business, including national sectoral planning and macroeconomic policy, is a central objective under the Gender Equity Policy of the CRP.

1.3 Legal and policy commitments to gender equality are preserved

Dutch general asylum policy includes matters relating specifically to gender.

In policy development the gender issue is that many development policies, programs and activities are unfavourably gender biased.

(d) Develop strengthen and institutionalize the use of gender analysis, gender impact assessment and gender sensitive monitoring and evaluation procedures for all policy areas

Programme staff and policy advisors Competence in gender and development, and in sector specific gender analysis familiarity with using gender analytical, planning and monitoring tools.

In Africa, the strategic partnership of UNIFEM with the Inter Governmental Authority for Development led to the endorsement of a regional gender policy by ministers of gender, and to the preparation of a draft gender policy in the Sudan.

The cofinancing organisations have their own gender policy, gender being one of the assessment criteria for the award of grants.

Main elements of gender policy in the context of Dutch development cooperation

Canada devised a gender based analysis policy, which is being used to systematically integrate gender perspective into all policies and programmes.

According to the position paper, the basic principle of government policy is that gender mainstreaming improves the quality of policy.

SADC had developed a policy framework on gender, upon which the member States continued to draw in developing their national gender policies.

More explicit leadership on gender mainstreaming could ensure that policy and programme development in all sectors is systematically based on gender analysis.

Development of methodology for evaluation of state gender equality policy and programmes effectiveness

We play an essential role in putting gender in the global policy agenda.

Key indicators must be established to monitor the achievement of gender policy objectives.

The project is fully in line with UNESCO's Gender Mainstreaming Implementation Framework for the advancement of gender equality and integration of a gender perspective in policy planning and programming.

ensure that gender analysis is an integral part of all its activities make support for gender equality a key element of its policy dialogue with partners and develop strategies to ensure its capacity for gender mainstreaming, including policy making, expertise, and human and financial resources.

In 1997 Government introduced the Gender Equity Policy under the Comprehensive Reform Programme directing Government machineries to incorporate gender perspectives in their programmes.

2.21 One of the targeted actions identified under the Gender Equity Policy in 1997 to ensure gender neutrality was to review discriminatory laws.

Gender analysis of national budgets has also emerged as an important means of ensuring that resource allocations match policy commitments on gender mainstreaming.

Since 2000, gender mainstreaming has been studied and gradually applied in policy making processes.

As a result nine benchmarks or goals were adopted under the Gender Equity policy

Elsa Gomez, Equity, Gender and Health Policy Reform in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The goals could be accomplished through specific emancipation policy, but also through gender mainstreaming.

Gender mainstreaming is one of the focal points in policy discussions with multilateral organisations.

There is a need for a stronger focus on gender mainstreaming in policy formulation.

An increasing number of Member States utilize gender mainstreaming and specific interventions to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women. Policy frameworks for gender mainstreaming have improved at national level.

4. Urges Governments to develop and promote methodologies for mainstreaming a gender perspective in all aspects of policy making, including economic policy making

The method proposed here for exposing structural gender discrimination in law and public policy is supplemental to the existing instrument of Gender Impact Assessments (GIA).

Gender aspects must become part of each ministry's policy and should be reflected in practice.

In line with the general policy for development cooperation, the international component has mainstreamed gender.