Kazakhstan introduced classes on gender equality into higher education, including foundations of gender theory, anthology of gender research and sociology of gender.

Gender centres were active on all eight Objectives, particularly the Objective 3 on gender equality.

Based on the Gender Equality Act the Gender Equality Council will be established.

BiH Law on Gender Equality

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

Past issues have focused on violence against women, gender and the Millennium Development Goals, gender, peace and security, and gender and energy.

Study on women and gender equality

Law on Gender Equality in BiH includes additional definitions of discrimination based on gender in Article 4, and it reads

Several delegations welcomed the focus on gender issues in the focus area on basic education and gender equality but also wanted clear mainstreaming of gender concerns in the other areas.

Prepare annual report on implementation of activities on prevention of discrimination based on gender in BiH, which will be based on the reports from Gender FBiH and Gender RS, and submit it to the Council of Ministers BiH

A national network on gender and development issues has been formed in some areas, notably are the national network on gender and energy development and the network of collaborators on gender mainstreaming established in 2003.

INSTRAW stated that it had gone on to develop concept papers on gender and remittances and gender and security sector reform.

The Human Development Report Office concluded an e discussion on both the gender and HDR networks on measurements of women's empowerment the gender empowerment measure (GEM) and the Gender Development Index (GDI).

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.

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

Stressing the importance of gender specific data collection and research on gender issues relating to substance use,

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

The UNAMSIL Gender Adviser has continued to train senior police officers on gender and women's rights issues.

This study develops a method for exposing structural gender discrimination, based on the literature on the construction of gender and the role played by gender in the drafting of law and public policy.

In practice, to support and mainstream gender considerations, United Nations entities rely mostly on networks of gender advisers and units, focal points and gender theme groups.

The consultative group on gender, currently chaired by UNFPA, continues to meet regularly to coordinate gender related issues and to encourage gender mainstreaming in development projects.

Together with training manuals on gender mainstreaming, 150 people have been trained to become trainers to disseminate knowledge and skills on gender mainstreaming.

Two e discussions were held on gender and security sector reform and gender and conflict prevention conflict resolution.

Some countries reported on specific gender research and analysis undertaken to assess gender discrimination in the labour market.

Adoption of B H Law on Gender Equality

Data on wages and salaries classified by gender.

Specific policies and action plans on gender mainstreaming

The Board requested a revised gender action plan for 2006 2007 based on the recommendations of the independent evaluation report on gender in UNDP.

Gender and human security Human security focuses on the serious neglect of gender concerns under the traditional security model.

9 Taking Action Achieving Gender Equality and Empowering Women (Millennium Project, Task Force on Education and Gender Equality, 2005).

Barbados implemented a training programme on gender analysis and planning for gender focal points in Government ministries and departments.

The Gender Equality Council approves the general guidelines of gender equality policy, consults the Government on issues of strategy for the promotion of gender equality and presents to the Government its position on the conformity with the Gender Equality Act of national programmes submitted by the ministries.

Descriptive statistics on households (composition, gender of householder etc.)

We need to focus on education, gender and health.

Special communiqué on violence against women and gender equity

Special communiqué on violence against women and gender equity

Interdepartmental Plan of Action on Gender Mainstreaming 1998 2002

The focus of most gender' work is on women.

For gender specific data on education, see Annex I.

For gender specific data on employment, see Annex II.

These do not discriminate on the basis of gender.

Medicare does not discriminate on the basis of gender.

The inter agency body with a broad mandate to deal with coordination on gender issues is the Inter Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality, which is a network of gender focal points from United Nations entities.

A Gender Mainstreaming Mechanism has been established by Presidential Instruction No. 9 of 2000 on Gender Mainstreaming in National Development.

c. intensification of research on gender issues and increasing support for women gender study centers in the higher education institutions