Among these cases, 7,837 were reviewed. Approximately 2,000 cases were gender based issues.

Luxembourg introduced gender pedagogy to implement a non discriminatory education and training system.

National statistical offices could benefit from the establishment and retention of gender statistics units.

The manual includes gender guidelines and is complemented by an instructors' manual.

Meanwhile, feminist leaders have not yet raised specific gender demands with respect to education.

Many countries integrated gender perspectives into their education policies and programmes.8 The Dominican Republic incorporated gender perspectives into its 2003 2012 strategic education development plan.

Whatever entities were involved, they needed to have gender focal points.

The Ministry of Finance of Viet Nam carried out gender assessments as part of surveys and reports on public expenditure.

Does written guidance from BDP in all practice areas effectively incorporate gender considerations? Do global level gender mainstreaming thinking and expertise reach and enrich practice in the field?

We know that in many cases the non inclusion of gender aspects is a result of inadequate capacity rather than reluctance.

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

Activities included the development of gender strategies, gender audit and budget methodologies, mainstreaming gender in planning processes and reviewing legislation.

The documentation for the Congress included numerous references to gender perspectives that were not reflected in the outcome of the Congress, including on trafficking and violence against women.

n) Establish, as appropriate, gender indicators to monitor healthcare programmes, goals and outcomes, particularly for HIV and AIDS and

(f) Incorporate gender perspectives and attention to women's specific health needs and priorities, including sexual and reproductive health, in health sector reforms

They have a better understanding of specific gender issues, particularly violations of the rights of women during conflict, which need to be addressed in peace processes.

The General Assembly addressed the gender perspectives of human rights in a number of substantive resolutions on thematic issues, some of which included specific recommendations for action.

(c) Establishment of a gender statistics network for information sharing and peer learning, beginning with best practices on improving gender indicators in the formulation and the tracking of the performance of national budgets

A number of reports included attention to gender perspectives that were not reflected in the relevant General Assembly resolutions 59 220, 59 225 and 59 244.

While women and men had almost the same access to all levels of education except for vocational education, there was gender stereotyping at the tertiary level.

In many parts of the world, women are still relegated to gender stereotyped roles, such as secretaries, clerks, nurses, and teachers, which generally remain low paying jobs.

In collaboration with other relevant UN Habitat entities, the Unit has developed gender indicators and guidelines to mainstream gender in all phases of the programme planning cycle.

(b) Integrate gender perspectives, and explicit reflection of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, in all efforts aimed at the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals

The Government of Fiji carried out a pilot project on gender auditing of Government policies to assess progress made in mainstreaming gender perspectives into the work of two ministries.

As a new practice area it does not yet have a defined gender strategy but guidelines are in preparation to incorporate gender mainstreaming into all service lines.

(f) Develop effective monitoring mechanisms, including through the collection, compilation and use of sex disaggregated data and gender statistics, and the development and use of appropriate indicators, including process indicators

But, a requirement prior to preparing such guidelines is the building of a consensus among all of the MEC Departments on the need for gender policies within education.

We have developed a training module on conflict analysis and peace, as well as on conflict impact assessments, which include gender components for use in our development assistance programmes, and we are continuing to incorporate the concepts of resolution 1325 (2000) into those programmes.

While the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper did place some emphasis on the gender dimension, the Ministry of Women Development felt that it would appropriate to conduct a gender audit of the document.

For example, under violence against women, INSTRAW was tasked with developing an online training manual on men's roles in ending gender based violence and with conducting online training.

Ms. Wedgwood wondered whether the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women had a mandate to look at the gender hiring practices of international organizations, including the Secretariat.

Moreover, some harmful practices such as widowhood rights and female genital mutilation had been criminalized under the criminal code, while a parliamentary committee on gender had been established and a national gender policy developed.

To improve the lives of both women and men, in the long run, statistical systems and budgets at the national as well as international level must bring about the sustained and institutionalized change needed to ensure the availability of quality gender statistics.

The revised budget for the mission for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 (A 59 707) provided for an additional Gender Affairs Officer to facilitate the integration of gender perspectives into the entire electoral process.

Humanity had suffered numerous maladies throughout its history, the most dangerous of which had been caused by man's contempt for man based on racial, gender, religious, linguistic and other grounds.

She asked whether the Government had any plans to undertake a review of the salary structures in female dominated professions and also enquired as to the measures in place to promote job evaluation schemes with gender neutral criteria.

One of its specific actions had been to formulate an Integral Gender Action Plan based on the Beijing Platform for Action and a CARICOM programme of action, to ensure that the drafting of policy was gender balanced and gender equitable.

26. Requests that reports of the Secretary General submitted to the General Assembly facilitate gender sensitive policy development by more systematically including qualitative gender analysis, data and recommendations for further action

The reports of the Secretary General for all Committees, in particular for the Third and Second Committees, incorporated gender perspectives, including specific recommendations for action, but these were not consistently reflected in the resolutions adopted by the Assembly.

The Government has conducted gender analyses of the education system and has adopted a policy to revise textbooks, curricula, teaching and learning methods accordingly. Gender mainstreaming has also been introduced in Early Child Care Development training programs for parents.

Following the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing, 1995), development organizations adopted gender mainstreaming' as a strategy for ensuring the incorporation of gender perspectives in all areas and sectors, and at all levels, to promote gender equality.

(a) Incorporate gender perspectives into national development strategies for the implementation of internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, through, inter alia, fully utilizing existing gender equality policies and strategies

3. Strongly condemns all forms of domestic violence against women and girls, and in this regard, calls for the elimination of all forms of gender based violence in the family, including where condoned by the State

UNDP Georgia secured over 650,000 from Sweden (SIDA) for a gender study to incorporate recommendations on gender issues in the Kura Aras integrated river basin management programme.

However, we note with concern that, although there has been some progress in the reporting of gender issues in the Secretary General's reports as well as in the work of the Security Council, gaps in reporting on gender and women's issues continues to exist.