Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Integration: Linkages, Intersections, Bonds or GIF?

Patricia Morris, Ph.D., Director, Gender PracticeDevelopment and Training Services (dTS)

June 16, 2014

Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Integration as Linkages

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Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Integration as Intersection

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Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Integration as Bond

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Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Integration: InterAction’s Gender Integration Framework

PoliticalWill

Accountability

OrganizationalCulture

TechnicalCapacity

Political Will - Ways in which leaders use their position of power to communicate and demonstrate their support, leadership, enthusiasm for and commitment to working toward gender equality within the organization and in the organizations programs and outreach. Technical Capacity - Level of ability, qualifications and skills individuals in an organization need to carry out the practical aspects of gender integration for enhanced program quality, and level of institutionalization of gender equitable organizational processes for program implementation and monitoring. Accountability - Mechanisms by which an organization determines the extent to which it is "walking the talk" in terms of integrating gender equality in its programs and organizational structures, including job descriptions, performance evaluations, program reporting requirements and evaluation systems. Organizational Culture - Norms, customs, beliefs and codes of behavior in an organization that support or undermine gender equality - how people relate; what are seen as acceptable ideas; how people are "expected to behave" and what behaviors are rewarded by the organization.

The Power of Gender Mainstreaming in Enhancing Development Effectiveness

Gender Mainstreaming Activities Gender Integration ActivitiesInterAction member organizations linked gender equality directly to poverty alleviation.

InterAction member organizations reviewed their projects for gender equality and changed their approaches to (1) targeting of beneficiaries, (2) participation of women and men, and (3) project structures or partner agreements that perpetuated gender inequity or gender stereotypes for both sexes.

Top leadership demonstrated strong political will to institutionalize gender throughout organizational policies and procedures including revamping personnel policies, hiring gender specialists, establishing gender task forces and conducting gender analysis training for all staff including senior management.

At the project level, InterAction member organizations directly addressed potential opposition from men by listening to their concerns, involving them as partners with women in the projects and producing results that demonstrated in concrete ways how gender inequality also oppresses men and keeps them in poverty.

2005 InterAction Study: Revealing the Power of Gender Mainstreaming: Enhancing Development Effectiveness of NGOs in Africa. Five InterAction members: CARE Niger, CRS Kenya, Hefier Zambia, LWR Kenya and World Vision Ghana.