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This cover takes pride in PLURALITY! The different dimensions of gender and development emphasizes the importance of plurality of approaches yet unified with human rights perspectives. It is but important to develop and accept the complex views of individuals, in order to inspire, promote healthy and fruitful partnerships and potential.

The purpose of this document is to provide an overall framework in the gender mainstreaming efforts of the Center for Health Development IV-B (MIMAROPA).

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CENTER FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT IV-B

IntroductionGender and Development: Key Concepts9

Rights-based Programming and GAD FrameworkSetting the pillars of the GAD Initiative12

Gender Mainstreaming PlanLaying down the GAD pipeline17

The Primary Gender JourneyOrganizational Assessment and Observations10

Sensitizing the OrganizationFishing out possible GAD allies14

GENDER MAINSTREAMING PLAN Policy, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation6

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I would like to give my sincere appreciation to all of those who put forth the effort in making this gender mainstreaming plan which provides direction to the Center for Health Development IV-B in implementing its gender and development efforts.

Promoting gender equality and empowering women is just one of our Millennium Development Goals but the issues on gender and development can immensel influence the attainment of MDGs and our commitment targets. Recognizing the importance of gender and development, and understanding it well, indicates that we also recognize the opportunities, limitations and outcome of change as these things affect both women and men.

This document will not only serve as our blueprint for mainstreaming but also an advocacy to have a vision and a common course of gender equality.

JOSE R. LLACUNA, JR, MD, MPH, CESO IV OIC-Regional Director

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Gender describes the expectations held about the abilities, characteristics and behvior of both men and women in their community. The knowledge, skills and values of men tend to differ from women since they are clustered into varied sectors of the society and this significantly impacts their position and decision-making capabilities. The focus of Gender and Development is to deal with these equally contribute to, make decisions and benefit from the development process.

In the Center for Health Development IV-B, adopting the strategy for promoting gender equality was set in motion. This was spearheaded by the Policy, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Cluster by developing this document which serves as a guide to guarantee that gender perspectives and focusing on the goal of gender equality are vital to all activities.

We believe that a huge progress can be achieved if there is equality but it would be a difficult to realize if the effort will be coming from a few. We would like to take this opportunity to encourage everyone to support the objectives of gender and development and help make the world gender-bias free!

ANNA BIRTHDA DATINGUINOO, RNCluster Head, Policy, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation


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For the past years, unfavorable treatment of individuals on the basis of gender which places restrictions on people’s choices, rights, opportunities, resources and participation seemed to be insignificant. It was only until gender issues were discussed at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing, China in 1995 that this concern was given much attention.

During the conference, a global Platform for Action was agreed upon. The main focus of this platform is to work on women’s empowerment – a “bottom-up” process of transforming gender power relations, through individuals or groups developing awareness of women’s subordination and building their capacity to challenge it (Gender and Development: Concepts and Definitions by Hazel Reeves and Sally Baden, February 2000). The discussion also gave direction to the development of a global strategy to promote gender equality and that is gender mainstreaming.

Gender mainstreaming, as defined by United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in July 1997, is the process of assessing the implications for women and men of any planned action, including legislation, policies or programs, in any area and at all levels. It is a strategy for making the concerns and experiences of women as well as of men an integral part of the design, implementation, monitoring

and evaluation of policies and programs in all political, economic and societal spheres, so that women and men benefit equally, and inequality is not perpetuated.

In the Philippines, gender bias has been obliviously embraced by culture. To address this issue, the National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW), now known as Philippine Commission on Women (PCW), lead the way in mainstreaming gender in the government and this started in 1989 when the Philippine Development Plan for Women was developed. This is a comprehensive plan for Gender and Development that serves as an outline for the government in putting their commitment to the Fourth World Conference on Women into practice. On the other hand, the formulation of Women in Development and Nation-building Act of 1992 directed all government agencies to “review and revise all their regulations, circulars, issuances and procedures to remove gender bias therein.” This also contributed in the allocation of 5% of the agency’s total budget to gender and development concerns.

The Center for Health Development IV-B (MIMAROPA) seeks to contribute to the state obligation of the Philippines by developing its gender mainstreaming efforts and at the same time, be more responsive to the gender needs of our clienteles and partner institutions.

Introduction

Center for Health Development IV-B (MIMAROPA)


Center for Health Development IV-B is currently making an effort to mainstream gender not only in the agency but also in the programs and projects managed and implemented. In developing the gender mainstreaming plan, we have analyzed the present situation of the organization through an organizational assessment.

CHD IV-B randomly selected respondents from the different clusters and used the Organizational Development Assessment Tool of Amaryll Torres, et al. The aim of the assessment was to identify the level of knowledge and understanding of CHD IV-B staff on gender and development, recognize problems that need to be addressed when it comes to gender mainstreaming and guide the focal point system in creating action plans that are necessary for engendering the organization

CHD’s Primary Gender Journey

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Fifteen respondents answered the Organizational Development Assessment Tool. The result of the survey showed that gender sensitive practices are not very evident in the organization. They may be aware that 5% of the total budget is allotted for Gender and Development but their understanding of important concepts or issues concerning GAD is collectively superficial.

Almost everyone specified the need of having an orientation or training on Gender and Development. More specifically, it is identified that the following subject areas are Key Concepts in Gender and Development, Integrating Gender and Development in Health programs, Gender Audit and Analysis and Gender Planning


the implementation of the budget lest it serve, not as a tool for gender mainstreaming in governance and development but as a vehicle for added inefficiency and wastage.

Moreover, leadership in the region towards gender equality is needed to make sure that women and children as program clientele reach their full potential and considering gender mainstreaming as a preferred approach for achieving women’s health. Gender mainstreaming in health aims to promote equality between women and men throughout the life course and to achieve health equity.

To move beyond “business as usual” and to accelerate the pace of reform must be taken deliberately to integrate gender analysis in all programs, actions including all public health policies, programs and interventions.

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Building capacity and integrating gender analysis is a startling fact that emerges from this report, notwithstanding the paucity of reliable data from the extension offices. There are gaps in understanding the importance of gender and development in the integration of each program, more so, of the way that most health threats affect gender disparities in health outcomes.

This instrument provides a raw picture that despite the regional office’s existence, ensuring gender and development in the integration of health programs remain to be a challenge. This prompts for a more critical understanding of basic concepts in gender and development towards discrete, realistic, attainable and measurable outcomes in gender inequality. Among others, the core

understanding of gender and development in the regional office is limited, which tends to blur responsibilities for learners, service supervisors, program managers, co-workers and key decision-makers.

With respect to gender planning and budgeting, a considerable number of respondents have minimal knowledge on the purpose of setting aside 5% of the total budget of the regional office for gender and development.

The realm of governance and political leadership in the regional office in determining GAD funds is burdened to stereotyped projects for team-building, rest and recreation, and other piggybacked activities with women. Reality check on how GAD was being spent in the past years raises alarm on the need to examine more closely


The three main principles in rights-based approach are: accountability of the government and its agencies who are obligated to fulfill human rights, participation of those with rights such as women and children, equity/non-discrimination. The duty of a rights-based agency such as the Department of Health is to contribute to the realization of women and children’s human rights by compelling the government and its agencies to meet obligations and by empowering women and children to claim their entitlements.

Implicit in the approach is the active and meaningful participation of children, young people, women and men. It entails working with other agencies and if need be, influencing them, towards common rights-based goals.

Rights-based programming and the GAD Framework

Drawing out from the rights-based approach, a women’s rights-based approach to development initiatives is based on international human rights standards which is directed towards the promotion and protection of women’s rights towards the overall goal of gender equality.

As aforementioned in the introduction, essentially, the framework should incorporate the principles, norms and standards of the international human rights instruments that promote gender equality, in particular, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). In line with the Beijing Platform for Action, a women’s rights-based approach to development initiatives posits the goal of gender equality which means equal rights, opportunities,

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to critically analyze gender inequality in society. Participation refers to women’s collective action to address subordination and exploitation.

Lastly, at the level of control, the gender gap is manifested as the unequal power relations between women and men and to achive such means a balance of power, in which neither is of dominance. The focus of governance and policy environment is not to be taken for granted in gender mainstreaming as it requires improved understanding and tracking of changes in the aforementioned areas. For example, responsive health systems reflect the societies that create them. To avoid a situation where they may contribute to perpetuating health inequities, they must be more responsive to the needs and expectations of women as both consumers and producers of care.

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Gender and DevelopmentRights-based Approach

and obligations of women and men, and an increased potential for both women and men to influence, participate and benefit from development processes. Its thrust on gender equality is premised on the following: (1) equality is a matter of human right; and (2) equality is a pre-condition for effective and sustainable people-centered development.

The women’s rights-based approach to development initiatives employs a two-pronged strategy: its development programs contribute to the empowerment of women through claim-making and it strengthens the government and its agencies’ capacities to fulfill their obligations of enabling women and men realize their rights.

Consequently, employing this two-pronged strategy, a program or project could

effect changes in the legal, political, social and economic structures towards the improvement in women’s and men’s lives as manifested in changes in attitudes towards women, women’s empowerment and the realization of their rights in all spheres - reproductive, productive and community management.

In addition, assessment of a program or project as to the empowerment of women and men in the operational level is assessed on welfare, access, conscientization, participation and control. Welfare refers to material welfare and economic status of women, relative to men while access refers to women’s access to resources as a step to women’s development.

Conscientization, on the other hand, involves the development of one’s ability


In response to the organizational assessment conducted by the Policy, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Cluster, the gender sensitivity training ++ aims to change the sexual attitudes and misconceptions public government employees that contribute to gender-based discrimination and even violence.

The first module provides a solid building block of awareness which provides key concepts and stimulate participants to get past politically correct discussions of gender and development and to grapple with the reasons why public health professionals should address gender and its links with human rights and other determinants of health.

Succeeding trainings shall cover conducting gender analysis, auditing and

Sensitizing the Organizationdeveloping gender-responsive actions or activities, specifically to conduct gender analysis of a health problem, to assess existing programs and policies, and to provide a general guideline based on progressive learning competencies on gender and development.

At the core of the modules developed is to understand the impact of the initiative to the people. Where the focus of is primarily technical, people will not be adequately considered - and where people are not considered, it is difficult to include a gender perspective.

The gender sensitivity training tackled topics that include: an introduction to gender issues, human rights, gender and health, and reproductive and productive spheres. The comprehensiveness of such


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issues has created an enabling mechanism for the organization to discuss gender issues involving personal, professional and career development, health and human rights.

Lessons learned within the training stressed the importance of a critical gender lens on using awareness in developing the knowledge base of the organization - in effecting changes in attitudes, behaviors, regional policies and programs.

The organizaional and clientele-based gender sensitivity training ++ has five key components: (1) development of module; (2) actual conduct of the camp (3) training of trainers (4) training assessments and (5) support to follow-up activities.

In the development of module for the gender sensitivity training ++, the staff

relied heavily on the researches and sensitivity modules of the World Health Organization, United Nations Population Fund and other international non-government organizations. These researches and experiential learning activities were the sources of information for the facilitator’s handouts.

The training materials, particularly the module came from a meticulous process of discussions, critique and consultations before finalization. Series of workshops and meetings were conducted to enhance the design and methodology of the module.

In terms of the methodologies, the staff used popular education methodologies


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and processes which included visual arts/painting as culmination, games, structured learning experiences, role-playing, video showing and personal narratives targeting both the cognitive and affective domains of the learners, eventually, creating opportunities for reflections on the issues as these affect them on a personal level.

Included also in the module are discussions on the brief history of human rights and the different international and national instruments the Philippines has entered into, the need for the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and state obligation to correct the environment that disadvantages women.

Moreover, several discussions on the Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act focused on the different forms of

abuses and how it is committed to women and children, battered wife syndrome and the stereotypes and misconception affecting the implementation of the law such as the patriarchal views that violence against women is a private matter, ignorance of peace officers and other public officials, and economic dependency of battered housewives to their partners.

To determine changes in the participant’s understanding, perceptions and knowledges about sexuality and other gender issues, pre and post tests were given during the conduct of the training.

The actual conduct of sensitivity treainings were aimed to provide a social space where public health officers and employees to critique the social construction of sexuality, to be conscienticized of the roles of women and men and to challenge other fellow


employees to a gender-sensitive standard of working relationship.

To further enhance the conduct of the gender sensitivity training ++ employed some built-in process and structures to draw out lessons and insights out of the training experience. The problem arises when gender roles are defined in terms of biology or sex instead of usng cultural or social terms. These results to stereotypes or over-generalized beliefs in the characteristic of a person based simply on their gender.

Varied reactions from the participants were evident. Some of which are realizations of the difference of gender from sex and how it misconstrues one’s definition, how gender and development is integrated to human rights and on the application of gender and development to their respective households and personal lives.

Majority of the public health professionals realized that the work of women generally are very energy-intensive with low rates of return, tedious, the nature are longer than working hours of men and deemed as invisible and thankless domestic work as espoused in the short film, “The Impossible Dream.”

Further realizations were how women are regarded as inferior as men, how media protrays women and men, and how limited access to medical and health facilities women were.

As of the moment, the progress of sensitizing the organization is up to the conduct of the camp.


Gender Mainstreaming PlanKEY RESULT

AREASSTAGE 1

Foundation Formation STAGE 2

Installation of Strategic Mechanisms

STAGE 3GAD Application

STAGE 4Commitment

Enhancement and Institutionalization

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Review of existing policies, rules and regulations of agency policies and plans

Regional Policy on Gender Mainstreaming

Adopting PCW’s Harmonized Gender and Development Guidelines

Implementing GAD policies

Gender Audit and Harmonized Gender and Development Guidelines

Establishment of technical working groups on improving policies and guidelines, impact monitoring and evaluation of policies

Interagency GAD Focal Systems

PEOPLEInstitutional Capacity Development

Organizational Assessment

Training Needs Assessment and Gap Analysis

Identifying practical and strategic gender needs of employees

Organization of Core Group

GAD Focal System

Brown Bag Sessions

Module 1: Gender Sensitivity Training ++

Module 2: Gender analysis, auditing and developing gender-responsive actions

Established network of GAD allies and champions (Internal and External to the Organization)

P/P/AsTechnical Assistance

Initial assessment of gender issues in P/P/As

Participatory Gender Audit using the Harmonized Gender and Development Guidelines

Strengthening constructive engagement in decision-making of P/P/A components

Engagement of GAD Expert teams in the development and conduct of P/P/As

Assessed P/P/As and adoption of program managers on gender mainstreaming policy

Conscious Integration of GAD in P/P/As

ENABLING MECHANISMS

Technical Working Groups

Research and Development

Statistics

Disaggregation of gender-related data

Identifying gender-based indicators or standards for research, planning and budgeting

Initial Talks with regional line agencies for GAD community of practice

Setup of GAD Focal System and other Core Groups in relation to GAD (i.e. Committee on Anti-Sexual Harrassment, VAWC Desks, etc.)

GAD Research, Planning and Budgeting (Operational and Work and Financial Plan Guidelines for GAD Utilization)

Referral of Gender-related cases

Policies and P/P/As assessed for gender appropriateness

Researches dedicated for Gender and Development

Oversight of organization’s efforts in gender mainstreaming

Timely and Efficient Reporting of Sex-Disaggregated Data

Researches conducted specifically for gender and development


Gender mainstreaming in policy analysis and development draws attention to the impact of policy on people and explores how this impact could vary for women and men, given their gender differences and inequalities.

A gender perspective contributes to a more informed view of policy options and impacts. It should also enable decision-makers to assess the potential to narrow gender gaps.

The mainstreaming strategy seeks to ensure that gender considerations are routinely included in the assessment of policy issues, options and impacts, along with other considerations such as socio-economic dimensions. It also routinely seeks increased gender equality as one of the policy outcomes, along with growth, efficiency, poverty reduction, and sustainability.

This requires the inclusion of gender perspectives at several points in the policyprocess. As a first step, gender perspectives should be included in the formulation ofthe policy issue/question to be addressed.

Second, gender perspectives are relevant to the definition of the information needs to assess policy options. At this point, it

is important to disaggregate data by sex in order to analyze important trends that might not be apparent from aggregated ones. There is a need to ask different kinds of questions and look for information that helps to formulate or refocus the policy discussion.

Third, various options could have different consequences for gender relations. Thus, a careful assessment of the gathered data must be identified as a matter of routine so that these become evident in decision-making process.

Fourth, the inclusion of meaningful inputs from women and men in the consultation process should be taken into account or the determination of who will be consulted and how on matters such as the formulation of issues, definition of information needs, and assessment of options.

Finally, the formulation of the recommendations for policy choices should reflect the information and analyses on gender equality issues resulting from the aforementioned steps and on how it shall be presented to decision-makers so as to influence the attractiveness or viability of each option.

Policy Analysis and Development

...governments and other actors should promote an active and visible policy of mainstreaming a gender perspective in all policies and programs so that, before decisions are taken, an analysis is made of the effects on women and men, respectively.

~ Beijing Platform of Action, 1995


Gender mainstreaming in research seeks to ensure that gender issues are taken in consideration in planning the overall research agenda as well as in formulating specifica projects based on gathered scientific or technical data.

The research agenda shapes the opportunities available at the implementation stage. In the past, it was assumed that women and men shared priorities and perspectives. Critical questioning may raise new issues about the focus and impacts of broad choices about research priorities.

A major area of attention in research is the definition of specific research projects which includes consideration of the purpose and scope of the project and whether these can be formulated to reflect the perspectives and priorities of women as well as men on the issue under investigation. Likewise, gender mainstreaming also requires attention to the methodology proposed and whether it will ensure that gender differences and inequalities are documented and explored.

Gender mainstreaming should also be visible in the research development cycle starting from the conduct of the research

and who will conduct the research, even up to the dissemination of research findings.

To mainstream gender perspectives in the area of research, a deeper analysis should be made as to how relevenat such researches are to women and men and are they invvolved in the methodology and design, how gender differences reflect and influence conceptual framework, objectives, methodologies, expected outputs, and anticipated impact of the research, how can attention to the different situations of women and men be incorporated into the aspects of the research design and how will the design and implementation of the research address factors that are often produce unequal opportunities for women and men.

Selecting researchers is also a fertile area for gender mainstreaming in order to ensure that those who have relevant expertise to understand the gender dimensions of the research are properly guided.

Lastly, gender dimensions should be incorporated in the research evaluation as part of the terminal reports, including strategies, impacts and outputs produced.

Research and Development

...ensure that all research, policies, programmes, projects and initiatives address gender issues for this will contribute to increasing the coverage, effectiveness, efficiency and, ultimately, the impact of health interventions for both women and men, while at the same time contributing to achievement of the broader goal of social justice.

~ World Health Organization Gender Policy, 2002


In technical assistance, gender mainstreaming seeks to ensure that initiatives undertaken support gender equality objectives. This requires a critical eye on expected results of each health program and how these relate to gender equality issues.

The Philippine Commission on Women, has provided Philippine government agencies and donors with a common set of analytical concepts and tools on processes and strategies and further addresses management results of integrating gender equality and women’s empowerment concerns into key stages of the project cycle; project identification and design, assessment of projects for funding, project implementation, monitoring and evaluation.

Initiatives supporting government decentralization, gender mainstreaming would require taking account of factors affecting women’s representation in decision-making bodies and the capacity of decision-makers to recognize and respond to the needs of both women and men.

To provide an effective way in pursuing gender mainstreaming is to ensure that gender equality considerations are addressed as the assignment is being

defined and in initial discussions with stakeholders. The scope of initiative must be defined in ways that facilitate the inclusion of gender perspectives.

On the formulation and implementation of phases of technical assistance initiatives is to strengthen constructive dialogue with partners who have also made commitments to gender equality and mainstreaming gender equality perspectives in policies and programs.

These may include drawing on regional commitments to women’s rights and gender equality, ensure that an expert team includes members with explicit gender analysis experience, seek gender allies in the organization, ensure that views of women and men are obtained in the consultation process, and consult with local experts on gender equality.

Regional commitments are important instruments for dialogue on gender equality as they link discussions on responsibility and actions already agreed to. It is undisputed that organizations and institutions are not homogeneous and there are usually greater pockets of support for greater integration of gender equality considerations.

Technical Assistance

Equality for women is much more than only an ethical issue. A society that leaves girls and women out of the development process is one that will never reach its full potential.

~Rajat Nag,Managing Director General,

Asian Development Bank


The collection, analysis and dissemination of statistics form part of the core information used to set priorities, design programs, and guide policy.

Given its central nature, gender mainstreaming is critical in statistics produced taking in consideration of gender roles and differences and inqualities in society.

All data, be it individual or group, should be collected, compiled, and analyzed taking into account the gender-based factors that influence women and men’s roles, access to sources, and the way both benefit from access to resources, facilities and services.

Disaggregation of all statistics by sex is one of the means of ensuring attention to gender perspectives in statistics but having data by sex does not guarantee that concepts, definitions, and methods used in data production are conceived to reflect gender roles and relations in society.

Mainstreaming in statistics may involve new types of data or expanding data collection in some areas to fill existing knowledge gaps. This necessitates further attention to the basic concepts utilized and to methods of collection, analysis to

ensure that gender equality issues are covered adequately. Deliberate attention should also be provided to methods of presentation and dissemination to ensure that the issues are presented and provided to all potential target groups.

CHD IV-B shall take the necessary steps in gender mainstreaming such as: ensuring that statistics document women’s and men’s participation in and contributions to all social and economic areas, consider how their experiences may vary in different social or economic groups and how these differences might be relevant to statistical analysis, ensure that the unit of anlysis adequately represents gender-based differences, assure questionnaires and units of operation used in data collection represent gender-based differences, examine further the underlying causes and consequences in the framework for analysis, and ensure that the results of the analysis are disseminated to all interested users with a clear language that highlights gender-based causes and consequences to programs, activities and policies.

Gender perspectives are also critical in other reports and publications targeting decision-makers and the public. It should highlight he importance of gender equality.

Data collection, Analysis and Dissemination

Gender statistics is an area that cuts across traditional fields of statistics to identify, produce and disseminate statistics that reflect the realities of the lives of women and men and policy issues relating to gender.

~ United Nations Economic Commission for Europe


Institutional capacity is fundamantal in order to pursue effectively the mainstreaming strategy in our own organization and to encourage others work in a complementary fashion with respective institutions.

This long-term process requires explicit, active and on-going attention, resources and capital. It is important for CHD to re-examine its understanding and commitment for gender and development. Clarity about the goal of equality between women and men among professionals, particularly decision-making levels and commitment to pursuing institutionalization.

Likewise, CHD must put further stress in the anlytic and planning skills of public health professionals to identify and respond to issues of equality between men and women relevant to the Department of Health’s mandate.

Structures and mechanisms shall also be facilitative in ensuring that concerns of both women and men and equality issues are raised within planning and decision-making, enable important inter-sectoral linkages to be made and hold staff and managers accountable to outcomes.

The presence of a catalyst in gender

mainstreaming also provides a more efficient way of cascading gender and development in an organization as it plays a significant role in providing the mandate of focusing on strategic issues and act as a catalyst rather than holding the overall responsibility for implementation of gender mainstreaming efforts.

It is also significant that in all program or policy development is a participatory structure or means by which consultation is ensured so that all women and men and gender equality advocates, can participate in the decision-making and influence policy and program determination.

CHD shall expand its gender lens by seeking gender advocates in other institutions to widen further its gender lens and must develop a conclusive plan or program of action that sets realistic targets, specifies accountabilities and mobilizes the appropriate levels of support.

As pointed out in the Beijing Platform of Action, gender analysis is the critical starting point for gender mainstreaming. Such analysis is not something to be done solely by gender advocates but should be an essential element of the professional competence of each.

Institutional Development and Capacity Building for Mainstreaming

Gender mainstreaming strategy is relatively straightforward. A lesson of experience is that the capacity to work on gender equality issues does not automatically materialize in an organization. Gender mainstreaming cannot be achieved without explicit institutional commitment to the strategy and systematic efforts to implement it.

~ Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, United Nations


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The developmet of this publication has entailed a careful and deliberate process of development. The Cluster would like to express gratitude for the content development of this document, specifically to the efforts of Mr. Lester A. Anonuevo and Ms. Michelle Tanghal, who provided the technical know-how and directions for the agency’s gender mainstreaming plan.

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