Gender mainstreaming in practice: a toolkit

Considerable progress has been made in the area of gender equality in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS, yet, this has been matched by new circumstances and emerging challenges. This handbook is targeted at policy-makers charged with the day-to-day responsibility of gender mainstreaming. Split into two parts it provides both methodological and practical guidance on mainstreaming gender.

Part 1 provides a methodological background to:

• Ten Steps to Gender Mainstreaming
• Gender Equality: Basic Principles
• Gender Analysis: A Guide

The gender mainstreaming process - includes how to formulate policy from a gender perspective, monitoring and evaluation, and engendering communication - each stage is described with the help of various tools, checklists and exercises.

Part II provides a series of sectoral briefs. In an effort to make the toolkit regionally specific and practically oriented, approximately 25 actual case studies of experiences in gender mainstreaming and gender initiatives from throughout the region are included.

Sectors include:

• Poverty
• Labour
• Macroeconomics and Trade
• Private Sector Development
• Education
• Health
• Energy and Environment
• Governance and Participation
• Human Rights and Justice
• Science, Research and Information
• and Communication Technologies
• Crisis Prevention and Recovery
• HIV and AIDS