Gender approaches, policies and strategies

Multilaterals

Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Gender and development

BRIDGE

Current programme, 2003-2006

European Union

• Integrating equality between women and men into all community policies and activities
• A roadmap for equality between women and men, 2006-2010

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

• Gender and development plan of action, 2002-2007
• Plan of action for people's participation in rural development

Inter-American Development Bank

• GED unit work plan
• Gender mainstreaming action plan, 2003-2005

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Gender-related policies and strategies

International Labour Organization (ILO)

• Gender mainstreaming strategy and toolkit for Asia and the Pacific
• Gender mainstreaming in ILO technical cooperation
• Addressing gender dimensions of decent work

Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA)
Statement on CTA's gender strategy

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

• UNESCO's gender mainstreaming implementation framework
• Handbook for gender focal points in UNESCO national commissions
• Gender mainstreaming policy responding to the needs of women

United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
Organizational assessment: UNIFEM past, present and future

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Gender equality: an end in itself and a cornerstone of development

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Policy on refugee women

United Nations Human

Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)

Gender policy

United Nations Resources on Gender
Approaches to gender equality

World Bank

• Gender mainstreaming strategy paper
• Engendering development: through gender equality in rights, resources, and voice
• Gender and development operational policy

World Food Programme (WFP)

Gender policy, 2003-2007. Enhanced commitments to women to ensure food security

World Health Organization (WHO)

Gender policy

Bilaterals

Australian Government (AusAid)
Gender and development

Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Policy on gender equality

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
Gender and development

Swedish International Development Agency (Sida)
A new policy for gender equality

Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC)
Gender equality

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Women in development

Research organizations

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Gender and development

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