Gender Mainstreaming Definitions and Principles

This assignment provides an overview of gender mainstreaming definitions and principles. It discusses the key features of gender mainstreaming, including equal education, access to knowledge, and promoting human rights. The report also evaluates the importance of managing diversity in organizations to promote gender equality and economic growth.

Task 3: Gender Main streaming Definitions and
Principles

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................1
Critical Summary........................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................1
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................2

INTRODUCTION
The report is based on developing understanding over gender main streaming and its
principles from various readings.
MAIN BODY
Critical Summary
As per the views of Meier, 2018, gender mainstreaming is differences among people of
two genders which is derived on the basis of individual values, beliefs, ideas, etc. However, the
goals of government for promoting gender equality by considering gender mainstreaming as
strategy (GENDER MAINSTREAMING AN OVERVIEW, 2002). The authors discussed bout
various examples of gender disparity which needs to be overcome with the help of
mainstreaming like, domestic violence faced by women, voice for opinion and economic
opportunities. The study articulated reason of mainstreaming gender like illiteracy among
women (UNESCO’S Gender Mainstreaming Implementation Framework (GMIF) for 2002-2007,
2003). As per UNESCO program me cycle, it is determined that gender main steaming can be
attained by making systematic effort for considering aspiration of men and women equally.
In accordance with evaluation key features of gender mainstreaming are equal education,
access to knowledge, encouraging creativity of women, promoting active participation of
females of society and promoting human rights in order to protect individual interest against
disparity. Principles of mainstreaming gender can be fostering partnership among men and
women, contributing to international decade for managing cultural peace and promoting parity
among both genders to overlap differences (Tyagi and Das, 2017). However, managing diversity
in organization is another way to managing gender equality at workplace which supports
economic growth and development. Thus, it can be said that gender main steaming and
managing diversity approaches has no significant differences because both the concepts focuses
on promoting gender parity.
CONCLUSION
The assessment summarized about gender main streaming strategy to promote gender
equality in society for enabling equal access of knowledge, education and employment among
men and women.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Meier, P., 2018. The dilution of the ultimate goal? Lessons from gender mainstreaming.
In Mainstreaming Integration Governance (pp. 171-189). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
Tyagi, N. and Das, S., 2017. Gender mainstreaming in forest governance: analysing 25 years of
research and policy in South Asia. International Forestry Review. 19(2). pp.234-244.
Online
UNESCO’S Gender Mainstreaming Implementation Framework (GMIF) for 2002-2007. 2003.
[PDF]. Available through:
<http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001318/131854e.pdf>.
GENDER MAINSTREAMING AN OVERVIEW. 2002. [PDF]. Available through:
<http://www.un.org/womenwatch/osagi/pdf/e65237.pdf>.
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