Section 3: Reference Materials

Reference #18: Guidelines for Gender-Sensitive Project Planning and

Implementation
Examples of Guidelines
Project Identification (Problem Analysis and Project Selection)

1. Did women and men actively participate in identifying and analyzing the problem or situation?
2. Were women involved in decision-making?
3. Was the situation or problem analyzed from a gender perspective? Did the analysis identify:
   1. the roles and responsibility of men, women and children
   2. who has access to and control over available resources?
   3. social and economic factors related to roles and responsibilities, and access to and control over resources
   4. what the project could/should do to incorporate gender considerations?
4. Did the analysis collect gender-disaggregated data?

Project Planning

1. Did women and men actively participate in planning the project?
2. Were women involved in decision-making?

Project Design

Objectives:

1. Does the project seek to benefit the disadvantaged or deprived?
2. Is it aimed at achieving greater gender equality?
3. Does it aim to fulfill strategic gender needs, or is it focused more on practical needs (see module on Gender and Development)

Indicators

Are the indicators formulated along gender-specific lines, so that the various impacts of the project on men and women can be determined?

Planned Activities

1. Is there a gender balance in the assignment of roles and responsibilities?
2. Does the design expect that women will participate in decision-making, implementation, and monitoring?
3. Are affirmative actions planned?

Project Management and Implementation

1. Are both men and women involved in managing and implementing the project?
2. Is there active participation of the target group?
3. Are both men and women actively involved in decision making?
4. Is there equal access to resources in project implementation?
5. Are there affirmative actions to counterbalance gender inequalities?
6. Do the implementing activities focus on the deprived community including women?

Monitoring and Evaluation

1. Are monitoring data gender disaggregated? Are these data analyzed and presented to beneficiaries, project implementers and decision-makers?
2. Does the monitoring process capture feedback and information from both men and women beneficiaries and participants?
3. Does monitoring information show how the project is benefiting women and men?
4. Do the monitoring and evaluation teams include members who are gender-sensitive and have gender expertise?

Results

1. Do women and men benefit to the same extent from the project measures?
2. Does the project make an explicit contribution to improving the economic and social situation of women?

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