Links to Equity and Gender

Internet Gateways

The Gender Research Network was initiated by the CGIAR Gender Program. Wrapped up in 2002, but useful depository of links and publications.

Gender Equality as Smart Economics: A World Bank Gender Action Plan. "Provides information on Bank policy, strategy and implementation, as well as tools useful for integrating gender issues into analytical work, development operations and capacity building" Some good links -don't be put off by the title...

Sub-Saharan Africa Gender. More links and resouces from the World Bank....(not always easy to find you way around their huge site...)

General Concepts and Approaches

What is gender analysis? Canadian International Development Agency. Well written and comprehensive guideline to gender concepts and approaches to gender analysis - including detailed treatment of the Harvard Framework (activity profile, access and control profile, analysis of influencing factors) and Woman's Equality and Empowerment Framework.

Gender in Agriculture: A World Bank Learning Module. Simple and straightforward - another good place to start.

Women's rights and citizenship at the International Development Research Centre is worth visiting. Interesting also is the publication by Naila Kabeer on Gender mainstreaming in poverty eradication and the Millenium Development Goals. A handbook for policy-makers and other stakeholders(2003), free downloadable.

The User's Guide to Poverty and Social Impact Analysis, developed by the World Bank outlines an approach for PSIA and gives an analysis of intended and unintended consequences of policy interventions (2003 Pdf, 660 Kb).

Social Analysis Sourcebook, from the World Bank. Broad-based look at incorporating social issues into design of World Bank Projects, linking to and incorporating concepts/approaches such as stakeholders, participation, equity, gender, etc.

Gender and Food Security.. General site from the FAO.

Gender dimensions in natural resource management. Pages from Sustainable Development Dimensions of the FAO, Women and Population division. Issues of gender and biodiversity and local knowledge systems. Case studies, etc.

IFAD has formulated a Gender action plan for 2003-2006 in order to mainstream the gender perspective in all its operations. Useful are also the Guidelines for incorporating Gender into rural development and the Tools and Guidelines on Gender, the latter are mostly for project planning and design. Gender and Household Food Security gives a slide presentation on this topic. Also check out the “Knowledge notes” for case studies on gender and agriculture in different countries.

Participatory Research and Gender Analysis Programme of the CGIAR/CIAT. Access to paper on Gender Analysis for Sustainable Livelihoods Frameworks, tools for gender analysis (draft 2002, Pasteur, K.) with links to other sources.

Training Manuals and Online Courses

FAO's Socio-economic Gender Analysis Programme (SEAGA)developed handbooks on gender analysis at the: Field, Intermediate and Macro level (2003). Interesting also is their pocket guide for extension workers on Rural households and resources (2004) with useful tools and attention for livelihoods and HIV/AIDS.

Toolkit on Gender in Agriculture. Here you can download the 160 page document designed to help World Bank staff incorporate gender concerns into their agricultural sector work and the project cycle (warning – this pdf document is 11.2 MB in size!).

Newsletters, Discussion Groups, etc.

Oxfam's newsletter on gender.