Gender Toolkit: Integrating Gender in Programming for Every Child in Europe and Central Asia
Publisher: UNICEF Europe and Central Asia Regional Office
Date Published: 2019
Languages: English
The toolkit serves as a practical guide for UNICEF staff, offering insights on integrating gender into all aspects of their work across the program cycle. It emphasizes adapting to the goals and objectives of interventions in each country context and being used alongside other UNICEF guidance notes.
Main Contribution
The toolkit aims to strengthen institutional and individual capacity within UNICEF to integrate gender equality issues effectively into programming across Europe and Central Asia. It emphasizes making gender a primary focus throughout the program cycle, from assessment and analysis to design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.
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The toolkit is designed for UNICEF professionals at all levels in the Europe and Central Asia region, including gender focal points, specialists, non-gender specialists, management, sector staff, and planning, monitoring, and evaluation (PME) teams. It is also deemed valuable for government stakeholders collaborating with UNICEF and implementing partners working towards gender equality.
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The toolkit is intended to be a resource for UNICEF professionals involved in gender interventions, providing practical steps for integrating gender across the UNICEF Country Programme Development cycle. It includes specific modules for education, immunization, adolescent participation, and institutional care, with gender indicators.
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Creating Normative Change
The toolkit aims to instigate normative change by emphasizing that the empowerment of women and girls is most effective when gender is a primary focus throughout all stages of interventions, from assessment to evaluation.
How it could be adapted to the communities
The emphasis on gender mainstreaming as a process for sustainable development suggests that the toolkit can be adapted to diverse community contexts. The checklist on engagement of men and boys also implies a flexible approach that considers local perspectives and dynamics.
Keywords
Women empowerment, Gender integration, programming, gender mainstreaming, gender-responsive programming, engagement of men and boys, checklist, societal transformation.
