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The following questions will help in defining whether a project or programme should be
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1. Of what sort is the problem that you are trying to solve, seen from the perspectives of
men and women, girls and boys?
2. Will the actions or consequences of the planned project target people?
3. Are there clear differences between women and men, boys and girls in the activity that
the project is focusing at?
4. What is the ratio of men and women, girls and boys, in the planned target groups of the
project?
5. To achieve the planned outcome, will actions, which differ according to gender, be
needed?
6. Will the planned project actions target women and men, boys and girls differently, and
are the consequences different for these groups?
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has a good guide to gender
mainstreaming food security projects: “Guide to mainstreaming gender in FAO’s project cycle.” 20 Even
though it is about mainstreaming gender into agricultural projects, it gives a very good picture of how
to go about it.
3.4 Gender responsive budgeting
Gender responsive budgeting is one part of gender mainstreaming. It does not aim at creating separate
budgets for women. According to Wiki-Gender, gender responsive budgeting: 21
1. Refers to the process of conceiving, planning, approving, executing, monitoring, analysing and
auditing budgets in a gender-sensitive way,
2. Involves analysis of actual expenditure of revenue (usually of governments) on women and girls
as compared to expenditure on men and boys,
3. Helps governments to decide how policies need to be made, adjusted and re-prioritized,
4. Is a tool for effective policy implementation where one can check if the allocations are in line
with policy commitments and are having the desired impact.
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