Gender

Development is not just about offering the opportunity of a livelihood and access to basic social services: it is also concerned with creating an environment where people can realise their rights and participate meaningfully in society.

Women have a central role to play in development processes, but their particular needs and rights are often not reflected in development policies and practices. Very often, policy-makers overlook key issues such as women’s right to own and inherit property, female genital mutilation, gender-based violence, access to reproductive health, the freedom to decide on the number and spacing of children, and equal representation in government and other decision-making bodies.

Dóchas resources 

• Gender: Empowering Women for Development

EU Resources

• Handbook on concepts and methods for mainstreaming gender equality: part of EU Toolkit on Mainstreaming Gender in development cooperation:

• Toolkit on Mainstreaming Gender Equality in EC Development Cooperation

• MainstreamIng Gender in Development Cooperation - EC (2011)

• Council of the European Union Conclusions on Gender in Development

Other Key resources

• Action Lesotho Gender Equality Policy (2014)

• Asian Development Bank Tool Kit on Gender Equality Results and Indicators (2013)

• Irish Consortium on Gender Based Violence

• Irish Aid Annual Monitoring Report on Gender Equality (2012)

• Trócaire gender strategy (2009)

• Concern equality policy (2006)

•  Irish Aid Gender Equality Policy (2004) 

• GBV Consortium resources

• CIDA Gender Equality Policy and Tools (2010)