GENDER & DEVELOPMENT

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GENDER & ON BASIC GAD RGADC Region MAINSTREAMING & GMEF5. TOOLS USED IN GADoHarmonized GENDER & DEVELOPMENT GuidelinesoProject Implementation Monitoring & Evaluation6. GAD plan & BUDGET (GPB)7. GAD ANNUAL REPORT (AR)BASIC GAD CONCEPTSReview on GAD ConceptsDifferences between Sex and GENDER SEXGENDERisthegenetic&physicalidentityof apersonUsestermlikemale&femaleSocialrela tionsbetweenmen&womenSocially&culturally learnedbehaviorUsestermlikemasculine&fem inineSexcharacteristicsareuniversal,cons tantregardlessoftime& what we are born withGENDERis what happens Roles Defined roles that men and women enact resulting from their sex*only women can give birth and breastfeed children *only men can produce sperm GENDER Role Defined Product of society s cultureTaught and reinforced by society s structures and social institutionsActivities or tasks perceived as masculine or feminine GENDER ROLESMALEFEMALEProductive RoleReproductive RoleCommunity RoleGENDER roles do !

regional and local development plans, programs and projects; 4. Create sub-committees or technical working groups (TWGs) that will review and handle GAD-related concerns; 5. Recommend policies or actions that may be adopted by the RDC to facilitate gender mainstreaming and promote women’s empowerment and gender equality in the region; 6.

  Plan, Women, Empowerment, S empowerment