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 GEND

Gender Mainstreaming in the programs/projects of all government agencies to promote and fulfill women's human rights and eliminate gender discrimination in their systems, structures, policies, programs, processes, and procedures.

  Mainstreaming