GENDER MAINSTREAMING: STRATEGY FOR PROMOTING …

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Office of the Special Advisor on GENDER Issues and Advancement of Women rev. August 2001 GENDER mainstreaming : STRATEGY FOR PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY mainstreaming a GENDER perspective in all types of activities (referred to as GENDER mainstreaming ) is a globally accepted STRATEGY for PROMOTING GENDER equality. mainstreaming is not an end in itself but a means to the goal of GENDER equality. mainstreaming involves ensuring that GENDER perspectives and attention to the goal of GENDER equality are central to all activities - policy development, research, advocacy/dialogue, legislation, resource allocation, and planning, implementation and monitoring of programmes and projects.

through the Platform for Action at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995 . The need to ensure that attention to gender perspectives is an integral part of

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