Updated: Jan 11, 2022
Gender mainstreaming can be thought of as a strategy towards realising gender equality. As the name suggests, it involves the integration of a gender perspective into the preparation, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and programmes with a view to promoting equality between women and men, and combating discrimination.
A crucial aspect of gender mainstreaming is the conducting of a gender analysis.
Gender analysis provides the necessary data and information to integrate a gender perspective into policies,programmes and projects.