ENGENDERING TAKING THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE FORMAL POLITICAL ARENA AND APPLIES THEM ACROSS ALL SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS AND INSTITUTIONS A POLITICAL CHANGE IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF POWER (POWER RELATIONS ) BOTH IN THE REALM OF THE PERSONAL (DOMESTIC RELATIONSHIPS) AS WELL AS IN THE PUBLIC (INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICES & INTERPRETATION OF RELIGION) RECOGNIZING AND ARTICULATING SUBORDINATION BASED ON GENDER BREAKING THE CHAIN OF REPRODUCTION AND PERPETUATION OF PATRIARCHY ATTITUDES & BEHAVIOR STRUCTURES & MECHANISM LINKING DOMESTIC ISSUES (FAMILY, MOTHERHOOD, MARRIAGE, CHILD CARE) TO THE MACRO LEVEL (SOCIAL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC ) MAINSTREAMING GENDER ISSUES IN ALL ASPECTS REDEFINING/ RENAMING TERMINOLOGY AND INSTITUTIONS, E.G. HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD/DECISION MAKERS AN ONGOING PROCESS CHALLENGING FUNDAMENTALISM
GENDER ANALYSIS BEING MORE ACCURATE IN DISAGGREGATING THE FORCES THAT CREATE AND SUSTAIN ONE CONDITION. QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED WHO DOES WHAT WHO HAS WHAT WHO DECIDES HOW WHO GAINS WHO LOSES EXPLORING AND HIGHLIGHTING THE RELATIONSHIPS OF WOMEN & MEN IN SOCIETY AND THE INEQUALITIES IN THOSE RELATIONSHIPS SEEKING WAYS TO BRING ABOUT A MORE BALANCED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MEN & WOMEN BREAKS DOWN THE PUBLIC / PRIVATE DIVIDE AND BRINGS THE PRIVATE INTO PUBLIC SPHERE LOOKS AT HOW THE DYNAMIC WITHIN THE HOUSEHOLD IS INTER RELATED TO THE DYNAMIC AT INTERNATIONAL, STATE, MARKET, AND COMMUNITY LEVEL ENSURES THAT CONCERNS PARTICULAR TO WOMEN ARE INCLUDED IN THE MAIN AGENDA
GENDER ANALYSIS MATRIX ( GAM ) By : Rani Parker (1993) AIMS: WHAT: WHY: WHO: WHEN: Helps determine the differing impacts of development interventions on women & men. Provides a community based technique for identification and analysis Initiates a process of analysis that identifies and challenges gender roles within the community in a constructive manner. A tool for gender analysis of development ( program/ project ) at community level. To determine differing impacts of interventions on women & men. Done by a group within the community; includes women & men in equal number At the planning stage →determine potential gender effects At the design stage → gender considerations may change the design During monitoring stage →address broader program impacts
LEVEL OF ANALYSIS Women → All ages In The Community Men → All ages In The Community Household → All men, women, children residing together extended, nuclear family. Community → Everyone in the project area as a whole. CATEGORY OF ANALYSIS Labor → Changes in task, capacity. Time → Changes in the amount of time ( 3 hours, 4 days, etc ). Resource → Changes in access to capital (income, land, etc) Changes in control over resource Cultural → Changes in social aspect ( gender roles, status, etc ) PRINCIPLE Can be transformative if done by people No need for experts except as facilitators People are the subject of analysis
FORMAT LABOR TIME RE SOURCES CULTURE WOMEN MEN HOUSEHOLD COMMUNITY