 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

 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

GENDER ANALYSIS MATRIX ( GAM ) By : Rani Parker (1993) 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 AIMS: WHAT: WHY: WHO: WHEN: 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 LABORTIMERE SOURCES CULTURE WOMEN MEN HOUSEHOLD COMMUNITY