1. Gender strategy
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2. Purpose
URBAN-WASTE is committed to integrating eco- innovative and gender-sensitive waste prevention and management strategies in cities with high levels of tourism in order to reduce urban waste production and improve municipal waste management;
MMLP to develop gender sensitive eco-innovative strategies;
URBAN-WASTE will put in place a series of activities for gender mainstreaming in the waste strategies it designs.
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3. In order to develop gender sensitive eco-innovative strategies…
Transversal embedding of gender considerations
Gender in the ‘urban metabolism’
Gender in ICT
Establishing a gender sensitive database
Researching gender differences in waste and tourism (focus groups, surveys)
Intersectionality
Use of the data in the design of waste prevention and management measures
Facilitating the acquisition of gender awareness and gender sensitivity
Gendering stakeholder engagement and mutual learning
Gender supporting activity
Contributing to the state of the art of knowledge on the role of gender in tourism and waste management
Working in a gender sensitive way (in the project and the pilots)
Gender balanced teams
Gender sensitive working practices
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4. Gender mainstreaming in the pilots
Working in a gender sensitive way
In-house
Diverse and gender balanced teams
Gender sensitive working practices
With stakeholders
Gender sensitive consulting/participation (are there women and men involved from different backgrounds, ages, ethnic and religious groups?)
Gender sensitive innovations  innovations as a result of gender equality
Do a gender impact assessment on existing strategies, or
start with an analysis of social and environmental inequalities/problems which innovations can address
Share good practice
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5. Feedback
Where pilots have made changes to gender balance of staff, stakeholders, community participants?
On MMLPs: be attentive to gendered participation
Inclusiveness – do all those present get an equal chance to speak?
Record what is said by whom
Worth audio recording?
Build gender training/support through WP4 bilaterals
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6. Examples of gender sensitive waste management innovations
SEED gender award
LOOP – Life Out Of Plastic
Days for Girls
Solid waste management and community mobilisation program
Women’s Environmental Network, UK
Real nappy campaign
‘Enviromenstrual’ campaign
For environmentally and humanly safe sanitary products (sanpro)
With ‘Periodwatch’ - to end tax on sanpro and to provide products for low income women including refugees
West Sussex, UK
Where having a woman in a management position had a direct impact on diversion of waste from landfill/incineration:
Introduced a ‘real nappy service’ with a laundry service, free for families on low income
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7. Potential for gender sensitive waste management innovations
Surveys & focus groups confirm gender norms
women more likely to be in lower paid jobs in hospitality industry
involving cleaners, kitchen staff as stakeholders will give a practical perspective on waste
be mindful that waste management strategies likely to have different impacts on these staff
men recycle less/fewer materials, but more likely to use apps/ICT
strategies to appeal to different roles; involve men & women of different ages/backgrounds
female waste workers more likely to favour ‘soft’ waste reduction facilities
ensure men and women waste workers in equal numbers
Waste behaviour on holiday a weaker version of home practice
most tourist respondents willing to do more with better facilities/information
Involve men and women as stakeholders/consultees
peer pressure on young men in groups not to sort waste
Involve young men as stakeholders/consultees
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8. Gender supporting activities
Establishing a gender equal workplace
Establishing a gender sensitive database
Gender sensitive stakeholder participation
Eco-innovation through gender equality
Gender mainstreaming strategies
Design/implementation/evaluation/development
Gender impact assessment
Gender budgeting
Suggestions/requests from pilots?
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