1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. FORMAT
LABOR
TIME
RE SOURCES
CULTURE
WOMEN
MEN
HOUSEHOLD
COMMUNITY