1. Dominican Republic Mainstreaming Gender – Our experience with the Dominican Republic CAS

2.  Content  DR CAS – Highlights  Gender issues in the DR  How to mainstream gender in the CAS? Lessons learned

3. Mainstreaming Gender – Our experience with the Dominican Republic CAS  The World Bank Group’s strategy over the four- year period covered by the FY06-09 CAS rests on two main Pillars:  stabilize the economy, improve competitiveness, and restore economic growth; and  achieve greater social equity through human development and increased coverage and quality of basic public services.   Institutional strengthening, transparency, gender, youth and environmental sustainability are cross-cutting themes  This is not a results-based CAS (though results- based monitoring system in place at the time of CAS Progress Report

4. Mainstreaming Gender – Our experience with the Dominican Republic CAS – IBRD Lending Program

5. Mainstreaming Gender – Our experience with the Dominican Republic CAS - IBRD AAA Program

6. IFC Program  IFC’s assistance will focus on restoring confidence in the private sector supporting projects generating growth, improving the country’s competitiveness, and contributing towards greater social equity  support to SMEs Mainstreaming Gender – Our experience with the Dominican Republic CAS

7.  Higher poverty rates among household headed by women, particularly in the bateyes  High maternal mortality rates  Unequal access to job market, land tenure, elective political positions and salary discriminations  Crime, violence and trafficking Mainstreaming Gender – Our experience with the Dominican Republic CAS

8. Gender Mainstreaming in the DR CAS: lessons learned  Gender not treated as a separate chapter of the report, instead…  Gender perspective included all along the report (assessment, program)  Avoid statements not substantiated by data  Ample use of WB and other donors’ reports (USAID, UNDP, etc.)  Key role of consultations (CSOs, but also key gov’t policy makers)  But most importantly……

9. Mainstreaming Gender – Our experience with the Dominican Republic CAS  Talk the Lead Economist and SLs through Gender issues by using their own language, that is:  Economic and sector work (e.g. Poverty Assessment, PER, etc.)  Project Documents  Country Gender Assessment In a nutshell: Build a gender case on the basis of strong analytical grounds and extensive consultations with stakeholders