What needs to be done to mainstream gender?
Alle messages of the e-conference and the summary of the contributions to the question "What needs to be done to mainstream gender?" can be found here.
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Alle messages of the e-conference and the summary of the contributions to the question "What needs to be done to mainstream gender?" can be found here.
Summary of the discussion on "what" This summary intends to extract the major points from all contrbutions to the e-conference concerning this topic.
Message 38: Juana Vera Contribution by Juana Vera from Peru
Message 39: Manirul Islam on Juana Vera Manirul Islam responds on Juana Vera’s message highlighting that participation and an understanding of how social structures influence water management, are areas that have to be looked at in order to mainstream gender.
Message 40: Umarakhunova Gulbakhor Umarakhunova Gulbakhor writes that initiative needs to be taken from both ends-in terms of training, capacity building to encourage participation and promote awareness, and also push for policies to address the entitlements and rights.
Message 41: Dorothy Hamada Dorothy Hamada asks if we should even negotiate on the ‘minimum agenda’. Read her response.
Message 42: Jaime Hoogesteger Jaime Hoogesteger writes that operationalisation of minimum agenda should be determined on a case by case basis. This would perhaps avoid the problem of having a list of gender neutral check boxes.
Message 43: Patricia Kabatabazi Read a response from Patricia Kabatabazi.
Message 44:Priscilla M Achakpa Priscilla M Achakpa writes that involving the stakeholders is the most important issue in the operationalisation of the minimum agenda.
Message 45: Ango Patrice Effebi Ango Patrice Effebi response highlights that the role of women as water users and providers is not seen in institutions that deal with water management and development. There is thus a gap between the users and the representatives.
Message 46: Lakech Haile Lakech Haile says that social issues are often left out of programmes and projects that deal with water development and there should be a mechanism whereby all people involved in implementation are responsible for gender issues being addressed.
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