Integrated Water Resource Management and Gender
Gender plays an intricate role in Integrated Water Resource Management. Not just in the planning process but also through the stakeholder consultations and every other step in between. Gender mainstreaming or offering gender equality in IWRM is essential for two important reasons. One because women are just as much affected by decisions made with regards to water as men are and because achieving gender equality is another one of the millennium development goals. For these reasons gender must be taken into account in an IWRM plan to give a balanced and equitable output with everyone’s best interests taken into account. This toolkit contains resource material on the following themes: Gender-Why and How, How to advocate for Gender, how to make gender strategies, Gender Mainstreaming and also provides case studies that show how to integrate Gender into IWRM.
Gender-Why and How Gender- Why and how contains resources that explains what Gender is, why it is important to take Gender into consideration and how Gender can be incorporated into IWRM program cycles. It shows how to carry out a Gender analysis and how to incorporate gender aspects into IWRM plans.
1) Definition
2) Technical brief 5. Mainstreaming Gender in Integrated Water Resource
3) Gender in the Programme Cycle Management (PCM)
4) Gender in the Programmes/Projects
5) Mainstreaming Gender in Water Resources Management. Why & How. World Water Vision
6) A Gender Perspective in the Water Resources Management Sector. A handbook for Gender Mainstreaming. Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency.
7) Gender Based Analysis. A Guide for Policy makers. – Gender Status of woman Canada
How to Advocate for GenderGender advocacy is important since not everyone may think that gender equality is important. In order to get people on board, advocacy can be used to lobby for gender mainstreaming. The resources here show the users how this can be done through the use of case studies and demonstrate the need for advocacy.
1) Untapped Connections. Gender, water and Poverty.
2) Advocacy Manual for Gender & Water Ambassadors HL Engagement Gender & Water Alliance.
How to Make Gender Strategies
In order to accommodate Gender into an IWRM plan, first a Gender strategy needs to be created that could then be incorporated into the overall IWRM plan. These documents present an overview of how Gender strategies can be planned and what is needed to do it.
1) The EPM Source Book Series Integrating Gender Responsiveness in Environmental Planning and Management. Sustainable Cities Programme.
2) Monitoring Gender in Programmes
3) Gender and Evaluation
4) A Project Level Handbook. The Why and How of Gender Sensitive Indicators. Canadian International Development Agency
Gender MainstreamingGender Mainstreaming is achieving Gender equality in an IWRM project. The resources here build on the themes above and demonstrate how you can add mainstreaming into a Gender strategy and eventually into the IWRM plan.
1) Accelerating Change. Resources for Gender Mainstreaming. Canadian International Development Agency
2) Policy Brief 3. Gender mainstreaming an essential component of sustainable water management. (GWP)
Case StudyThe case studies show some Gender policies initiated in the Pacific to tackle Gender as a serious issue. The case studies provide an insight into how Gender mainstreaming can be achieved in practical terms. They can be useful in trying to develop a practical Gender inclusive IWRM plan.
1) ADB. Country Gender Assessment. Republic of the Fiji Islands
2) Translating CEDAW into law. CEDAW Legislative compliance in the Cook Islands (UNDP/UNIFEM)
3) Turning Natural Assets into Wealth. Chapter 5.
4) A world of decisions: Case Studies. World Resources 2002-2004. Chapter 8
5) The Best of Two Worlds? Methodology for Participatory Assessment of Community Water Services TP 38, IRC - International Water and Sanitation Centre
6) Gender 21: women's recommendations to the 2nd Ministerial Conference on Water. Amsterdam, the Netherlands: International Information Centre and Archives for the Women's Movement (IIAV).
Gender-Why and How Gender- Why and how contains resources that explains what Gender is, why it is important to take Gender into consideration and how Gender can be incorporated into IWRM program cycles. It shows how to carry out a Gender analysis and how to incorporate gender aspects into IWRM plans.
1) Definition
2) Technical brief 5. Mainstreaming Gender in Integrated Water Resource
3) Gender in the Programme Cycle Management (PCM)
4) Gender in the Programmes/Projects
5) Mainstreaming Gender in Water Resources Management. Why & How. World Water Vision
6) A Gender Perspective in the Water Resources Management Sector. A handbook for Gender Mainstreaming. Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency.
7) Gender Based Analysis. A Guide for Policy makers. – Gender Status of woman Canada
How to Advocate for GenderGender advocacy is important since not everyone may think that gender equality is important. In order to get people on board, advocacy can be used to lobby for gender mainstreaming. The resources here show the users how this can be done through the use of case studies and demonstrate the need for advocacy.
1) Untapped Connections. Gender, water and Poverty.
2) Advocacy Manual for Gender & Water Ambassadors HL Engagement Gender & Water Alliance.
How to Make Gender Strategies
In order to accommodate Gender into an IWRM plan, first a Gender strategy needs to be created that could then be incorporated into the overall IWRM plan. These documents present an overview of how Gender strategies can be planned and what is needed to do it.
1) The EPM Source Book Series Integrating Gender Responsiveness in Environmental Planning and Management. Sustainable Cities Programme.
2) Monitoring Gender in Programmes
3) Gender and Evaluation
4) A Project Level Handbook. The Why and How of Gender Sensitive Indicators. Canadian International Development Agency
Gender MainstreamingGender Mainstreaming is achieving Gender equality in an IWRM project. The resources here build on the themes above and demonstrate how you can add mainstreaming into a Gender strategy and eventually into the IWRM plan.
1) Accelerating Change. Resources for Gender Mainstreaming. Canadian International Development Agency
2) Policy Brief 3. Gender mainstreaming an essential component of sustainable water management. (GWP)
Case StudyThe case studies show some Gender policies initiated in the Pacific to tackle Gender as a serious issue. The case studies provide an insight into how Gender mainstreaming can be achieved in practical terms. They can be useful in trying to develop a practical Gender inclusive IWRM plan.
1) ADB. Country Gender Assessment. Republic of the Fiji Islands
2) Translating CEDAW into law. CEDAW Legislative compliance in the Cook Islands (UNDP/UNIFEM)
3) Turning Natural Assets into Wealth. Chapter 5.
4) A world of decisions: Case Studies. World Resources 2002-2004. Chapter 8
5) The Best of Two Worlds? Methodology for Participatory Assessment of Community Water Services TP 38, IRC - International Water and Sanitation Centre
6) Gender 21: women's recommendations to the 2nd Ministerial Conference on Water. Amsterdam, the Netherlands: International Information Centre and Archives for the Women's Movement (IIAV).
