GENDER TOOLKIT

CONCEPTS

CONCEPT CONTENT – COMMENTS WHERE TO FIND SEE ALSO

Gender versus sex Two halves make a whole, Gender Training Manual for
Gender Gender analysis CCIC project staff at management level,
Stereotypes Page 15 – 16 GTZ
Chapter 4, topic 4.1.1 – 4.1.4
A Guide to Gender Analysis Frameworks ; (handouts)
Oxfam
page 17-18 Oxfam Gender Training Manual,
page 99-100

Productive role A Guide to Gender Analysis Frameworks, Gender Training Manual for
Division of labour Reproductive role Oxfam project staff at management level,
Community role page 18-19 GTZ
Gender roles
Chapter 4 :
Topic 4.2.5 (handouts)

Acces and control On resources : land – time – A Guide to Gender Analysis Frameworks, Gender Training Manual for
capital/credit – knowledge – etc. Oxfam project staff at management level,
Decision-making page 34 GTZ
And benefits : income – prestige –
relations - etc. Chapter 4 :
Topic 4.2.6 and 4.2.7 (handouts)

Practical needs Link with the notions of condition and A Guide to Gender- Analysis Frameworks, Two halves make a whole,
position in the publication Two halves Oxfam CCIC
Strategic interests make a whole page 20 Page 32-38
page 57-58

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WID / GAD policy Welfare – Equity – Anti poverty – A Guide to Gender- Analysis Frameworks, Gender Equity, concepts and tools
Efficiency - Empowerment Oxfam for development, CEDPA
Women in Development page 59-60 Page 9-14
Gender and Development Page 24
Gender Training Manual for project staff at
management level, GTZ
Chapter 4, Topic 4.2.11 (handouts)

Types of power : power over – power to Two halves make a whole, CCIC Discussing Women’s
Power – power with – power within Chapter I.A, point 4, page 18-20 Empowerment. Theory and
Practice, N. Kabeer
Empowerment Indicators of empowerment Page 17-57

Guide to gender sensitive

indicators, CIDA
Page 39-44

Gender mainstreaming The role of gender analysis frameworks A Guide to Gender- Analysis Frameworks,
in mainstreaming gender Oxfam
Page 10- 12

Participation in project cycle Gender Training Manual for project staff at Guide to gender sensitive
Gender and participation PRA methods management level, GTZ indicators, CIDA
Page 34-38
Indicators of participation Chapter 4, Topic 4.2.12 (handouts)
Chapter 4, point 4.4.1 and 4.4.2 (handouts) Gender Assessment Studies,
Page 6
Two halves make a whole, Page 60
CCIC
Page 39-41 Oxfam Gender Training Manual,
page 307-311
Gender sensitive Types of indicators : risk/enabling – Guide to gender sensitive indicators, CIDA
indicators input – process – output – outcome Page 16 – 19
Page 61 – 63
Indicators on specific subjects : health, Page 77 - 92
education, work and labour force, water
supply, agriculture

Gender and Images and messages Oxfam Gender Training Manual

communication Materials Page 521, 525, 539

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 TOOLS GENDER IN PROJECT CYCLE MANAGEMENT

TOOL CONTENT – COMMENTS STRENGTHS – WEAKNESSES WHERE TO FIND

More indicated for context analysis and Visualization – real framework – practical A Guide to Gender Analysis
Harvard Framework: Stakeholder analysis : at micro level Attention for reproductive work Frameworks ;
Distinction between access and control Oxfam
1. activity profile Can also be used for project planning, Distinction between : men, women, girls, boys Chapter 2, point 2.2 page 32-42
2. access and control profile monitoring and evaluation Good entry point for planners
3. influencing factors Gender training manual for project
4. checklist With comments and case study Static – change in time or seasons not included staff at management level
Men and women are taken as an homogenous GTZ
group Chapter 4 point 4.2 (handouts
Leads to separate picture of women and men and overheads)
No attention for power relations between men
and women Two halves make a whole, CCIC
No attention for negotiation – collaboration Chapter I.B, page 24 – 31
between men and women

Moser Framework : Element 1, 2 and 3 : more indicated for Attention for practical and strategic gender Gender Analysis Frameworks ;
context analysis and stakeholder needs – challenges inequalities Oxfam
1. triple role analysis Combination of context analysis and project Chapter 2, point 2.3 page 55-67
2. decision making Can also be used for project planning, approach analysis –
3. gender needs monitoring and evaluation analyzing the approach or policy assumptions Gender training manual for project
of the NGO or development organization staff at management level
4. WID – GAD approach Element 4,5 and 6 : more indicated for GTZ
5. balancing roles analysing project approach Initially strong focus on women Chapter 4 point 4.2 (handouts
6. gender expertise No visualization – no framework and overheads)
With comments and case study Men and women are taken as an homogenous
group Two halves make a whole, CCIC
Leads to separate picture of women and men Chapter I.B page 32 – 42
Change over time not included
Need for a methodology to discuss the items
and for good facilitation
No analysis of causes of inequality

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Gender Analysis Matrix More indicated for project planning, Interesting for reflection on the impact or a an Gender Analysis Frameworks ;
GAM – Rani Parker monitoring and evaluation activity – limited intervention Oxfam
Visualization – real framework or matrix Chapter 2, point 2.4 page 68-77
More indicated for the analysis of the Invitation to participative approach :
impact of individual actions of a project construction of the matrix in a participative Another point of view : A manual
or programme way on gender analysis training for
tool for monitoring by target group grassroots workers
Impact at the level of women, men, Page 2 – 68 : understanding
household, community Need for a good facilitation Page 69 – 98 : using

With comments and case study

Women’s Empowerment More indicated for project monitoring Focus on women from a gender perspective Gender Analysis Frameworks ;
Framework – Sara and evaluation but can also be used for Focus on empowerment and equality as goals Oxfam
Longway planning Attention for the evolution and degree of Chapter 2, point 2.6. page 92-101
empowerment
Looks at the degree of : Sees practical to strategic needs as a Two halves make a whole, CCIC
1. wellbeing progression rather than discrete categories Chapter I.B page 32 – 42
2. access to resources Useful for the analysis of gender policy at the
3. sensibilisation on gender items level of a Ministry
4. participation in decision making
5. control over resources Gender relations seen only in terms of equality,
leaves out other complex aspects
With comments and case study Need to formulate specific indicators for each
level to measure the impact
Empowerment focus can lead to women-only
focus

Social Relations Useful for policy and planning Looks at the relationship between and role of Gender Analysis Frameworks ;
Approach Stresses the importance of different stakeholders in development Oxfam
Naila Kabeer - human well being in Highlights gender relations Chapter 2, point 2.7 page 102-
development work Looks at gender policy in a different way as 119
1. policy review - role of social relations in Moser does
2. institutional analysis differences in positions Attention for change over time
3. intervention analysis - role of institutions : state,
market, community, family More complex tool
- gender policies : gender blind – Gender can get lost in other categories of
gender aware : neutral, analysis
specific, redistributive Difficult to work with at grassroots level,
- analysing the causes and adaptation is needed
effects

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 Context analysis in combination with
Gender Assessment PRA Interesting tool for planning, monitoring and Gender Assessment Studies. A
Studies evaluation manual for gender consultants
Target group Analysis
• Division of labour Has been inspired by the framework of Harvard Target group Analysis : page 13 –
• Access and control over and Moser 33
resources New elements added : organisational capacity Project Proposal Analysis : page 53
• Participation in decision making – images of women and men, physical integrity – 66
and organisational capacity Interesting because of the combination with
PRA
• Images of women and men
• Physical integrity
More information and examples in the Oxfam Gender Analysis Frameworks ;
manual for target group analysis Oxfam
Institutional Analysis No explicit point on gender needs Chapter 2, point 2.2 page 32-42
• Capacity to address gender
concerns
• Opinions on gender equality in
the project
• Institutional context relevant to
empowerment of women

Project Proposal Analysis

• Assess impact of interventions
• Gender equality in project
proposal
• Participation of men and
women in projects
• Expected effects on the
position of women
• Recommendations on gender
focus in projects

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 TOOLS GENDER IN ORGANISATIONS

TOOL CONTENT – COMMENTS STRENGTHS – WEAKNESSES WHERE TO FIND

Nine boxes framework Organizational gender scanning Useful to make a subdivision of the different Gender mainstreaming, a
aspects of gender mainstreaming compilation of experiences
Verona Groverman Analysis of : Presented as a real framework – a matrix Gender audit
- Mission and mandate with a checklist Checklist for ranking 9 boxes
- Organisational structure VECO
- Human resources More complex tool

From a technical, political and cultural

point of view

Gender in organisations: Analysis of 4 components of an Simple tool for organizational screening Gender in de praktijk (N-F)
SWOT organisation : Based on the triangle of INTRAC Chapter 1 page 8-17
- vision – mission – objectives
- resources Can be used in a SWOT analysis
- projects – programmes Can be used in combination with other
- culture approaches as the Appreciative Inquiry
Only in French and Dutch

Checklists for gender Checklist on : Can be used in combination with a SWOT Gender in de praktijk
sensitive analysis of an - the organisation analysis – Appreciative Inquiry Chapter 1 page 17-18
organisation - history and objectives of
gender approach Not very elaborated
- strategies and actions Only in French and Dutch
- constraints and resistance
- results
- recommendations

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Social Relations Analysis of the role of institutions : Takes into account the different institutions in Gender Analysis Frameworks ;
Approach state, market, community, family society Oxfam
Naila Kabeer Role of institutions in the production, Chapter 2, point 2.7 page 102-
1. rules reproduction and reinforcement of social 119
Institutional analysis 2. activities differences and inequalities
3. resources
4. people More a conceptual framework than a practical
5. power tool

Social relations approaches: gender

blind, gender specific, gender neutral,
gender aware, gender redistributive

Assessment of gender Analysis of organisations Gender and organizational

integration into - Capacity to address gender Different checklists to assess the integration of change, KIT
organisations - Opinions on gender equality gender into organisations page 136-144
- Institutional context
In Gender and organisational change : well See also :
At the level of elaborated questionnaire Two halves make a whole, CCCI,
- The core business of the In Two halves make a whole : in the context of page 64-68
organisation a workshop : exercises Gender equity, concepts and tools
- The structure, systems and for development, CEDPA, page 16
resources
- Organizational culture In Gender Assessment Studies : not very Gender Assessment Studies
- External context elaborated checklist Page 35 - 52

In combination with PRA techniques

Simple instrument to discuss the selection of Gender and organizational

Trafic lights Tool for the selection of gender partners change, KIT
sensitive partners Page 95-109
Part of the “Gender route” elaborated by Novib
“Gender route” : complex plan to integrate
gender into organisations

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