GUIDEGUIDE ON GENDERGENDER MAINSTREAMINGMAINSTREAMING TRADEBUSINESS, CAPACITY-BUILDING INVESTMENT AND PROJECTS TECHNOLOGY SERVICES FOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT 2 BUSINESS, INVESTMENT AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES FOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT • GUIDE ON GENDER MAINSTREAMING GUIDE ON GENDER MAINSTREAMING BUSINESS, INVESTMENT AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES FOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT Vienna, 2015 Acknowledgements This Guide on Gender Mainstreaming UNIDO’s Business, Investment and Technology Services (BIT) portfolio has been prepared by the BIT Branch and under the overall guidance of Nilgün Taş, BIT Gender Focal Point. The Guide is part of an organization-wide initiative to mainstream gender into all UNIDO technical cooperation projects and programmes. Alice Schmidt, as lead author, researched and developed the document. Theresa Tomaschitz, Gender Advisor and Clara Pfannkuch, Gender Intern provided invaluable support. Sincere gratitude is due to Lamine Dhaoui, Director, Business, Investment and Technology Services Branch for his valuable support in preparing this Guide. Special thanks are due to Simon Armstrong for his substantive input and advice and inputs and invaluable suggestions of Gerry Finnegan, Unit Chiefs, project managers, consultants and project assistants of the BIT Branch are gratefully acknowledged. This Guide has been prepared without formal United Nations editing. The opinions, designations and material presentations do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNIDO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of frontiers or boundaries. CONTENTS ACRONYMS ...................................................................................................................................................... v INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................................................1 Purpose of this Guide ....................................................................................................................................................................................1 Why gender issues require attention ..................................................................................................................................................1 Women’s roles and needs ...........................................................................................................................................................................2 Guide overview and target audience .................................................................................................................................................3 1. GENDER IN INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ....................................5 Gender and ISID ................................................................................................................................................................................................5 Gender equality ................................................................................................................................................................................................5 Gender mainstreaming ................................................................................................................................................................................6 2. GENDER MAINSTREAMING BUSINESS, INVESTMENT AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES FOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT ..................................................................................................9 Women in Private Sector Development............................................................................................................................................9 Legal and Regulatory Frameworks .................................................................................................................................................... 13 Cluster Development ................................................................................................................................................................................. 15 Industrial Parks ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 17 Industrial Upgrading and Modernization ...................................................................................................................................... 18 Local Pharmaceutical Manufacturing .............................................................................................................................................. 19 Hazardous Working Environments .................................................................................................................................................... 20 CSR for Market Access and Supplier Development ................................................................................................................ 20 Women and Technology .......................................................................................................................................................................... 22 Investment and Innovation .................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Youth .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 28 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 29 3. GENDER MAINSTREAMING THE PROJECT CYCLE .............................................................................31 Part A: Gender mainstreaming in project formulation .......................................................................................................... 31 Step 1: Gender analysis ............................................................................................................................................................................. 31 Step 2: Stakeholder mapping ............................................................................................................................................................... 34 Step 3: Integration of findings .............................................................................................................................................................. 35 Step 4: Developing a gender-sensitive results framework ................................................................................................. 37 Step 5: Gender-responsive budgeting and the gender marker ...................................................................................... 38 Step 6: Risk assessment ............................................................................................................................................................................. 40 Gender mainstreaming checklist for projects............................................................................................................................. 41 Part B: Gender mainstreaming in project implementation ................................................................................................ 42 Step 7: Selecting the implementation team ............................................................................................................................... 42 Step 8: Working with partners .............................................................................................................................................................. 44 Step 9: Developing a Gender Charter .............................................................................................................................................. 44 Part C: Gender mainstreaming in monitoring and evaluation ......................................................................................... 46 ii Step 10: Monitoring gender results ................................................................................................................................................... 46 Step 11: Evaluating gender results..................................................................................................................................................... 46 Step 12: Communicating gender results ....................................................................................................................................... 47 ANNEXES ........................................................................................................................................................49 Annexes overview ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 49 Annex 1: Overview of Gender Considerations in the Project Cycle .............................................................................. 50 Annex 2: Gender Analysis Checklist .................................................................................................................................................