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Negative man gender swap11/22/2023 Register and attend the virtual launch of the guidance here. Read the guidance to learn more on how to support local partners, explore country examples of gender-sensitive development programmes and find checklists on how to conduct a gender analysis and best practices for managing risks. It requires collaboration at all levels – as individuals, as organisations, institutions and societies – to accelerate change and tackle the root causes of gender inequality. better sexual and reproductive health (SRH) outcomes: Gender norms are established early in life and have several negative consequences (Blum et al., 2017). It aims to foster an enabling policy, budgetary and institutional frameworks for developing partners that adequately protects girls’ and women’s rights, tackles the barriers they face and meets their particular needs. It challenges the distribution of resources and roles based on a person’s gender. The OECD guidance on gender equality in development co-operation encourages critical reflection, questioning and challenging of gender norms. Working with grassroots organisations can also help to pre-emptively identify strategies to mitigate risks of cultural or religious backlash against development programmes that aim to promote the rights of women and girls. Because they are well rooted in their own communities, their expertise is contextual they act based on lived experience and are best positioned to deliver transformative and lasting change. Women’s rights organisations and movements in partner countries are critical actors for addressing the structural drivers of gender inequality, yet receive only about 1% of official development assistance (ODA). Support grassroots organisations and feminist movements To achieve transformative change for gender equality, development policies and practice need to promote the rights and inclusion of all individuals. Many statistics demonstrate the scale of gender inequality but hide the nuances and complexities within and between the groups of people who identify as women. The term ‘ intersectionality’ was first coined by American civil rights advocate and professor Kimberlé Crenshaw as a means of looking at intersecting social identities such as race, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, religion, disability and economic status, and how they relate to oppression and disadvantage. Pay attention to the inequalities that intersect with gender They should aim to meet the day-to-day practical needs of both women and men, making the outcomes more sustainable in the long run. That said, at a minimum, development partners should ensure that all their programmes are gender sensitive and not blind to gender inequalities. Of course, achieving transformative change is complex and highly context-specific gender equality cannot be achieved by just one project or programme alone.
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