Tool kit for Gender and Agriculture - Economic Commission for Africa

Table 7: Gender Issues for Project Preparation and Appraisal
Anticipate changes in the gender roles and link
these to expected project impact.
How will men and women farm differently?
How will their access to resources differ?
Will workloads increase?
What affect will the project have on women’s
and men’s independent income, status, food security,
household cash flow, and family health?
a. Strategies to Promote Attention to Gender in Project Design
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nologies and in evaluating results. Project
managers will know the project benefits
to men and women. Project objectives can
be better served.
Project planner will know the likely effect
of the project on all members of the rural
community.
• Clearly integrate gender-related objectives with overall project objectives 7
• Ensure that the project design:
Reflects the best information available on gender needs and issues. Find
ways to involve both women and men as participants.
Addresses past experience on gender issues in the country, and remedies
previous limitations. Start with a pilot if it is the first or if it is an innovative
design.
• Include a gender specialist on missions, particularly if:
Information on gender roles is lacking
The project design contains many problems related to gender roles
A special impact on women is required.
The interest and ability of the person to work on gender issues is important,
whereas their sex is not. A woman on the team should not automatically be
given the gender terms of reference (TORs): she may be uninterested, untrained,
and unwilling.
b. Choice of Project Design: Mainstreaming Gender Compared With Freestanding
Components
clude:
Different project designs can be used to incorporate gender issues. These in-
7 For clear evidence on this point, see World Bank, 1995, Gender Issues in the World Bank Lending,
Operations Evaluation Department, Washington, D.C.