Political Party Guidelines Eng

Table of contents
Foreword
Executive summary
Acknowledgements
1. Why gender equality in politics?
1.1 Myanmar and the global context
1.2 Two ways to justify women’s participation
2. Temporary Special Measures to increase Gender Equality in Politics
3. Key concepts which help to understand roots of inequality
3.1 The importance of data disaggregated by sex
3.2 What does “gender” mean?
3.3 What does “gender mainstreaming” mean?
3.4 Gender responsive budgeting
3.5 Stereotypical thinking on gender
3.6 Discrimination
3.7 Harmful traditional practices
3.8 Substantive equality
3.9 Gender equity
3.10 Social inclusion
3.11 Gender based violence
3.12 Gender based harassment
4. Gender auditing of political parties
5. A Gender Action Plan for a political party
5.1 Principals of the Gender Action Plan
5.2 Objectives of the Gender Action Plan
5.3 A model for a Gender Action Plan
5.4 Timeframe for the implementation of the Gender Action Plan
6. Examples of Gender Responsive Policies
7. Working with other stakeholders
Annex
References
GUIDELINES FOR POLITICAL PARTIES IN MYANMAR