District & Program Level s
Access To and
Control Over Assets
- Are ambulances deployed equitably to meet the different needs of men and women?
- Are fees for transport applied equitably and without discrimination?
- Is there any difference in budgets for drugs and supplies (e.g. vasectomy vs. oral contraceptive pills) that are routinely used for men’s health compared to women’s health?
- Are district budgets analyzed and appropriated according to gender equity principles?
- Are employment and training opportunities for male and female health care workers allocated equitably?
Beliefs and Perceptions
(Norm)
- Are health messages, illustrations, and other media presentations free of gender stereotypes and biases?
- Are district authorities knowledgeable of national gender equality polices? To what extent do they implement and enforce the policies?
- Is there equal concern for disseminating health information to men and women?
Practices and Participation
(Roles & Responsibilities)
- Are men and women equitably involved in program planning??
- Do men and women working at the same level of care and in the same cadres receive equal support and opportunities in terms of benefits, training, promotions, and leadership opportunities?
- Are men’s and women’s different health needs taken into consideration in district planning, program design and budget development?
- Are measures taken to address women and mens’ different constraints in accessing services, for example:
- Hours health services are open
- Educational materials, messages, and health outreach activities
- Balance of men and women in the health work force
- Are male and female health care workers trained on gender equality?
- Where do men and women seek care for themselves and their children and why: traditional healer, local drug shop, community health worker, formal health clinic, a combination of the above?
Laws, Policies,
and Institutions
Do referral systems treat men and women equitably?
What is the likelihood of women being appropriately referred and reaching the Service Delivery Level in a timely fashion?
What is the likelihood of men being appropriately referred and reaching the Service Delivery Level in a timely fashion?
Are there family-friendly policies in place? Does the organization of health work take into consideration women’s disproportionate responsibilities for childcare, food preparation, and other family care?
Are the differential effects on men and women taken into consideration regarding different forms of cost recovery, such as fees and insurance?
Are there mechanisms in place for registering and addressing practices that are gender discriminatory or inequitable?
Are their gender equitable workplace policies?
Do supervision guidelines incorporate attention to gender equality?
Are men and women represented equally in district health care leadership posts?
Are men and women represented equally in positions as health care trainers?
Malaria At The District & Program Levels
Access To and
Control Over Assets
- Do women and men, and boys and girls under 5 years old have equal access to malaria bed nets?
- Do men and women have equal opportunity for employment on indoor residual spray teams?
- Does information about malaria prevention and control reach both men and women?
- Do women and men, and boys and girls under 5 years old have equal access to malaria bed nets?
- Do men and women have equal opportunity for employment on indoor residual spray teams?
- Does information about malaria prevention and control reach both men and women?
Beliefs and Perceptions
(Norm)
- Are there beliefs about what it means to be a man that may deter men who are sick from seeking or receiving care at health centers?
- Are there beliefs about what it means to be a woman that may deter women who are sick from seeking or receiving care?
- Do health workers believe that men should receive preferential treatment over women? How does this affect delivery of care?
- Are these attitudes and beliefs addressed through district-level supervision and training?
Practices and Participation
(Roles & Responsibilities)
- Has the division of labor between men and women been taken into consideration for planning and monitoring, to address issues such as exposure risk (times of day when men and women work outside) and biological vulnerability (e.g., pregnancy)?
- Are women restricted from moving on their own, outside of their households or communities that may restrict access to services?
- Do women or men face time constraints that may limit their ability to get to services when they are open?
- Are there times during the malaria season when men or women may be sleeping outdoors?
- Are nets adequately allocated and distributed in communities where women and men sleep in separate houses at times? Are there sufficient nets allocated to polygynous households?
- Are new drugs tested on both men and women of different ages?
- Are there outreach activities to adolescent girls living with HIV and affected by malaria? How are they identified?
- Are services for HIV and malaria co-located to minimize the time, effort, and expense that persons living with HIV have to exert to get care, especially young and pregnant women?
- Does the fulfillment of other household or social roles impede treatment seeking?
Laws, Policies,
and Institutions
- Are data on prevalence sex-disaggregated and analyzed for sex-specific patterns?
- Are data on utilization of health services disaggregated by sex and analyzed for disparities in utilization of services by men and women according to prevalence rates?
- Do district plans for net distribution take into consideration who in the household controls financial resources and who might control use of nets?
- In the case of indoor residual spraying, do district plans and policies support equal employment opportunities for men and women in all positions on spray teams?
- Do district policies about location of health services and times they are open take into consideration men’s and women’s different time constraints and mobility restrictions?
- Do research protocols include both women and men of different ages?
Are there gender equitable policies that guide the allocation of malaria resources within the district? - Is there research underway or planned to support delivery of home-based and door-step care?
Sample Jhpiego Tools
Authors: Jhpiego
Project: Strengthening the response to gender-based violence in Bomet County, Kenya
Health Area: Gender-Based Violence
Tool Type: Guide for Policy Dialogue
Tool Objectives:This tool helps identify opportunities for implementation, as well as challenges and gaps in existing Kenyan statues related to gender-based violence.
Targeted Users: Program staff, researchers, or others seeking to facilitate policy dialogue on the topic of gender-based violence
How to Apply the Tool: This tool can be used as part of a gender assessment and in conjunction with other tools used in Bomet County’s gender assessment. It can be used to facilitate dialogue between ministries, county executive committees/directors/chief officers in the county, and other relevant stakeholders.
Authors: Jhpiego
Project: Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP), Nigeria
Health Area: Gender-Based Violence
Tool Type: In-Depth Interview Guide
Tool Objectives:This tool explores the perspectives of key stakeholders, such as government officials, on issues related to violence against women, girls, men, and boys in the community. It is designed to capture information on the scope of the problem, help-seeking behavior, the prevalence of gender-based violence, policies, protocols and data, infrastructure/service delivery, staff capacity, and referral and coordination.
Targeted Users: Program managers, researchers, or others seeking to understand community issues of gender-based violence and support service response in the community
How to Apply the Tool: This in-depth interview guide can be used during formative research or for program monitoring. It can be used in conjunction with other tools (posted separately) from RAAMP, which seeks to strengthen financial, institutional, and infrastructure systems in participating states.
Authors: Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP)
Project: MCSP, Liberia
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Case Studies and Data Collection Sheet
Tool Objectives:These case studies and questions guide midwifery students through discussion on gender norms and dating, pregnancy, sexual harassment, and, more broadly, the impact of gender on female students’ academic performance.
Targeted Users: Program staff conducting gender assessments of pre-service training programs
How to Apply the Tool: This tool can be used to understand students’ perspectives on gender inequality in academic settings, as part of an assessment or as a programmatic activity. It can be used in conjunction with other components of the Gender Assessment of Pre-Service Midwifery from the MCSP Liberia project (posted separately), which seeks to understand the different experiences of female and male students and the gender issues that may impact female and male students’ academic performance and attrition.
Authors: Jhpiego
Project: Strengthening the response to gender-based violence in Bomet County, Kenya
Health Area: Gender-Based Violence
Tool Type: Guide for Policy Dialogue
Tool Objectives:This tool helps identify opportunities for implementation, as well as challenges and gaps in existing Kenyan statues related to gender-based violence.
Targeted Users: Program staff, researchers, or others seeking to facilitate policy dialogue on the topic of gender-based violence
How to Apply the Tool: This tool can be used as part of a gender assessment and in conjunction with other tools used in Bomet County’s gender assessment. It can be used to facilitate dialogue between ministries, county executive committees/directors/chief officers in the county, and other relevant stakeholders.
Authors: Jhpiego
Project: Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP), Nigeria
Health Area: Gender-Based Violence
Tool Type: In-Depth Interview Guide
Tool Objectives:This tool explores the perspectives of key stakeholders, such as government officials, on issues related to violence against women, girls, men, and boys in the community. It is designed to capture information on the scope of the problem, help-seeking behavior, the prevalence of gender-based violence, policies, protocols and data, infrastructure/service delivery, staff capacity, and referral and coordination.
Targeted Users: Program managers, researchers, or others seeking to understand community issues of gender-based violence and support service response in the community
How to Apply the Tool: This in-depth interview guide can be used during formative research or for program monitoring. It can be used in conjunction with other tools (posted separately) from RAAMP, which seeks to strengthen financial, institutional, and infrastructure systems in participating states.
Authors: Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP)
Project: MCSP, Liberia
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Case Studies and Data Collection Sheet
Tool Objectives:These case studies and questions guide midwifery students through discussion on gender norms and dating, pregnancy, sexual harassment, and, more broadly, the impact of gender on female students’ academic performance.
Targeted Users: Program staff conducting gender assessments of pre-service training programs
How to Apply the Tool: This tool can be used to understand students’ perspectives on gender inequality in academic settings, as part of an assessment or as a programmatic activity. It can be used in conjunction with other components of the Gender Assessment of Pre-Service Midwifery from the MCSP Liberia project (posted separately), which seeks to understand the different experiences of female and male students and the gender issues that may impact female and male students’ academic performance and attrition.
Gender Assessment of Pre-Service Midwifery: Focus Group Discussion Guide for Midwifery Students
Authors: Jhpiego
Project: More and Better Midwives in Rural Tanzania (MBM-RTz), Tanzania
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Focus Group Discussion Guide
Tool Objectives:This guide can be used by project staff, researchers, or others seeking to understand midwifery students’ perceptions on the profession, particularly how gender impacts student success.
Targeted Users: Program staff or evaluators performing baseline evaluation of gender-mainstreaming project activities
How to Apply the Tool: This tool is one component of the baseline assessment for MBM-RTz and can be used in conjunction with other baseline assessment tools (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand gender relations and factors that could facilitate or inhibit gender equality in education, which in turn could impact the success of men or women as midwives in the Lake and Western zones of Tanzania.
Gender Assessment of Pre-Service Midwifery: Focus Group Discussion Guide for Midwifery Students
Authors: Jhpiego
Project: More and Better Midwives in Rural Tanzania (MBM-RTz), Tanzania
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Focus Group Discussion Guide
Tool Objectives:This guide can be used by project staff, researchers, or others seeking to understand midwifery students’ perceptions on the profession, particularly how gender impacts student success.
Targeted Users: Program staff or evaluators performing midline evaluation of gender-mainstreaming project activities
How to Apply the Tool: This tool is one component of the midline assessment for MBM-RTz and can be used in conjunction with other tools (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand gender relations and factors that could facilitate or inhibit gender equality in education, which in turn could impact the success of men or women as midwives in the Lake and Western zones of Tanzania.
Gender Assessment of Pre-Service Midwifery: Key Informant Interview Guide for Scholarship Beneficiaries
Authors: Jhpiego
Project: More and Better Midwives in Rural Tanzania (MBM-RTz), Tanzania
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Key Informant Interview Guide
Tool Objectives:This guide can be used by project staff, researchers, and others to capture scholarship beneficiaries’ opinions on the scholarship application process.
Targeted Users: Program staff or evaluators performing midline evaluation of gender-mainstreaming project activities
How to Apply the Tool: This tool is one component of the midline assessment for MBM-RTz and can be used in conjunction with other tools (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand gender relations and factors that could facilitate or inhibit gender equality in education, which in turn could impact the success of men or women as midwives in the Lake and Western zones of Tanzania.
Authors: Jhpiego
Project: More and Better Midwives in Rural Tanzania (MBM-RTz), Tanzania
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Focus Group Discussion Guide
Tool Objectives:This guide can be used by project staff, researchers, or others seeking to understand midwifery students’ perceptions on the profession, particularly how gender impacts student success.
Targeted Users: Program staff or evaluators performing baseline evaluation of gender-mainstreaming project activities
How to Apply the Tool: This tool is one component of the baseline assessment for MBM-RTz and can be used in conjunction with other baseline assessment tools (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand gender relations and factors that could facilitate or inhibit gender equality in education, which in turn could impact the success of men or women as midwives in the Lake and Western zones of Tanzania.
Authors: Jhpiego
Project: More and Better Midwives in Rural Tanzania (MBM-RTz), Tanzania
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Focus Group Discussion Guide
Tool Objectives:This guide can be used by project staff, researchers, or others seeking to understand midwifery students’ perceptions on the profession, particularly how gender impacts student success.
Targeted Users: Program staff or evaluators performing midline evaluation of gender-mainstreaming project activities
How to Apply the Tool: This tool is one component of the midline assessment for MBM-RTz and can be used in conjunction with other tools (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand gender relations and factors that could facilitate or inhibit gender equality in education, which in turn could impact the success of men or women as midwives in the Lake and Western zones of Tanzania.
Authors: Jhpiego
Project: More and Better Midwives in Rural Tanzania (MBM-RTz), Tanzania
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Key Informant Interview Guide
Tool Objectives:This guide can be used by project staff, researchers, and others to capture scholarship beneficiaries’ opinions on the scholarship application process.
Targeted Users: Program staff or evaluators performing midline evaluation of gender-mainstreaming project activities
How to Apply the Tool: This tool is one component of the midline assessment for MBM-RTz and can be used in conjunction with other tools (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand gender relations and factors that could facilitate or inhibit gender equality in education, which in turn could impact the success of men or women as midwives in the Lake and Western zones of Tanzania.
Gender Assessment of Pre-Service Midwifery: Focus Group Discussion Guide for Secondary School Students
Authors: Jhpiego
Project: More and Better Midwives in Rural Tanzania (MBM-RTz), Tanzania
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Focus Group Discussion Guide
Tool Objectives:This guide can be used by project staff, researchers, or others seeking to understand secondary school students’ perceptions on the profession, particularly how gender impacts student success.
Targeted Users: Program staff or evaluators performing baseline evaluation of gender-mainstreaming project activities
How to Apply the Tool: This tool is one component of the baseline assessment for MBM-RTz and can be used in conjunction with other baseline assessment tools (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand gender relations and factors that could facilitate or inhibit gender equality in education, which in turn could impact the success of men or women as midwives in the Lake and Western zones of Tanzania.
Gender Assessment of Pre-Service Midwifery: Focus Group Discussion Guide for Secondary School Students (Males and Females) from Science Clubs
Authors: Jhpiego
Project: More and Better Midwives in Rural Tanzania (MBM-RTz), Tanzania
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Focus Group Discussion Guide
Tool Objectives:This guide can be used by project staff, researchers, or others seeking to understand secondary school students’ perceptions on the profession, particularly how gender impacts student success.
Targeted Users: Program staff or evaluators performing midline evaluation of gender-mainstreaming project activities
How to Apply the Tool: This tool is one component of the midline assessment for MBM-RTz and can be used in conjunction with other assessment tools (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand gender relations and factors that could facilitate or inhibit gender equality in education, which in turn could impact the success of men or women as midwives in the Lake and Western zones of Tanzania.
Gender Assessment of Pre-Service Midwifery: Key Informant Interview Guide for Tutors and Preceptors
Authors: Jhpiego
Project: More and Better Midwives in Rural Tanzania (MBM-RTz), Tanzania
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Key Informant Interview Guide
Tool Objectives:The tool seeks to capture the opinions of tutors and preceptors. The guide covers questions about gender facilitators and inhibitors in pre-service settings, gender integration to the nursing-midwifery curriculum, and gender-sensitive pedagogies.
Targeted Users: Program staff or evaluators performing baseline evaluation of gender-mainstreaming project activities
How to Apply the Tool: This tool is one component of the baseline assessment for MBM-RTz and can be used in conjunction with other tools (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand gender relations and factors that could facilitate or inhibit gender equality in education, which in turn could impact the success of men or women as midwives in the Lake and Western zones of Tanzania.
Authors: Jhpiego
Project: More and Better Midwives in Rural Tanzania (MBM-RTz), Tanzania
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Focus Group Discussion Guide
Tool Objectives:This guide can be used by project staff, researchers, or others seeking to understand secondary school students’ perceptions on the profession, particularly how gender impacts student success.
Targeted Users: Program staff or evaluators performing baseline evaluation of gender-mainstreaming project activities
How to Apply the Tool: This tool is one component of the baseline assessment for MBM-RTz and can be used in conjunction with other baseline assessment tools (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand gender relations and factors that could facilitate or inhibit gender equality in education, which in turn could impact the success of men or women as midwives in the Lake and Western zones of Tanzania.
Authors: Jhpiego
Project: More and Better Midwives in Rural Tanzania (MBM-RTz), Tanzania
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Focus Group Discussion Guide
Tool Objectives:This guide can be used by project staff, researchers, or others seeking to understand secondary school students’ perceptions on the profession, particularly how gender impacts student success.
Targeted Users: Program staff or evaluators performing midline evaluation of gender-mainstreaming project activities
How to Apply the Tool: This tool is one component of the midline assessment for MBM-RTz and can be used in conjunction with other assessment tools (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand gender relations and factors that could facilitate or inhibit gender equality in education, which in turn could impact the success of men or women as midwives in the Lake and Western zones of Tanzania.
Authors: Jhpiego
Project: More and Better Midwives in Rural Tanzania (MBM-RTz), Tanzania
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Key Informant Interview Guide
Tool Objectives:The tool seeks to capture the opinions of tutors and preceptors. The guide covers questions about gender facilitators and inhibitors in pre-service settings, gender integration to the nursing-midwifery curriculum, and gender-sensitive pedagogies.
Targeted Users: Program staff or evaluators performing baseline evaluation of gender-mainstreaming project activities
How to Apply the Tool: This tool is one component of the baseline assessment for MBM-RTz and can be used in conjunction with other tools (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand gender relations and factors that could facilitate or inhibit gender equality in education, which in turn could impact the success of men or women as midwives in the Lake and Western zones of Tanzania.
Gender Assessment of Pre-Service Midwifery: Key Informant Interview Guide for Tutors and Preceptors
Authors: Jhpiego
Project: More and Better Midwives in Rural Tanzania (MBM-RTz), Tanzania
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Key Informant Interview Guide
Tool Objectives:The tool seeks to capture the opinions of tutors and preceptors. The guide covers questions about gender facilitators and inhibitors in pre-service settings, gender integration to the nursing-midwifery curriculum, and gender-sensitive pedagogies.
Targeted Users: Program staff or evaluators performing midline evaluation of gender-mainstreaming project activities
How to Apply the Tool: This tool is one component of the midline assessment for MBM-RTz and can be used in conjunction with other tools (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand gender relations and factors that could facilitate or inhibit gender equality in education, which in turn could impact the success of men or women as midwives in the Lake and Western zones of Tanzania.
Authors: Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP)
Project: MCSP, Liberia
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Key Informant Interview Guide
Tool Objectives:This guide can be used by project staff, researchers, and others seeking to understand teachers’ experience teaching students, the teaching materials, and the pedagogical approaches used in a particular academic setting.
Targeted Users: Program staff and others conducting gender assessments of pre-service training programs
How to Apply the Tool: This tool can be used to understand the perspectives of teachers related to gender inequality in academic settings as part of formative research. It can be used in conjunction with other components of the Gender Assessment of Pre-Service Midwifery from the MCSP Liberia project (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand the different experiences of female and male students, and the gender issues that may impact female and male students’ academic performance and attrition. Interviews with teachers should take place after the classroom observation exercise to ensure that the interview process does not impact the way in which the teacher conducts the class.
Gender Assessment of Pre-Service Midwifery: Key Informant Interview Guide for Secondary School Teachers
Authors: Jhpiego
Project: More and Better Midwives in Rural Tanzania (MBM-RTz), Tanzania
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Key Informant Interview Guide
Tool Objectives:This guide can be used by project staff, researchers, and others to capture secondary school teachers’ perceptions of gender equality in academic environments. It covers questions about gender norms toward learning, initiatives to support girls’ education (particularly in the fields of math and science), and teachers’ perceptions of the midwifery profession.
Targeted Users: Program staff or evaluators performing baseline evaluation of gender-mainstreaming project activities
How to Apply the Tool: This tool is one component of the baseline assessment for MBM-RTz and can be used in conjunction with other tools (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand gender relations and factors that could facilitate or inhibit gender equality in education, which in turn could impact the success of men or women as midwives in the Lake and Western zones of Tanzania.
Authors: Jhpiego
Project: More and Better Midwives in Rural Tanzania (MBM-RTz), Tanzania
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Key Informant Interview Guide
Tool Objectives:The tool seeks to capture the opinions of tutors and preceptors. The guide covers questions about gender facilitators and inhibitors in pre-service settings, gender integration to the nursing-midwifery curriculum, and gender-sensitive pedagogies.
Targeted Users: Program staff or evaluators performing midline evaluation of gender-mainstreaming project activities
How to Apply the Tool: This tool is one component of the midline assessment for MBM-RTz and can be used in conjunction with other tools (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand gender relations and factors that could facilitate or inhibit gender equality in education, which in turn could impact the success of men or women as midwives in the Lake and Western zones of Tanzania.
Authors: Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP)
Project: MCSP, Liberia
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Key Informant Interview Guide
Tool Objectives:This guide can be used by project staff, researchers, and others seeking to understand teachers’ experience teaching students, the teaching materials, and the pedagogical approaches used in a particular academic setting.
Targeted Users: Program staff and others conducting gender assessments of pre-service training programs
How to Apply the Tool: This tool can be used to understand the perspectives of teachers related to gender inequality in academic settings as part of formative research. It can be used in conjunction with other components of the Gender Assessment of Pre-Service Midwifery from the MCSP Liberia project (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand the different experiences of female and male students, and the gender issues that may impact female and male students’ academic performance and attrition. Interviews with teachers should take place after the classroom observation exercise to ensure that the interview process does not impact the way in which the teacher conducts the class.
Authors: Jhpiego
Project: More and Better Midwives in Rural Tanzania (MBM-RTz), Tanzania
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Key Informant Interview Guide
Tool Objectives:This guide can be used by project staff, researchers, and others to capture secondary school teachers’ perceptions of gender equality in academic environments. It covers questions about gender norms toward learning, initiatives to support girls’ education (particularly in the fields of math and science), and teachers’ perceptions of the midwifery profession.
Targeted Users: Program staff or evaluators performing baseline evaluation of gender-mainstreaming project activities
How to Apply the Tool: This tool is one component of the baseline assessment for MBM-RTz and can be used in conjunction with other tools (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand gender relations and factors that could facilitate or inhibit gender equality in education, which in turn could impact the success of men or women as midwives in the Lake and Western zones of Tanzania.
Gender Assessment of Pre-Service Midwifery: Key Informant Interview Guide for Secondary School Teachers
Authors: Jhpiego
Project: More and Better Midwives in Rural Tanzania (MBM-RTz), Tanzania
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Key Informant Interview Guide
Tool Objectives:This guide can be used by project staff, researchers, and others to capture secondary school teachers’ perceptions of gender equality in academic environments. It covers questions about gender norms toward learning, initiatives to support girls’ education (particularly in the fields of math and science), and teachers’ perceptions of the midwifery profession.
Targeted Users: Program staff or evaluators performing midline evaluation of gender-mainstreaming project activities
How to Apply the Tool: This tool is one component of the midline assessment for MBM-RTz and can be used in conjunction with other tools (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand gender relations and factors that could facilitate or inhibit gender equality in education, which in turn could impact the success of men or women as midwives in the Lake and Western zones of Tanzania.
Gender Assessment of Pre-Service Midwifery: Interview Guide for School Administrators
Authors: Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP)
Project: MCSP, Liberia
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Key Informant Interview Guide
Tool Objectives:This guide can be used by project staff, researchers, and others seeking to understand school administrators’ experience, school rules, protocols and guidelines, teaching materials used, and the facilities and services available to students.
Targeted Users: Program staff and others conducting gender assessments of pre-service training programs
How to Apply the Tool: This tool can be used to understand the perspectives of school administrators related to gender inequality in academic settings as part of formative research. It can be used in conjunction with other components of the Gender Assessment of Pre-Service Midwifery from the MCSP Liberia project (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand the different experiences of female and male students and the gender issues that may impact female and male students’ academic performance and attrition.
Gender Assessment of Pre-Service Midwifery: Interview Guide for School Health Clinic Staff
Authors: Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP)
Project: MCSP, Liberia
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Key Informant Interview Guide
Tool Objectives:This guide can be used by project staff, researchers, and others seeking to understand the perspectives of school health clinic staff on topics such as student health needs, student absenteeism, and the school clinic’s offering of services related to family planning, sexual harassment, and gender-based violence.
Targeted Users: Program staff and others conducting gender assessments of pre-service training programs
How to Apply the Tool: This tool can be used to understand the perspectives of school health clinic staff related to gender inequality in academic settings as part of formative research. It can be used in conjunction with other components of the Gender Assessment of Pre-Service Midwifery from the MCSP Liberia project (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand the different experiences of female and male students and the gender issues that may impact female and male students’ academic performance and attrition.
Authors: Jhpiego
Project: More and Better Midwives in Rural Tanzania (MBM-RTz), Tanzania
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Key Informant Interview Guide
Tool Objectives:This guide can be used by project staff, researchers, and others to capture secondary school teachers’ perceptions of gender equality in academic environments. It covers questions about gender norms toward learning, initiatives to support girls’ education (particularly in the fields of math and science), and teachers’ perceptions of the midwifery profession.
Targeted Users: Program staff or evaluators performing midline evaluation of gender-mainstreaming project activities
How to Apply the Tool: This tool is one component of the midline assessment for MBM-RTz and can be used in conjunction with other tools (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand gender relations and factors that could facilitate or inhibit gender equality in education, which in turn could impact the success of men or women as midwives in the Lake and Western zones of Tanzania.
Authors: Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP)
Project: MCSP, Liberia
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Key Informant Interview Guide
Tool Objectives:This guide can be used by project staff, researchers, and others seeking to understand school administrators’ experience, school rules, protocols and guidelines, teaching materials used, and the facilities and services available to students.
Targeted Users: Program staff and others conducting gender assessments of pre-service training programs
How to Apply the Tool: This tool can be used to understand the perspectives of school administrators related to gender inequality in academic settings as part of formative research. It can be used in conjunction with other components of the Gender Assessment of Pre-Service Midwifery from the MCSP Liberia project (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand the different experiences of female and male students and the gender issues that may impact female and male students’ academic performance and attrition.
Authors: Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP)
Project: MCSP, Liberia
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Key Informant Interview Guide
Tool Objectives:This guide can be used by project staff, researchers, and others seeking to understand the perspectives of school health clinic staff on topics such as student health needs, student absenteeism, and the school clinic’s offering of services related to family planning, sexual harassment, and gender-based violence.
Targeted Users: Program staff and others conducting gender assessments of pre-service training programs
How to Apply the Tool: This tool can be used to understand the perspectives of school health clinic staff related to gender inequality in academic settings as part of formative research. It can be used in conjunction with other components of the Gender Assessment of Pre-Service Midwifery from the MCSP Liberia project (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand the different experiences of female and male students and the gender issues that may impact female and male students’ academic performance and attrition.
Gender Assessment of Pre-Service Midwifery: Key Informant Interview Guide for Application Process Assistants
Authors: Jhpiego
Project: More and Better Midwives in Rural Tanzania (MBM-RTz), Tanzania
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Key Informant Interview Guide
Tool Objectives:This guide can be used by project staff, researchers, and others to capture the opinions of application process assistants on the scholarship applications process as part of MBM-RTz.
Targeted Users: Program staff or evaluators performing midline evaluation of gender-mainstreaming project activities
How to Apply the Tool: This tool is one component of the midline assessment for MBM-RTz and can be used in conjunction with other tools (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand gender relations and factors that could facilitate or inhibit gender equality in education, which in turn could impact the success of men or women as midwives in the Lake and Western zones of Tanzania.
Authors: Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP)
Project: MCSP, Liberia
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Observation Guide
Tool Objectives:This tool contains guiding questions for classroom observation that project staff, researchers, and others seeking to understand classroom dynamics (e.g., teaching methodology, trainer/trainee interaction) in pre-service training programs.
Targeted Users: Program staff and others conducting gender assessments of pre-service training programs
How to Apply the Tool: This tool can be used to understand the role of gender inequality in academic settings. It can be used in conjunction with other components of the Gender Assessment of Pre-Service Midwifery from the MCSP Liberia project (posted separately), which seeks to understand the different experiences of female and male students and the gender issues that may impact female and male students’ academic performance and attrition.
Gender Assessment of Pre-Service Midwifery: Checklist for Review of School Health Clinic
Authors: Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP)
Project: MCSP, Liberia
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Facility Checklist
Tool Objectives:This checklist can be used by project staff, researchers, and others seeking to understand the physical environment of school health clinics. It covers topics such as signage, educational materials and messaging, and availability of health personnel and medical supplies, such as contraceptives and menstrual cups.
Targeted Users: Program staff and others conducting gender assessments of pre-service training programs
How to Apply the Tool: This tool can be used to understand the physical environment of school health clinics as part of formative research. It can be used in conjunction with other components of the Gender Assessment of Pre-Service Midwifery from the MCSP Liberia project (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand the different experiences of female and male students and the gender issues that may impact female and male students’ academic performance and attrition.
Authors: Jhpiego
Project: More and Better Midwives in Rural Tanzania (MBM-RTz), Tanzania
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Key Informant Interview Guide
Tool Objectives:This guide can be used by project staff, researchers, and others to capture the opinions of application process assistants on the scholarship applications process as part of MBM-RTz.
Targeted Users: Program staff or evaluators performing midline evaluation of gender-mainstreaming project activities
How to Apply the Tool: This tool is one component of the midline assessment for MBM-RTz and can be used in conjunction with other tools (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand gender relations and factors that could facilitate or inhibit gender equality in education, which in turn could impact the success of men or women as midwives in the Lake and Western zones of Tanzania.
Authors: Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP)
Project: MCSP, Liberia
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Observation Guide
Tool Objectives:This tool contains guiding questions for classroom observation that project staff, researchers, and others seeking to understand classroom dynamics (e.g., teaching methodology, trainer/trainee interaction) in pre-service training programs.
Targeted Users: Program staff and others conducting gender assessments of pre-service training programs
How to Apply the Tool: This tool can be used to understand the role of gender inequality in academic settings. It can be used in conjunction with other components of the Gender Assessment of Pre-Service Midwifery from the MCSP Liberia project (posted separately), which seeks to understand the different experiences of female and male students and the gender issues that may impact female and male students’ academic performance and attrition.
Authors: Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP)
Project: MCSP, Liberia
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Facility Checklist
Tool Objectives:This checklist can be used by project staff, researchers, and others seeking to understand the physical environment of school health clinics. It covers topics such as signage, educational materials and messaging, and availability of health personnel and medical supplies, such as contraceptives and menstrual cups.
Targeted Users: Program staff and others conducting gender assessments of pre-service training programs
How to Apply the Tool: This tool can be used to understand the physical environment of school health clinics as part of formative research. It can be used in conjunction with other components of the Gender Assessment of Pre-Service Midwifery from the MCSP Liberia project (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand the different experiences of female and male students and the gender issues that may impact female and male students’ academic performance and attrition.
Authors: Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP)
Project: MCSP, Liberia
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Checklist
Tool Objectives:This document checklist and accompanying analysis framework can be used by project staff, researchers, and others to review school records, teaching materials, school policies, and other documents as part of a gender equality assessment.
Targeted Users: Program staff and others conducting gender assessments of pre-service training programs
How to Apply the Tool: This tool can be used to understand the physical environment of school health clinics as part of formative research. It can be used in conjunction with other components of the Gender Assessment of Pre-Service Midwifery from the MCSP Liberia project (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand the different experiences of female and male students and the gender issues that may impact female and male students’ academic performance and attrition.
Gender Assessment of Pre-Service Midwifery: Focus Group Discussion Guide for Mothers and Pregnant Women
Authors: Jhpiego
Project: More and Better Midwives in Rural Tanzania (MBM-RTz), Tanzania
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Maternal Health, Newborn Health, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Focus Group Discussion Guide
Tool Objectives:This guide can be used by project staff, researchers, or others seeking to understand mothers’ and pregnant women’s perceptions on the midwifery profession. It covers questions about past experiences with midwives and community engagement on topics such as gender-based violence and reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health.
Targeted Users: Program staff or evaluators performing baseline evaluation of gender-mainstreaming project activities
How to Apply the Tool: This tool is one component of the baseline assessment for MBM-RTz and can be used in conjunction with other baseline assessment tools (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand gender relations and factors that could facilitate or inhibit gender equality in education, which in turn could impact the success of men or women as midwives in the Lake and Western zones of Tanzania.
Gender Assessment of Pre-Service Midwifery: Focus Group Discussion Guide for Fathers and Partners of Pregnant Women
Authors: Jhpiego
Project: More and Better Midwives in Rural Tanzania (MBM-RTz), Tanzania
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Maternal Health, Newborn Health, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Focus Group Discussion Guide
Tool Objectives:This guide can be used by project staff, researchers, or others seeking to understand fathers’ and pregnant women’s partners’ perceptions of the midwifery profession. It covers questions about their partners’ experiences with midwives and community engagement on topics such as gender-based violence and reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health.
Targeted Users: Program staff or evaluators performing baseline evaluation of gender-mainstreaming project activities
How to Apply the Tool: This tool can be used to guide focus group discussions with fathers and pregnant women’s partners. This tool is one component of the baseline assessment for MBM-RTz and can be used in conjunction with other baseline assessment tools (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand gender relations and factors that could facilitate or inhibit gender equality in education, which in turn could impact the success of men or women as midwives in the Lake and Western zones of Tanzania.
Authors: Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP)
Project: MCSP, Liberia
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Checklist
Tool Objectives:This document checklist and accompanying analysis framework can be used by project staff, researchers, and others to review school records, teaching materials, school policies, and other documents as part of a gender equality assessment.
Targeted Users: Program staff and others conducting gender assessments of pre-service training programs
How to Apply the Tool: This tool can be used to understand the physical environment of school health clinics as part of formative research. It can be used in conjunction with other components of the Gender Assessment of Pre-Service Midwifery from the MCSP Liberia project (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand the different experiences of female and male students and the gender issues that may impact female and male students’ academic performance and attrition.
Authors: Jhpiego
Project: More and Better Midwives in Rural Tanzania (MBM-RTz), Tanzania
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Maternal Health, Newborn Health, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Focus Group Discussion Guide
Tool Objectives:This guide can be used by project staff, researchers, or others seeking to understand mothers’ and pregnant women’s perceptions on the midwifery profession. It covers questions about past experiences with midwives and community engagement on topics such as gender-based violence and reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health.
Targeted Users: Program staff or evaluators performing baseline evaluation of gender-mainstreaming project activities
How to Apply the Tool: This tool is one component of the baseline assessment for MBM-RTz and can be used in conjunction with other baseline assessment tools (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand gender relations and factors that could facilitate or inhibit gender equality in education, which in turn could impact the success of men or women as midwives in the Lake and Western zones of Tanzania.
Authors: Jhpiego
Project: More and Better Midwives in Rural Tanzania (MBM-RTz), Tanzania
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Maternal Health, Newborn Health, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Focus Group Discussion Guide
Tool Objectives:This guide can be used by project staff, researchers, or others seeking to understand fathers’ and pregnant women’s partners’ perceptions of the midwifery profession. It covers questions about their partners’ experiences with midwives and community engagement on topics such as gender-based violence and reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health.
Targeted Users: Program staff or evaluators performing baseline evaluation of gender-mainstreaming project activities
How to Apply the Tool: This tool can be used to guide focus group discussions with fathers and pregnant women’s partners. This tool is one component of the baseline assessment for MBM-RTz and can be used in conjunction with other baseline assessment tools (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand gender relations and factors that could facilitate or inhibit gender equality in education, which in turn could impact the success of men or women as midwives in the Lake and Western zones of Tanzania.
Gender Assessment of Pre-Service Midwifery: Key Informant Interview Guide for Practicing Midwives
Authors: Jhpiego
Project: More and Better Midwives in Rural Tanzania (MBM-RTz), Tanzania
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Maternal Health, Newborn Health, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Key Informant Interview Guide
Tool Objectives:This guide can be used by project staff, researchers, and others to capture practicing midwives’ perceptions of the profession. It covers topics such as gender differences in the profession (deployments, promotions, etc.) and challenges faced.
Targeted Users: Program staff or evaluators performing baseline evaluation of gender-mainstreaming project activities
How to Apply the Tool: This tool is one component of the baseline assessment for MBM-RTz and can be used in conjunction with other tools (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand gender relations and factors that could facilitate or inhibit gender equality in education, which in turn could impact the success of men or women as midwives in the Lake and Western zones of Tanzania.
Gender Assessment of Pre-Service Midwifery: Key Informant Interview Guide for Practicing Midwives
Authors: Jhpiego
Project: More and Better Midwives in Rural Tanzania (MBM-RTz), Tanzania
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Maternal Health, Newborn Health, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Key Informant Interview Guide
Tool Objectives:This guide can be used by project staff, researchers, and others to capture practicing midwives’ perceptions of the profession. It covers topics such as gender differences in the profession (deployments, promotions, etc.) and challenges faced.
Targeted Users: Program staff or evaluators performing midline evaluation of gender-mainstreaming project activities
How to Apply the Tool: This tool is one component of the midline assessment for MBM-RTz and can be used in conjunction with other tools (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand gender relations and factors that could facilitate or inhibit gender equality in education, which in turn could impact the success of men or women as midwives in the Lake and Western zones of Tanzania.
Authors: Jhpiego
Project: More and Better Midwives in Rural Tanzania (MBM-RTz), Tanzania
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Maternal Health, Newborn Health, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Key Informant Interview Guide
Tool Objectives:This guide can be used by project staff, researchers, and others to capture practicing midwives’ perceptions of the profession. It covers topics such as gender differences in the profession (deployments, promotions, etc.) and challenges faced.
Targeted Users: Program staff or evaluators performing baseline evaluation of gender-mainstreaming project activities
How to Apply the Tool: This tool is one component of the baseline assessment for MBM-RTz and can be used in conjunction with other tools (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand gender relations and factors that could facilitate or inhibit gender equality in education, which in turn could impact the success of men or women as midwives in the Lake and Western zones of Tanzania.
Authors: Jhpiego
Project: More and Better Midwives in Rural Tanzania (MBM-RTz), Tanzania
Health Area: Gender Equality in Education, Maternal Health, Newborn Health, Health Workforce
Tool Type: Key Informant Interview Guide
Tool Objectives:This guide can be used by project staff, researchers, and others to capture practicing midwives’ perceptions of the profession. It covers topics such as gender differences in the profession (deployments, promotions, etc.) and challenges faced.
Targeted Users: Program staff or evaluators performing midline evaluation of gender-mainstreaming project activities
How to Apply the Tool: This tool is one component of the midline assessment for MBM-RTz and can be used in conjunction with other tools (posted separately). The assessment seeks to understand gender relations and factors that could facilitate or inhibit gender equality in education, which in turn could impact the success of men or women as midwives in the Lake and Western zones of Tanzania.
Resources
The Theory of Change of Gender-Responsive Budgeting.
2010. New York: United Nations Development Fund for Women.
https://bit.ly/2mv5moE
Authors: Alami, Niseen. Date: 2010
Organization: UNIFEM
Health Area: General/Gender-Responsive budgeting
Tool Objectives (What is this tool designed to help you do?): This report provides insight into the how gender-responsive budgeting relates to implementation of projects committed to gender equality and areas for intervention. It outlines key challenges behind policy commitments to gender equality, who is accountable, the ways gender-responsive budgeting can influence implementation of gender equality commitments, standards for defining if a budget is responsive to gender equality demands, and the theory of change in the context of gender-responsive budgeting.
Targeted Users: Organizations developing a gender-responsive budget in support of projects committed to gender equality in their programs.
How to apply the tool? This tool can be used to develop gender-responsive budgets to support gender equality in project interventions.
Authors: Health Policy Initiative. Date: 2010
Organization: Health Policy Initiative.
Health Area: District
Tool Objectives (What is this tool designed to help you do?): This Gender Integration Index was developed by USAID’s Health Policy Initiative to assess how gender is integrated into policy, management, and technical components of a project. The tool is organized around three different components that project staff can use to better integrate gender into the design and evaluation of a project. Component 1: Assessing Gender Equity of Project Management Practices features organizational policies and procedures for integrating gender into the workplace and guidelines for assessing staff’s technical competency around gender (p. 4-7). Component 2: Designing and Implementing Activities includes guidelines on conducting a gender analysis to assess the ways in which gender is considered in the design and anticipated outcomes of a project (p. 8). Component 3: Achieving Gender-Equitable Results includes a table for assessing the ways in which activities outlined in an annual report integrate gender (p. 11). A glossary of terms (p. 12) includes key gender-related terms.
Targeted Users: This tool is targeted to project managers and staff involved in design and monitoring of project results.
How to apply the tool? This tool can be used to assess how gender is integrated into the policy, management, and technical components of a project. The results of the assessment can be used to facilitate dialogue among staff about gender issues within a project.
Gender Budgeting: Practical Implementation Handbook.
2009. Strasbourg, France: Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs, The Council of Europe.
https://bit.ly/2HmB2Wz
Authors: Quinn, Sheila. Date: 2009
Organization: Council of Europe, Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs
Health Area: General
Tool Objectives (What is this tool designed to help you do?): The handbook provides guidance on how to do gender budgeting. It provides an overview of prerequisites for gender budgeting (p.11-13); the three stages of gender budgeting (p.16-22); and useful tools for gender budgeting (p. 22-30). The handbook also outlines how to do gender budgeting at different levels including the central government, sectoral/departmental, regional/local government, and program level. An annex of key terms, additional resources, and websites is also provided. This handbook assumes prior knowledge of and the rationale for gender mainstreaming.
Targeted Users: It is intended for practitioners responsible for gender budgeting.
How to apply the tool? This handbook can be used to assist with developing a budget at different levels, including central government, sectoral/departmental, regional/local government, and the program level.
Authors: Alami, Niseen. Date: 2010
Organization: UNIFEM
Health Area: General/Gender-Responsive budgeting
Tool Objectives (What is this tool designed to help you do?): This report provides insight into the how gender-responsive budgeting relates to implementation of projects committed to gender equality and areas for intervention. It outlines key challenges behind policy commitments to gender equality, who is accountable, the ways gender-responsive budgeting can influence implementation of gender equality commitments, standards for defining if a budget is responsive to gender equality demands, and the theory of change in the context of gender-responsive budgeting.
Targeted Users: Organizations developing a gender-responsive budget in support of projects committed to gender equality in their programs.
How to apply the tool? This tool can be used to develop gender-responsive budgets to support gender equality in project interventions.
Authors: Health Policy Initiative. Date: 2010
Organization: Health Policy Initiative.
Health Area: District
Tool Objectives (What is this tool designed to help you do?): This Gender Integration Index was developed by USAID’s Health Policy Initiative to assess how gender is integrated into policy, management, and technical components of a project. The tool is organized around three different components that project staff can use to better integrate gender into the design and evaluation of a project. Component 1: Assessing Gender Equity of Project Management Practices features organizational policies and procedures for integrating gender into the workplace and guidelines for assessing staff’s technical competency around gender (p. 4-7). Component 2: Designing and Implementing Activities includes guidelines on conducting a gender analysis to assess the ways in which gender is considered in the design and anticipated outcomes of a project (p. 8). Component 3: Achieving Gender-Equitable Results includes a table for assessing the ways in which activities outlined in an annual report integrate gender (p. 11). A glossary of terms (p. 12) includes key gender-related terms.
Targeted Users: This tool is targeted to project managers and staff involved in design and monitoring of project results.
How to apply the tool? This tool can be used to assess how gender is integrated into the policy, management, and technical components of a project. The results of the assessment can be used to facilitate dialogue among staff about gender issues within a project.
Authors: Quinn, Sheila. Date: 2009
Organization: Council of Europe, Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs
Health Area: General
Tool Objectives (What is this tool designed to help you do?): The handbook provides guidance on how to do gender budgeting. It provides an overview of prerequisites for gender budgeting (p.11-13); the three stages of gender budgeting (p.16-22); and useful tools for gender budgeting (p. 22-30). The handbook also outlines how to do gender budgeting at different levels including the central government, sectoral/departmental, regional/local government, and program level. An annex of key terms, additional resources, and websites is also provided. This handbook assumes prior knowledge of and the rationale for gender mainstreaming.
Targeted Users: It is intended for practitioners responsible for gender budgeting.
How to apply the tool? This handbook can be used to assist with developing a budget at different levels, including central government, sectoral/departmental, regional/local government, and the program level.
Gender-based Analysis in Government Practices and Those of Local and Regional Decision-Making Bodies.
2010. Montreal, Canada: Government of Quebec.
http://bit.ly/1OucVTl
Authors: Secretariat a la condition feminine du ministère de la Culture, ministère des Communications et de la Condition Feminine. Date: 2010
Organization: Secretariat a la condition feminine du ministère de la Culture, ministère des Communications et de la Condition Feminine.
Health Area: Multisectoral
Tool Objectives (What is this tool designed to help you do?): This guide outlines the advantages of conducting a gender analysis throughout the life of a project in response to Quebec’s Turning Equality in Law into Equality Policy. As a governance tool, this guide provides background on what a gender-based analysis is, a rationale for using it, and when it is appropriate to use it.
Targeted Users: Project staff and managers.
How to apply the tool? This tool can be used to apply a gender-based analysis of projects and integrate gender analysis into any phase of a project.
Gender Mainstreaming for Health Managers: A Practical Approach
2011. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization.
http://bit.ly/1Xuhrnk
Authors: World Health Organization. Date: 2011
Organization: World Health Organization.
Health Area: General
Tool Objectives (What is this tool designed to help you do?): This tool is designed to provide guidance to facilitate and participate in workshops focused on concrete ways to integrate gender into public health projects. It is divided into three modules to build knowledge on key concepts for integrating gender in public health (Module 1); conduct a gender analysis (Module 2); and to assess policies and programs to develop gender-responsive activities (Module 3). It also includes two booklets for participants and facilitators. The participant notes provide guidance for participation in gender and health workshops based on the three modules. The booklet includes background reading, WHO gender analysis tools, exercises, and activity sheets. The facilitator’s guide provides guidance on moderating a workshop.
Targeted Users: This tool can be used by public health managers at international, national, and community-based institutions.
How to apply the tool? The three different modules can be used by facilitators to lead a workshop that builds participants’ knowledge and skills on key gender concepts, conduct a gender analysis, and assess and develop gender-responsive programming.
Integrating gender into HIV/AIDS programmes in the health sector: Tool to improve responsiveness to women’s needs
2009, World Health Organization
http://bit.ly/2017OQ8
Authors: World Health Organization Date: 2009
Organization: World Health Organization
Health Area: HIV
Tool Objectives (What is this tool designed to help you do?): This field-tested tool was developed as a response to a global consultation on Integrating Gender into HIV/AIDS programs. This tool examines the ways gender inequalities impact women’s access to and their experience of HIV programs and services. It also provides program managers with steps to create gender-responsive HIV/AIDS programs and services. For example, it includes guidance on basic steps in gender-responsive programming (p. 1), addressing gender inequalities in programs testing for HIV and providing counseling (p. 31), prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (p. 49), HIV/AIDS treatment and care (p. 57), and home-based care for people living with HIV (p. 67). The annexes provide both manager and provider checklists for assessing the extent to which a program or service is gender-responsive.
Targeted Users: This tool is intended for program managers and health care providers responsible for designing, implementing, and evaluating HIV/AIDS programs.
How to apply the tool? This tool should be used to complement existing guidelines for national, regional, district, public, private, and donor-supported HIV/AIDS programs. It can be used to conduct training on building a gender-responsive HIV/AIDS program in order to better integrate gender into existing HIV/AIDS programmatic guidelines, strategic plans, and management plans and teams.
Authors: Secretariat a la condition feminine du ministère de la Culture, ministère des Communications et de la Condition Feminine. Date: 2010
Organization: Secretariat a la condition feminine du ministère de la Culture, ministère des Communications et de la Condition Feminine.
Health Area: Multisectoral
Tool Objectives (What is this tool designed to help you do?): This guide outlines the advantages of conducting a gender analysis throughout the life of a project in response to Quebec’s Turning Equality in Law into Equality Policy. As a governance tool, this guide provides background on what a gender-based analysis is, a rationale for using it, and when it is appropriate to use it.
Targeted Users: Project staff and managers.
How to apply the tool? This tool can be used to apply a gender-based analysis of projects and integrate gender analysis into any phase of a project.
Authors: World Health Organization. Date: 2011
Organization: World Health Organization.
Health Area: General
Tool Objectives (What is this tool designed to help you do?): This tool is designed to provide guidance to facilitate and participate in workshops focused on concrete ways to integrate gender into public health projects. It is divided into three modules to build knowledge on key concepts for integrating gender in public health (Module 1); conduct a gender analysis (Module 2); and to assess policies and programs to develop gender-responsive activities (Module 3). It also includes two booklets for participants and facilitators. The participant notes provide guidance for participation in gender and health workshops based on the three modules. The booklet includes background reading, WHO gender analysis tools, exercises, and activity sheets. The facilitator’s guide provides guidance on moderating a workshop.
Targeted Users: This tool can be used by public health managers at international, national, and community-based institutions.
How to apply the tool? The three different modules can be used by facilitators to lead a workshop that builds participants’ knowledge and skills on key gender concepts, conduct a gender analysis, and assess and develop gender-responsive programming.
Authors: World Health Organization Date: 2009
Organization: World Health Organization
Health Area: HIV
Tool Objectives (What is this tool designed to help you do?): This field-tested tool was developed as a response to a global consultation on Integrating Gender into HIV/AIDS programs. This tool examines the ways gender inequalities impact women’s access to and their experience of HIV programs and services. It also provides program managers with steps to create gender-responsive HIV/AIDS programs and services. For example, it includes guidance on basic steps in gender-responsive programming (p. 1), addressing gender inequalities in programs testing for HIV and providing counseling (p. 31), prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (p. 49), HIV/AIDS treatment and care (p. 57), and home-based care for people living with HIV (p. 67). The annexes provide both manager and provider checklists for assessing the extent to which a program or service is gender-responsive.
Targeted Users: This tool is intended for program managers and health care providers responsible for designing, implementing, and evaluating HIV/AIDS programs.
How to apply the tool? This tool should be used to complement existing guidelines for national, regional, district, public, private, and donor-supported HIV/AIDS programs. It can be used to conduct training on building a gender-responsive HIV/AIDS program in order to better integrate gender into existing HIV/AIDS programmatic guidelines, strategic plans, and management plans and teams.