Gender in value chains manual for gender mainstreaming

Gender mainstreaming in value chain development: Experience with Gender Action Learning System in Uganda. Linda Mayoux. 1. Revised article for Enterprise Development and Microfinance Journal. Abstract. There is an emerging consensus that promoting gender justice in value chain development is. Gender mainstreaming in value chain development: Experience with Gender Action Learning System in Uganda Linda Mayoux There is an emerging consensus that promoting gender justice in value chain development is not only a rights issue for women, but makes ‘business sense’ for households, enterprises, and ultimately the national economy. (4) Gender mainstreaming in value chain projects. It should be noted that the relative abundance of evaluations of value chain interventions Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins.

This manual is aimed at advisors who work on economic development and value chain development issues. Women and men are likely to be involved at different stages of the chain. Those areas where women are involved are often less visible but may constitute critical links at which change and/or upgrading should occur in order to bring about development of the chain (home working, putting out, temporary work, etc.). Most current value chain development has failed to integrate gender analysis - despite the gender mainstreaming policies of the donor agencies and the gender commitments of the governments involved. Some Manuals contain useful tools for value chains work with particular sectors of women and/or participatory approaches to value chain research3. Gender Mainstreaming Manual – A book of practical methods 3 Foreword Gender Mainstreaming Support (JämStöd) is a Swedish committee of inquiry that has worked for two years under a government mandate to provide information about gender mainstreaming and to develop practical methods and models for.

Barriers to gender equality in India cover a wide spectrum of social issues like illiteracy, cultural stereotypes about economic activities, low skillset among. GENDER INEQUALITIES IN INDUSTRY AND THE ECONOMY. Women are disproportionately represented at the bottom of the manufacturing value chain. Women are often invisible in the smallholder farming landscape in Southeast Asia, perceived as being “unproductive” compared to men while also being.