Gender mainstreaming since Beijing: A review of success and limitations in international institutions

Resource Capability of Local Governments in Mainstreaming Gender into Disaster Risk Reduction: Evidence from Bantul Indonesia

“…Some of them confirm Moser and Moser (2005) findings. This essential gender mainstreaming capability includes: (1) strong leadership and political will of the government for mainstreaming gender equality; (2) the ability of gender institutions to ensure gender representation; (3) the availability of gender analysis using gender disaggregate data; (4) adequate gender expertise that understands gender policy design in the context of disaster management; and (5) existing policy and program design that is linked to all aspects of disaster risk reduction and resilience.…”

“…mitigating, preparing, responding and recovering. Meanwhile, Moser and Moser (2005) have developed a resource capability assessment which includes (1) strong women leadership; (2) strong support from NGOs for promoting gendered risk reduction; (3) high women groups' participation; (4) adequate financial resources supporting gender mainstreaming programs; (5) the capacity of local gender institution; (6) policy and program design linked to disaster risk reduction and resilience; (7) appropriate tools for gender mainstreaming; (8) the political will of the government; (9) gender-sensitive budgeting; and (10) the availability of gender vulnerability assessments. These resource capabilities can be applied to all gender-related capability requirements.…”

Adopting, manipulating, transforming: Tactics used by gender practitioners in South African NGOs to translate international gender policies into local practice

“…While gender inequalities within organisations have had an impact on the ways in which gender policy is implemented in many settings (Moser & Moser, 2005;Razavi & Miller, 1995;Tiessen, 2007), findings of the adoption, manipulation and transformation of gender policy in South Africa also highlight the broader challenges that arise in translating concepts developed at a global level into locally-relevant ideas that resonate with health practitioners and programme participants. The aim of this study has been to acknowledge these challenges, and to point to the need for research that pays attention to the experiences of local practitioners in the push for more and 'better' global health policy.…”

“…On the one hand, feminist scholars working in international development have been trying to establish a coherent discourse about the importance of gender for health and development outcomes. In support of this effort, these feminist scholars have focused on identifying organisational factors that can improve the consideration of gender by local NGOs, including the support of management, the 'sensitisation' of staff to gender inequalities, human resources policies, gender sensitive budgets, the surrounding social and political environment, and gender norms both internal and external to organisations (Fonjong, 2001;Howard, 2002;Jahan, 1995;Kardam, 1991;Moser & Moser, 2005;Razavi & Miller, 1995;Tiessen, 2007;Wendoh & Wallace, 2005). This has positioned many local NGOs as 'failing' to meet the gender criteria established at a global level.…”

Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into Development Planning in Ghana

“…One notable lesson was the Beijing Conference in 1995 (the Platform for Action at the Fourth World Conference on Women) where mainstreaming was adopted as a global strategy for the promotion of gender equality. Though it had been incorporated in many policies in the developing world Moser and Moser (2005) and Lebel, et al (2012:4) have observed inconsistencies in its implementation and conclude that, the outcomes for gender equality have largely remained unknown. Many barriers to mainstreaming gender still remain -a lack of meaningful participation and political commitment as well as persistent practices within organizations that continue to discriminate against women (Kusakabe, 2005 as cited in Kumari, 2013).…”