This reference manual provides guidelines for mainstreaming gender into the
functions of Ministries of Information and Communication. Its main objective is to assist governments in advancing gender equality in their countries, especially through the establishment and operation of a Gender Management System as a means of mainstreaming gender across all government policies, plans, programmes and projects. It presents an extensive list of recommendations for action, grouped under a series of strategic objectives. It includes a questionnaire for conducting a gender impact analysis as well as various tools designed to assist ministry personnel in putting gender on the agenda of their activities: conducting gender impact analysis, collecting data on problems faced by women and men in the sector, using gender-sensitive language, and creating linkages with womens media networks at regional and global levels.
While this manual is aimed primarily at governments, it may also be of use to private sector and civil society organisations that wish to advance gender equality and equity in the sector. It is designed to present a menu of options and action points that users may adapt to specific national contexts.
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