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Country Strategies

 

The identification of gender issues at the country level and their integration into country strategies are important starting points to promote gender equality and women's empowerment. The 1998-2001 progress report to the Board emphasized the need to address gender issues upstream (beginning with country strategies) to engage the dimension programmatically, foster dialogue, and accelerate mainstreaming.

The following strategies mainstream gender issues significantly according to the GED Classification System. Strategies with a significant integration of gender issues must include:

  • The identification of multiple gender issues in diagnostic/development challenges
  • Incorporation of specific actions into two or more strategic focus areas and the lending program.

    1. Guatemala (May 2005)
    2. Haiti (May 2005)