Introduction and Key Concepts What this week’s training is about What we bring What we are looking for.

ICPS Gender Equity Planning Why We are Here The World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Index calculates the relative gaps between women and men in health, education, economy and politics across 142 countries, shows the widest gap is in economic participation and opportunity. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Social Institutions and Gender Index measures discrimination against women in social institutions (formal and informal laws, social norms, and practices) across 160 countries. Discriminatory social institutions perpetuate gender gaps across all development areas and impede progress towards social change that benefits all.

DFID report on Gender Inequality ICPS Gender Equity planning DFID report on Gender Inequality

ICPS Gender Equity planning Why bother WEF

ICPS Gender Equity planning What is Gender? Gender now incorporating placement of ‘identity’ in those of Transgender – and acknowledges heterogeneity in sexuality – part of the intersectionality of how gender works in society

The Cost of inertia Global Economy Raising out of poverty Millennium development goals ICPS Gender Equity planning The Cost of inertia World Economic Forum 2014 Gender Gap report

MENA – in Report (governance slides) ICPS Gender Equity planning MENA – in Report (governance slides)

Developing an integrated framework ICPS Gender Equity planning Gender Auditing Developing an integrated framework