Graduation from a Gender Perspective Gender Mainstreaming for Shiree Beneficiaries Lesson Learning Workshop Barisal, February 4-6, 2013

What are the main challenges to Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment that our female Shiree beneficiaries continue to face? Dowry/Early Marriage Sexual Violence/Abuse Sexual Harassment/Eve- teasing Division of Household tasks Abandoned Women/Female-headed households Intra-household differences of Poverty/Graduation Girls’ access to education: enrollment and graduation Women’s Lower job training opportunities Unequal Wages Women’s Access to paid work Others?

Group Exercise 4 Groups with one Gender Topic Each: -Dowry/Early Marriage -Sexual Violence/Abuse/Harrassment/Eve-teasing -Access to Education/Job Market/Equal Wages/Business -Intra-HH differences of IGA/Graduation Discuss and Answer Questions: 1)What are NGOs currently doing? 2)Why does it continue? (Social structures, norms, attitudes, values, power hierarchies) 3)What can NGOs do differently? Overarching theme: Powerbrokers! Male/Leader attitudes, Engagement of Men/Leaders/Communities in gender mainstreaming process

Open Discussion: What can NGOs do differently in Gender Mainstreaming for Gender-Equal Graduation? How to change attitudes of powerbrokers and engage them in gender mainstreaming process? Example: husbands, sons, male authorities, male religious leaders

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