The Gender Audit

InterAction’s Commission on the Advancement of Women invites you to a workshop on what “gender mainstreaming” is all about and how it advances women’s empowerment and gender equality. This one-day workshop in San Francisco on June 17 will introduce the CAW’s innovative Gender Audit Organizational Self-Assessment and Action Planning Process.

InterAction’s new study, Revealing the Power of Gender Mainstreaming — Enhancing Development Effectiveness of Non-Governmental Organizations in Africa, shows dramatic changes for women’s status and bottom-line development efforts in 16 rural communities in 4 countries after organizations implemented gender mainstreaming. The voices of nearly 900 village women and men in this study track a true transformation in the link between gender equality and poverty alleviation.

How did these NGOs attain these results?

Their first step was the Gender Audit, InterAction’s state-of-the-art organizational self-assessment and action planning process, which this one-day workshop will introduce.

At the workshop, you will:
Learn and practice the steps for the implementing the Gender Audit.
Discuss ways to use the Gender Audit and the Gender Audit CD-Rom Facilitator’s Guide for your organization.
Explore examples from organizations that have used the tool.
Receive copies of the Gender Audit CD-ROM Facilitator’s Guide and the Revealing the Power of Gender Mainstreaming study.

To register, contact Lyla Bashan at lbashan@interaction.org.

InterAction is the nation’s largest alliance of international development and humanitarian organizations and is based in Washington, D.C. With more than 160 members operating in over 100 countries, InterAction works to overcome poverty, exclusion and suffering by advancing social justice and basic dignity for all.

Visit our website for more information: http://www.interaction.org.