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Purpose of the checklist
Why is gender important in urban development and housing projects?
Key questions and action points in the project cycle
Gender analysis
Project design
Policy dialogue
Appendix: Terms of reference for gender specialist
Selected references
Gender Checklist: Urban Development and Housing

Policy dialogue

What is discussed in the policy dialogue depends very much on the executing agencies’ acceptance of gender issues, their commitment to help resolve those issues, and the nature and complexity of the issues. In some cases, key gender issues identified through gender analysis require legal and policy reforms in combination with UDH projects. In other cases, a UDH project can be designed to support the implementation of a new policy or law. In any case, the project design must be compatible with the law or policy. Continuous policy dialogue with DMC counterparts is important.

The policy dialogue should also confirm that the DMC counterparts understand the key gender issues and are ready to commit the appropriate implementation arrangements and adequate resources.

Some potential issues to be discussed during the project- and policy-level dialogue with the DMC counterpart are presented in Table 2.

Table 2
Possible agenda for the policy dialogue

KEY ISSUES SUGGESTED ACTIONS
Gender and participation capacity building for EA
  • Consider a TA for gender and participation training for all EA officials and staff, with emphasis on project implementation.
  • Obtain the support of the national women’s machinery, including such entities as the Ministry of Women’s Affairs.
Government-NGO collaboration Explore opportunities for the EA to work with women’s NGOs in service delivery and strategy building.
Staffing Obtain the EA’s commitment to increase the number of permanent female staff.
Budgeting Allocate funds for training in gender awareness and training for women, and equal employment opportunities for women.
Sector work Suggest separate sector work or “piggy-back” technical assistance to investigate gender-discriminatory or sectoral legal and policy issues (e.g., inheritance law or family code with discriminatory clauses on women’s rights to land and property).
Legal and policy reform Consider incorporating legal and policy reforms in the project to increase the involvement of women (see box 5 for an example of policy issues in gender and local governance).

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Appendix: Terms of reference for gender specialist