Synchonizing Gender Strategies

Just 20 years ago, if a program was “gender awareÀ in any way, it was considered a major step forward. Slowly, over the years, the thinking about gender inequities and their impact on health has advanced considerably and the concepts and vocabulary have become much more nuanced. The standards for gender interventions are now more ambitious and there is a growing sense that health and development programs can and should contribute to transforming gender norms and achieving good health and   gender equality.

With this concept paper, it is the intention of the authors and the Interagency Gender Working Group (IGWG) to take gender transformation to the next step, to what we have communally termed “gender   synchronization.À By gender synchronization we mean working with men and women, boys and girls, in an intentional and mutually reinforcing way that challenges gender norms, catalyzes the achievement
of gender equality, and improves health. The audience we hope to engage in this dialogue includes reproductive health and development practitioners and program planners-many of whom are already integrating gender into their programming and are looking for the most effective approaches to achieving better reproductive health and long-term change.Just 20 years ago, if a program was “gender awareÀ in any way, it was considered a major step forward. Slowly, over the years, the thinking about gender   inequities and their impact on health has advanced considerably and the concepts and vocabulary have become much more nuanced.

Year of Publication: 2010
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