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A Gender Lens
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A Gender Lens    
     
We are beginning to disaggregate by gender the data we collect on our programs, to measure how well our work is helping improve women's health, income, and access to education and food. We're starting to design programs with the needs of women in mind - by hiring more women as extension workers to reach women farmers, or women health educators to improve our outreach to women and girls. And we are training more women in our partner countries to carry forward the work of development themselves - for example, through our scholarships to women agricultural scientists in Kenya. Hilary Rodham Clinton, American Secretary of State, in a speech delivered at the Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economcs in Washington, D.C. 6 January 2010. Read more

Apply a Gender Lens....

Think lens, think glasses. Glasses correct limitations of vision and enable clearer sight.

And so it is with a gender lens, helping us to see more clearly the role gender plays in shaping our male and female lives, work, experiences and choices.

In 2009, we produced a booklet called A Gender Lens: For inclusive philanthropy.

It is divided into four  sections, with excerpts of each section below:

The concept of gender

Gender difference

 
 
Gender Lens Front Cover

 
Gender inequality
Gender - High Impact Investment
Gender Lens for inclusive philanthropy is available for sale for $30.00 (including postage) You can order and pay for your copy through us at the Trust. Email Us 
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