ADB's Policy on Gender and Development adopts mainstreaming as a key strategy in promoting gender equity.
| Title | Policy on gender and development |
| Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
| Year of Publication | 1998 |
| Authors | Manila, PHAsian Deve |
| Pagination | 59 p. : 6 boxes; 2 fig.; 4 tab. |
| Date Published | 1998-05-01 |
| Publisher | Asian Development Bank |
| Place Published | Manila, Philippines |
| Keywords | asia, economic development, gender, policies, sdigen, sdipol, social development |
| Abstract | ADB's Policy on Gender and Development adopts mainstreaming as a key strategy in promoting gender equity. This policy provides a review of ADB's policy on the role of women in development (WID) summarizes the evolution of ADB's WID approach and that of other agencies over the past decade traces the transition from WID to gender and development discusses some of the new and emerging areas of concern for women in the Asian and Pacific region highlights the recommendations to development finance institutions contained in the Platform for Action endorsed by the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing in 1995. Against this background, potential areas for policy revisions are discussed, the form that such revisions might take are suggested, and institutional mechanisms to more systematically operationalize ADB's strategic objective of improving the status of women are proposed. (abstract taken from ADB website) |
| Custom 1 | 121, 123 |
