Promoting gender equality in new aid modalities and partnerships

What is needed to ensure that new aid effectiveness measures support gender equality?

Published by: United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) , 2006
Via: Eldis

This discussion paper identifies an initial set of considerations to ensure that gender equality is central to the aid effectiveness agenda. It is intended for policy-makers currently adjusting to the new aid modalities, such as officials and analysts in Ministries of Finance, Planning and Women’s Affairs; women’s rights advocates at domestic, regional and international levels; and bilateral and multilateral development actors such as Resident Coordinators in the UN system.

The paper argues that women will only benefit from the new aid architecture if gender equality is recognised as a key component of poverty reduction and national development, and if women are fully represented in decision-making.