Resources

UNDP, 2007: Manual examines environment and energy development projects, policies and decision-making processes from a gender perspective. Written for UNDP staff working with national counterparts in governments and NGOs, it can also be used by other development practitioners working in the field of environment and energy.

FAO, 2012: Booklet provides guidelines for field staff in mainstreaming a gender perspective during the design, implementation, operation and maintenance of water management projects for agricultural production; it is designed to be a rapid appraisal tool to identify the main gender-related problems and gaps that require attention during these stages of a project.

UNESCO: A collection of tools to provide practical guidance and useful definitions that serve as a basis for effective mainstreaming of gender equality for any government staff or individual working in civil society organizations.

ENERGIA: Background paper defines gender concepts and places them in the context of the energy sector, and describes issues of gender and energy

Women In Europe for a Common Future (WECF), 2009: Background information on the need to integrate a gender perspective into the efforts to promote safe and sustainable sanitation, with guidance on how to mainstream gender into this sector

Gender and Water Alliance/UNDP, 2006: Compilation of newer resources – documents, papers, books, case studies, tools and toolkits – on gender mainstreaming in Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) to assist water and gender practitioners and professionals as well as persons responsible for gender mainstreaming

InterAction, 2005 Study examines the implementation and impacts of gender mainstreaming in sixteen African communities

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2011 Report draws attention to the importance of applying a gender lens to STI policy and provides case studies on best practices in this area.