Monday, September 28, 2009
[IWS] ILO: MAINSTREAMING GENDER ANALYSIS in VALUE CHAIN DEVELOPMENT [GUIDE] [July 2009]
IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Job Creation and Enterprise Development Department EMP/ENTERPRISE
Making the strongest links: A practical guide to mainstreaming gender analysis in value chain development [July 2009]
by Linda Mayoux & Grania Mackie
http://www.ilo.org/empent/Whatwedo/Publications/lang--en/docName--WCMS_106538/index.htm
or
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_emp/---emp_ent/documents/publication/wcms_106538.pdf
[full-text, 113 pages]
A new publication from the ILO provides groundbreaking methods for incorporating gender concerns into the different stages of value chain analysis and strengthening the links essential for gender equality and promoting sustainable pro-poor growth and development strategies.
[excerpt]
FOREWORD
This Guide has been developed as a means to increase women entrepreneurs' capacity to
access markets and build sustainable enterprises that create decent work. It has been informed
by years of expertise in the ILO's work in Women's Entrepreneurship Development and Gender
Equality (WEDGE).
...
Applying this Guide effectively requires previous value chain analysis experience and a genuine
interest in identifying and addressing gender issues at different stages and levels of the value
chain analysis process. It also requires an openness to creative thinking about the challenges
which gender presents to conventional economic analysis and methods. It is a Guide that could
be used alongside other value chain materials and in particular the ILO's Guide on Value Chain
Development for Decent Work. The tools in this Guide can be used on their own or complement
participatory tools and quantitative and qualitative research from other manuals.
CONTENTS
FOREWORD v
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii
GLOSSARY viii
PURPOSE OF THE GUIDE ix
INTENDED USERS OF THIS GUIDE xi
INTRODUCTION: MAKING THE STRONGEST LINKS:
GENDER & VALUE CHAIN DEVELOPMENT 1
Gender equality, decent work and pro-poor development 3
BOX 1: PRO-POOR GROWTH, DECENT WORK
AND PRO-POOR DEVELOPMENT 4
Making the strongest links: Gender and value
chain development 5
PART 1: GENDER EQUITABLE VALUE CHAIN
DEVELOPMENT: CONCEPTS AND FRAMEWORKS 7
SECTION 1.1: VALUE CHAIN DEVELOPMENT:
APPROACHES AND VCD CYCLE 9
What is Value Chain Development? Different Approaches 9
BOX 2: WHAT ARE VALUE CHAINS? 9
GEVCAL Value chain development cycle 10
BOX 3: GEVCAL: UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES 11
SECTION 1.2: WHAT IS GENDER MAINSTREAMING?
GENDER DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTS 15
BOX 4: GENDER OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS
IDENTIFIED BY GOWE MEETINGS IN KENYA 15
BOX 5: FEMALE WEAVER AS FAMILY WORKER 16
BOX 6: GENDER ANALYSIS: BASIC PRINCIPLES
AND DEFINITIONS 17
BOX 7: EQUALITY, EMPOWERMENT, AND EQUITY:
SOME EXPLANATORY EXAMPLES 19
SECTION 1.3: GEVCAL 'GENDER LENS' 21
BOX 8: GENDER LENS: ELEMENTS AND CHECKLIST
FOR DIFFERENT STAGES OF VALUE CHAIN
DEVELOPMENT 22
PART 2: GENDER-INCLUSIVE DESIGN: PRELIMINARY
SCOPING, MAPPING AND PARTICIPATORY PROCESS 23
SECTION 2.1: SCOPING THE VCD PROCESS: WHAT ARE
THE GENDER ISSUES? 25
BOX 9: WHAT GENDER ISSUES: SCOPING THE
INVESTIGATION 26
BOX 10: GENDER-INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE: SOME GUIDELINES 27
SECTION 2.2: PRELIMINARY MAPPING: WHO WHERE
CONTROLS WHAT? 28
BOX 11: DRAWING A PRELIMINARY MAP 29
SECTION 2.3: PARTICIPATORY PROCESS: WHY,
WHO AND WHEN? 33
Who should participate? Gender issues in stakeholder analysis 34
BOX 12: VERY DIFFERENT FEMALE STAKEHOLDERS:
EXAMPLES FROM ETHIOPIAN LEATHER INDUSTRY 37
How can women participate and when? Designing the process 39
BOX 13: PARTICIPATORY PROCESS 40
How can the benefits of stakeholder workshops be maximised? 41
PART 3: GENDER- ACCURATE INFORMATION: VALUE CHAIN
MAPPING, RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS 43
SECTION 3.1: VC ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH:
INTEGRATING METHODOLOGIES 45
Participatory action learning: core of the GEVCAL process 45
BOX 14: GENERAL ETHICAL GUIDELINES 46
Gender dimensions of the research process 47
BOX 15: GENDER ISSUES IN THE INVESTIGATION PROCESS 47
SECTION 3.2: HOW MANY PEOPLE GET HOW MUCH WHERE?
ADDING QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION 49
BOX 16: DEVELOPING THE MAP:
ADDING QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION 49
SECTION 3.3: WHY? ADDING QUALITATIVE INFORMATION 55
BOX 17: WHY AND HOW ARE GENDER INEQUALITIES
PERPETUATED? ADDING QUALITATIVE INFORMATION 57
BOX 18: INTERVIEW WITH MALE WEAVER IN A WAVERING
COOPERATIVE 58
PART 4: GENDER EQUITABLE PROPOSALS : ACTION STRATEGY 61
SECTION 4.1: FROM GENDER ANALYSIS TO GENDER
EQUITABLE RECOMMENDATIONS 63
Identifying the 'win-win' basket 63
BOX 19: SOME MUTUALLY REINFORCING LEVELS OF
INTERVENTION TO SUPPORT WOMEN HOMEWORKERS 65
Negotiating conflict of interest for win win strategies 66
PART 5: SUSTAINABLE PARTICIPATORY LEARNING CYCLE: MONITORING
CHANGES AND SUMMARY GENDER CHECKLIST 67
SECTION 5.1: IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING CHANGE 69
BOX 20: POSSIBLE INDICATORS FOR MONITORIING AND
EVALUATION 69
SECTION 5.2: SUMMARY CHECKLIST 72
BOX 21: GENDER CHECKLIST FOR DIFFERENT STAGES OF
VALUE CHAIN DEVELOPMENT 72
PART 6: OVERVIEW OF DIAGRAMMING TOOLS AND
TECHNIQUES 75
SECTION 6.1: USING DIAGRAMS 77
BOX 22: SOME DIAGRAM TOOLS FOR VALUE CHAIN
ANALYSIS AND STRATEGIC PLANNING 78
SECTION 6.2: ROAD JOURNEYS: STRATEGIC PLANING
AND SWOT ANALYSIS 82
SECTION 6.3: CIRCLE DIAGRAMS: MAPPING AND
STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS 87
SECTION 6.4: TREES: CHALLENGE TO STRATEGY
BRAINSTORMING TREES 91
REFERENCES AND RESOURCES 95
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Job Creation and Enterprise Development Department EMP/ENTERPRISE
Making the strongest links: A practical guide to mainstreaming gender analysis in value chain development [July 2009]
by Linda Mayoux & Grania Mackie
http://www.ilo.org/empent/Whatwedo/Publications/lang--en/docName--WCMS_106538/index.htm
or
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_emp/---emp_ent/documents/publication/wcms_106538.pdf
[full-text, 113 pages]
A new publication from the ILO provides groundbreaking methods for incorporating gender concerns into the different stages of value chain analysis and strengthening the links essential for gender equality and promoting sustainable pro-poor growth and development strategies.
[excerpt]
FOREWORD
This Guide has been developed as a means to increase women entrepreneurs' capacity to
access markets and build sustainable enterprises that create decent work. It has been informed
by years of expertise in the ILO's work in Women's Entrepreneurship Development and Gender
Equality (WEDGE).
...
Applying this Guide effectively requires previous value chain analysis experience and a genuine
interest in identifying and addressing gender issues at different stages and levels of the value
chain analysis process. It also requires an openness to creative thinking about the challenges
which gender presents to conventional economic analysis and methods. It is a Guide that could
be used alongside other value chain materials and in particular the ILO's Guide on Value Chain
Development for Decent Work. The tools in this Guide can be used on their own or complement
participatory tools and quantitative and qualitative research from other manuals.
CONTENTS
FOREWORD v
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii
GLOSSARY viii
PURPOSE OF THE GUIDE ix
INTENDED USERS OF THIS GUIDE xi
INTRODUCTION: MAKING THE STRONGEST LINKS:
GENDER & VALUE CHAIN DEVELOPMENT 1
Gender equality, decent work and pro-poor development 3
BOX 1: PRO-POOR GROWTH, DECENT WORK
AND PRO-POOR DEVELOPMENT 4
Making the strongest links: Gender and value
chain development 5
PART 1: GENDER EQUITABLE VALUE CHAIN
DEVELOPMENT: CONCEPTS AND FRAMEWORKS 7
SECTION 1.1: VALUE CHAIN DEVELOPMENT:
APPROACHES AND VCD CYCLE 9
What is Value Chain Development? Different Approaches 9
BOX 2: WHAT ARE VALUE CHAINS? 9
GEVCAL Value chain development cycle 10
BOX 3: GEVCAL: UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES 11
SECTION 1.2: WHAT IS GENDER MAINSTREAMING?
GENDER DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTS 15
BOX 4: GENDER OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS
IDENTIFIED BY GOWE MEETINGS IN KENYA 15
BOX 5: FEMALE WEAVER AS FAMILY WORKER 16
BOX 6: GENDER ANALYSIS: BASIC PRINCIPLES
AND DEFINITIONS 17
BOX 7: EQUALITY, EMPOWERMENT, AND EQUITY:
SOME EXPLANATORY EXAMPLES 19
SECTION 1.3: GEVCAL 'GENDER LENS' 21
BOX 8: GENDER LENS: ELEMENTS AND CHECKLIST
FOR DIFFERENT STAGES OF VALUE CHAIN
DEVELOPMENT 22
PART 2: GENDER-INCLUSIVE DESIGN: PRELIMINARY
SCOPING, MAPPING AND PARTICIPATORY PROCESS 23
SECTION 2.1: SCOPING THE VCD PROCESS: WHAT ARE
THE GENDER ISSUES? 25
BOX 9: WHAT GENDER ISSUES: SCOPING THE
INVESTIGATION 26
BOX 10: GENDER-INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE: SOME GUIDELINES 27
SECTION 2.2: PRELIMINARY MAPPING: WHO WHERE
CONTROLS WHAT? 28
BOX 11: DRAWING A PRELIMINARY MAP 29
SECTION 2.3: PARTICIPATORY PROCESS: WHY,
WHO AND WHEN? 33
Who should participate? Gender issues in stakeholder analysis 34
BOX 12: VERY DIFFERENT FEMALE STAKEHOLDERS:
EXAMPLES FROM ETHIOPIAN LEATHER INDUSTRY 37
How can women participate and when? Designing the process 39
BOX 13: PARTICIPATORY PROCESS 40
How can the benefits of stakeholder workshops be maximised? 41
PART 3: GENDER- ACCURATE INFORMATION: VALUE CHAIN
MAPPING, RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS 43
SECTION 3.1: VC ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH:
INTEGRATING METHODOLOGIES 45
Participatory action learning: core of the GEVCAL process 45
BOX 14: GENERAL ETHICAL GUIDELINES 46
Gender dimensions of the research process 47
BOX 15: GENDER ISSUES IN THE INVESTIGATION PROCESS 47
SECTION 3.2: HOW MANY PEOPLE GET HOW MUCH WHERE?
ADDING QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION 49
BOX 16: DEVELOPING THE MAP:
ADDING QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION 49
SECTION 3.3: WHY? ADDING QUALITATIVE INFORMATION 55
BOX 17: WHY AND HOW ARE GENDER INEQUALITIES
PERPETUATED? ADDING QUALITATIVE INFORMATION 57
BOX 18: INTERVIEW WITH MALE WEAVER IN A WAVERING
COOPERATIVE 58
PART 4: GENDER EQUITABLE PROPOSALS : ACTION STRATEGY 61
SECTION 4.1: FROM GENDER ANALYSIS TO GENDER
EQUITABLE RECOMMENDATIONS 63
Identifying the 'win-win' basket 63
BOX 19: SOME MUTUALLY REINFORCING LEVELS OF
INTERVENTION TO SUPPORT WOMEN HOMEWORKERS 65
Negotiating conflict of interest for win win strategies 66
PART 5: SUSTAINABLE PARTICIPATORY LEARNING CYCLE: MONITORING
CHANGES AND SUMMARY GENDER CHECKLIST 67
SECTION 5.1: IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING CHANGE 69
BOX 20: POSSIBLE INDICATORS FOR MONITORIING AND
EVALUATION 69
SECTION 5.2: SUMMARY CHECKLIST 72
BOX 21: GENDER CHECKLIST FOR DIFFERENT STAGES OF
VALUE CHAIN DEVELOPMENT 72
PART 6: OVERVIEW OF DIAGRAMMING TOOLS AND
TECHNIQUES 75
SECTION 6.1: USING DIAGRAMS 77
BOX 22: SOME DIAGRAM TOOLS FOR VALUE CHAIN
ANALYSIS AND STRATEGIC PLANNING 78
SECTION 6.2: ROAD JOURNEYS: STRATEGIC PLANING
AND SWOT ANALYSIS 82
SECTION 6.3: CIRCLE DIAGRAMS: MAPPING AND
STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS 87
SECTION 6.4: TREES: CHALLENGE TO STRATEGY
BRAINSTORMING TREES 91
REFERENCES AND RESOURCES 95
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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