Activity 6 Outcomes of Gender mainstreaming • • • • • Divide participants into five small groups (Each group may have 5 – 6 members). It is more productive to ask one participant to join with a participant who spoke least with him/her at the workshop and include three such pairs to make one small group. Provide 5 minutes to the participants to discuss in short the facts that they understood about the concepts of gender mainstreaming. Following this provide 10 minutes to discuss (with examples) the outcomes that an institution may receive after this process is introduced to it. Give five minutes to write the facts discussed on a flip chart and present to the participants. Deliver a short lecture using the facts aforesaid and below mentioned. Slide • Qualitative development of the activities of the institution. o Eg. Technological knowledge to women, the Responsibilities of men become balanced due to the fact that both men and women participate in the decision making process. • Balance of the number of male and female employees o Eg. Use of the knowledge and experiences of and fulfillment of the needs of both men and women as both of these parties have a representation in decision making. • Development of productivity and efficiency of administrative process. o Eg. Equal facilities for both men and women in their place of work enthusiasm received due to the provision of promotions and allowances. • Developing a good understanding regarding the institution • The fact that allocation/aid could be obtained. Especially international donor groups take into consideration whether attention is paid to gender in many development projects. • Promoting a good image of the institution. A good image of the institution is developed both locally and internationally when policies of taking democratic decisions, overlooking sexual abuses, creating a balance between institutional responsibilities and family responsibilities of employees, providing facilities to both male and female parties within the institution, creating promotion and evaluation schemes relevant for both parties are implemented in an institution. 70