Management Strategies and Methods for Gender Impact Assessment

This study provides an analysis of management strategies and methods for Gender Impact Assessment (GIA) three years after the implementation of the Gender Impact Analysis and Assessment Act. It focuses on the mid- to long-term plans of the government and projects by public institutions in the policy areas of culture and agriculture/forestry. The following conclusions have been drawn: GIA methods should be developed separately for newly- and re-established plans. In order to strengthen the quality of GIA, there is a need to create a high-level cooperation framework between the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, which directs the management of the GIA system, and central administrations/local governments responsible for the establishment of plans. There is a need for a project framework under which the project planning division of a central government ministry and the project execution division of a public institution assume joint responsibility for GIA. When a public institution executes a project, basic data on project beneficiaries and project evaluations should be collected, which can then be used for analysis on the divergent needs of men and women.