Gender in Emergencies: Useful Field Base Learning/Practice Gender Mainstreaming Tool

Incorporating gender and other social issues in projects has been shown to improve project performance and facilitate achievement of the World Bank’s goal of poverty reduction. Successful strategies for designing and implementing policies, programs, and projects in the water and sanitation sector now rely on demand-driven, participatory approaches rather than supply-driven, blueprint approaches.

The toolkit comprises ready-to-use material designed expressly for World Bank task managers working in the water and sanitation sector. It presents a range of tools for gender analysis and practical “how-to” strategies collected from program and project experience around the world. It is one of a series of toolkits being designed to assist task managers in improving project performance by incorporating gender into their work.