TOOL 2: Identifying gender barriers in country landscape
OVERALL CONSIDERATIONS Planning
How does status of men compare to status of women? What about the enjoyment Do the national nutrition action plans or key health and nutrition plans, strategies or
of rights for boys and girls? (Could use Demographic and Health Survey data or policies from other sectors have priorities that consider gender or concentrate on
other national survey data) nutritionally vulnerable groups, such as:
• Literacy • Newborns
• Education • Infants
• Employment • Young children
• Life expectancy • Adolescent girls
• Access to education (girls vs. boys) • Women of reproductive age
» (attendance, enrollment) • Pregnant women
• Asset ownership
• Early marriage Do these plans consider other socially vulnerable groups such as ethnic minorities,
• Enjoyment of rights indigenous communities, and rural women?
What international human rights instruments have been ratified in the country? Coordination
Does the country have a national plan on gender equality and women’s empowerment?
NATIONAL LEVEL CONTEXT AND PRIORITIES If so, does it address gender gaps in health/nutrition policies?
What are the main national objectives on gender equality and nutrition?
• National plans Are there mechanisms/structures in place to link the work of national women’s
• Laws machineries (i.e. national gender equality objectives) with planned health/nutrition
• Policies outcomes?
Which key statistical country level data on gender equalities, status of women or Resourcing
women’s rights should a nutrition intervention in this country consider? How does the national health system integrate a consideration for gender equity in
the way nutrition services/products are funded?
Participation and representation
What is the percentage of women represented in various branches of the Is gender responsive budgeting (GRB) used to ensure that funds allocated for
government? specific gender needs are tracked/spent as intended?
• Executive
• Legislative Monitoring systems
• Judicial Do monitoring systems capture disaggregated data in relation to data collection on
health and nutrition services?
Is participation in formal and informal processes for the development and adoption • By sex
of policies discriminatory for women or men? If so, how? • By age
What evidence exists that the government has sought the participation of Use of data
participation of civil society organizations (representing women, men, boys, Are data/information on nutritional access/use disseminated to the general public
and girls) in the development of health policies? in a way that highlights the discrepancies among women, men, boys, and girls?
If so, for what purpose?
What formal processes exist to keep state leadership accountable to civil society • Behaviour change
and women’s organizations in particular? (e.g. public consultations, feedback • Campaigning
processes, etc.) • Awareness and promotion of health
Sex and Gender-Based Analysis (SGBA): Tool 2 - Identifying gender barriers in country landscape
