Gender Mainstreaming Research Paper

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THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GENDER MAINSTREAMING INITIATIVES IN ENHANCING GENDER EQUITY IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK AND FISHERIES IN KIRINYAGA COUNTY, KENYA

Teresia Njoki Muchira
Karatina University
Kellen Kiambati
Karatina University
Alice Simiyu
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

ABSTRACT
Equality between men and women is a fundamental right and a common policy of many governments in the world today. Gender mainstreaming is the process whereby gender concerns are raised routinely within everyday operations of an institution or organization and resolved in a gender manner in normal operations. The well-being and the equality between men and women are addressed by gender mainstreaming. The purpose of this study …show more content…

Within the framework of 3rd United Nations World Conference on Women in Nairobi in 1985, criticism of the existing form of development policy and the resulting demand for stronger integration of women into the mainstream was gone into. This is also reflected in the Final Report from Nairobi: “Women should be an integral part of the process of defining aims and shaping development. Organizational and other means which enable women to contribute their interests and preferences into the evaluation and selection of alternative development goals should be identified. This would include specific measures which are conceived in such a way that the autonomy of women is enhanced so that they bring women into the mainstream of the development process on the same basis as men.”(UN 1986). Even though this paper mentions neither Gender nor Mainstreaming, the 3rdWorld Conference on Women can nonetheless be regarded as an important building block in the development of the strategy of Gender …show more content…

The personnel department of a larger business will often have detailed recruitment and selection policies that need to be followed by those responsible for hiring new employees (Dunstone & Williamson, 2012). Effective recruitment requires an objective, systematic and planned approach if unlawful discrimination is to be avoided. Both short-listing and selection should be on the basis of candidates’ relevant experience, skills, qualifications, knowledge and talent, and should be based on factual evidence. It is unlawful to use factors such as gender, marital status, race, religion and sexual orientation to make decisions in the recruitment process (Daniels & Macdonald

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