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
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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
Additionally, a body of professional literature concludes that hiring overqualified applicants leads to subsequent job dissatisfaction and turnover. While such studies have been challenged, it cannot be said that their conclusions have been refuted” (Jordan v. City of New London, 1999). Lastly, the court the court further stated “The question presented is not whether a rational basis has been shown for the policy chosen by defendants. It is not for a trier to decide between two bodies of evidence in support of and in contradiction of the validity of that basis. Because defendants have shown that there is a rational basis for its policy, it cannot be found that the policy is arbitrary nor irrational.
The City of New Haven, Connecticut, in 2003, had vacant positions within their Fire Department. The City desired to fill these positions and pursued a means to identify internal candidates for promotional opportunities. Charles E. Mitchell (2013) writes, “The City hired Industrial /Organization Solutions, Inc. (IOS) to develop and administer its examination at a cost of $100,000.000. IOS took painstaking efforts to design and develop a test that was fair, job related, and consistent with business necessity” (p. 45). The examination outcome indicated that the white candidates had done far better than the minority candidates.
This memo is to address the current recruitment strategies and employment processes used by Baltimore City’s Fire Department. New recruitment campaign designs will also be discussed in efforts to decrease potential discrimination cases and increase a more diverse pool of candidates. The recruitment practices used prior to the hiring freeze should not be continued. There is also room to argue that the current employment tests and recruitment strategies have had a negative impact on a particular class of applicants.
In these interactions, the upper middle class women meet at world fairs to promote and make innovations in education, welfare and home services (Snarr, 2012). A woman’s view of development revolved around the terms of human and social development. Thus, women began forming organizations committed to human rights, development and peace. The first network to form was called the International Feminist Network who pushed for the UN to acknowledge that sexual assault on women during times of conflict is a form of violence (Snarr, 2012). Therefore, development was being made for equality for women and the poor.
There are many concepts that underpin discrimination and many theories to draw from this paper will detail and explore the definitions, concepts, and theories such as Stereotyping, Social Identity Theory, and Conflict Theory which are all to the fore in prejudice and discrimination. It will seek to examine current research and suggest strategies based on best practice and evidence to combat discrimination and prejudice within organisations to allow for a healthy productive workforce. Prejudice is an unjustified or incorrect negative attitude in the direction of an individual based exclusively on the individual’s affiliation with a social group, a prejudiced person might not act on their attitude.
The phrase gender role is concept of society that defines what behavior society expect form men and women and how they are suppose to act in society . While evolving, what kind of passive and active toys are allowed to play with? What kind of clothes and colors to wear? Unaware route of molding a person to fit in with society 's norms and values is called sociologists as "socialization." Many think that gender stereotyping in form of clothes, toys or books or along with other aspects, teach a children rising up to fit into conventional gender roles.
1.2 Background Females are an integral part of human civilization. No society or country can ever progress without an active participation of female in its general development. The status of female in society is directly linked with social and cultural traditions, stages of economic development achieved, educational levels, attitude of the society towards women, social and religious taboos, women's own awareness and political attainments. Through the centuries, the image and the role of female have been observed and studied in various ways, and the acquired knowledge has been recorded in literature, works of art, religious texts, mythology and codes of social behaviour.
This paper examines Bateman and Snell’s research against the case study video entitled “Diversity in Hiring: Candidate Conundrum” to propose that additional examination be conducted to decide whether Robert Gedaliah or Paul Munez was correct in their decision making pertaining to whom to hire for the Outreach Customer Representative position. Discussion Summary This week’s video discussed diversity in hiring. Robert Gedaliah is the Founder and President of Beck ‘n Call.
Aubrey Rose A, Barangot English 27B Title Gender Equality: An Established Human Right Thesis Gender Equality and Stereotypes Inroduction The gender equality has been accepted and acknowledged as human rights’ principles since the adoption of charter of United Nations in 1945. Most of the international agreements such as ‘the Millennium Development Goals (2000)’ and ‘the World Conference on Human Rights (1993) have highlighted and stressed the grave need for nations to take appropriate actions against such discriminatory practices. To give clarity to this research, the researcher uses the following definitions: “Everyone has a fundamental right to live free of violence.
Sexual Identity In “Gender Socialization and Identity Theory” by Michael J. Carter, he asserts gender identity originates with the family. The writer maintains that families are the agents of identity socialization. Carter argues that beginning with infancy children are taught how they are expected to socialize primarily by their families, simply due to the continuous contact with one another, boys are dressed in blue while girls are dressed in pink. The author plainly elucidates children gain knowledge of homophily through playmates by self-segregation into homogeneous groups.
THEORETICAL BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: 3.1 RECRUITMENT & SELECTION Recruitment and selection is one of the most important management functions. The whole process represents a significant investment in both financial and other resources. Recruitment and selection are two of the most important functions of personnel management. Recruitment procedure selection and helps in selecting a right candidate.
It is important to link gender equality and sustainable development for a number of reasons. How can we achieve a sustainable future, and reach our development goals if half of the world’s population has their rights, capabilities and dignity ignored? Women’s knowledge should be used to help achieve these goals, they should be viewed as central actors, not victims. Furthermore, to be effective, policy actions for sustainability must redress the disproportionate impact on women and girls of economic, social and environmental shocks and stresses. The lives of girls and women have changed dramatically over the past quarter century.
Organisation also have to make a decision as to whether it is better to recruit internally or externally, and both come with advantages and disadvantages. There are also legal consideration to take into account when associated with recruitment and selection process which is imperative that an organisation sticks to (Aylott, 2014) Recruitment and selection bests practices The first few steps in recruitment should be fairly straightforward. It is important for the organisations HR department to know how many position within the company are free, and what necessary skills and abilities are needed
What can be done to overcome prejudice towards Gender Equality? Gender equality entails protecting human rights, an economic necessity that allows women’s financial autonomy and national progress, and a country’s outlook on international relations. It affects childbirth rates, the quality of life and longevity of those children, and the type of life of the mother. The struggle is so vital to global stability and success that the United Nations (UN) addresses it in their sustainable development goals.
P2) Explain the Strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to Recruitment and Selection Recruitment and Selection Recruitment can be defined as searching for and obtaining a pool of potential candidates with the desired knowledge, skills and experience to allow an organisation to select the most appropriate people to fill job vacancies against defined position descriptions and specifications. (Ref-Green, Paul C. Building Robust Competencies: Linking Human Resource Systems to Organizational Strategies. Jossey-Bass, 1999.) External recruitment brings new blood, new face to the organization.