Official Development Assistance (ODA)

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1　What is gender mainstreaming?

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Gender mainstreaming is a process of clarifying challenges, needs, and impacts on women and men at all stages of planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of all development policies, measures, and programs, based on the premise that development policies, measures, and programs have different implications for women and men. Its ultimate goal is to achieve gender equality.

Gender mainstreaming in development should be implemented with due consideration to ensuring that women and men participate in and benefit from development equally, and that inequality does not persist.

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2　The "Development Strategy for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment" has been announced. How is it different from the previous "Initiative on Gender and Development (GAD)"?

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The "Development Strategy for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment" is intended to enhance analysis and evaluation in order to maximize the effectiveness of gender mainstreaming compared to the previous "Initiative on Gender and Development (GAD)."
In addition, new priority sectors include women and disaster risk reduction, women-friendly infrastructure, and educational support in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics).