Successful gender mainstreaming depends on having a process that effectively engages staff at all levels and enables them to better understand what it means to integrate gender into their own practices and the importance of doing so.
This toolkit provides guidance on how to apply a proven, cost-effective process specifically developed for gender mainstreaming in large, multi-country contexts.
To find out more please view our short film about the WFP/ IDS partnership
This toolkit was written by Alyson Brody, a gender and development research consultant. Alyson led the USAID-funded partnership project with the World Food Programme Gender Office, designed to promote organisational learning on gender mainstreaming for all WFP countries through participatory action learning methodologies and knowledge sharing.
Our quick guide to the to the lessons learned (PDF) in the Innovations from the Field programme
You can read more about our learning from the work, and the links between gender equality and food security in the IDS interactive essay - 'Mainstreaming gender: Transforming the debate on food security'.
