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What is ‘Gender Mainstreaming’? Discuss the evolution of the concept of gender
mainstreaming in the international context.
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Gender Mainstreaming is a globally recognized strategy for achieving gender equality by ensuring that the concerns, experiences, and priorities of women, men, girls, and boys are systematically integrated into the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of policies, programmes, legislation, and institutional practices. Rather than treating gender as a separate issue or limiting it to women-specific programmes, gender mainstreaming seeks to make gender equality a central consideration in all sectors, including education, health, employment, governance, agriculture, environment, and economic development. Its objective is to eliminate discrimination, promote equal opportunities, and ensure that development benefits all sections of society without reinforcing existing gender inequalities. The concept emerged from the realization that isolated welfare programmes for women were insufficient to address the structural and institutional causes of gender inequality. Earlier approaches primarily focused on improving women's welfare through targeted interventions. However, these initiatives often failed to challenge unequal power relations, gender stereotypes, and discriminatory social norms. As a result, policymakers and international organizations began advocating for an approach that incorporated gender perspectives into the mainstream development agenda. The evolution of gender mainstreaming can be traced through several important international milestones. The United Nations Charter of 1945 laid the foundation by affirming equal rights of men and women. Subsequently, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) emphasized equality and non-discrimination as fundamental human rights, creating a legal and moral basis for future gender equality initiatives. During the 1970s, international attention shifted toward women's development through the Women in Development (WID) approach. The United Nations declared 1975 as the International Women's Year and organized the First World Conference on Women in Mexico City. This was followed by the United Nations Decade for Women (1976–1985),
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