Gender Equality Toolkit
Promoting gender equality and the social and economic empowerment of women and girls is essential and yields benefits for everyone. All cities should strive to consider gender equity in every city policy, program, or initiative.
The Gender Equity Toolkit from the City Hub and Network for Gender Equity (CHANGE) provides cities worldwide with a guide to help advance gender equity. It offers a menu of best practices within four categories delineated by the major functions of local government. Cities can draw from this toolkit to pursue approaches that can be adjusted to meet their residents’ specific challenges and needs.
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Explore four different ways to build gender equity in your city:
- The City as Innovator: Embed gender in city systems
- The City as Employer: Build and maintain a gender-inclusive workforce
- The City as a Provider: Integrate gender in city policies
- The City as a Connector: Work with stakeholders to improve city programs to the benefit of all
Use the reflection questions in the toolkit to help you explore how centering gender can help your city advance equity to the benefit of all:
- Are we collecting gender-disaggregated and/or sex-disaggregated data when measuring the impact of city policies and programs?
- Has city leadership made it clear that gender equity is a priority?
- Are city communications inclusive and gender-neutral?
- Are we making every effort to achieve gender equity among city staff?
- What more can we do to ensure that a diverse range of voices are included in policy-making and management positions?
- Is there a safe, accountable, and transparent system for reporting discrimination and harassment?
- Are we applying a gender lens to every city policy, program and initiative, recognizing the intersectionality between gender equity and other critical challenges?
- Are we continually seeking input–both formally and informally–from women, girls, and other marginalized genders?
- Are we capitalizing on new/ongoing political or social movements to build support for advancing gender equity?
- What more can we do to make our cities inclusive, safe, and welcoming for all genders?
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