Question
Which of the following terms refer(s) to whether or not a project addresses gender issues?
Gender blind
Gender aware
Gender accommodating
Gender blind and gender aware.
Question
A gender-aware project can employ which of the following approaches?
Gender exploitive
Gender accommodating
Gender transformative
All of the above: Gender exploitative, gender accommodating, and gender transformative.
True or false
Gender integration is only important during the design phase of a reproductive health program.
False: Gender integration should remain a priority during all phases of a reproductive health program (design, implementation, and evaluation).
True or false
Is the following statement from a program manager true or false? "This intervention reinforces inequitable gender norms, but it doesn't harm anyone and yields reproductive health results. Therefore, the intervention must be gender accommodating."
False: Projects that perpetuate gender inequities are not gender accommodating interventions even if the intervention achieve a health outcome. Gender accommodating interventions adjust or compensate for inequitable gender norms that affect health.
These materials were adapted from the Global Health eLearning Center, U.S. Agency for International Development.