A method, similar to the “Bar Chart” that represents information and data graphically and is usually used in planning activities.
A social difference that may vary according to the times and the society or group one belongs to, and which are learned or attributed by women and men. Gender is a broader concept than the mere biological differences between men and women.
The European Union’s approach to the gender issue in its efforts of cooperation for development requires the integration of gender analysis in all levels during a project cycle. Gender analysis enables the establishment and integration of the dynamics of change in a specific situation, as well as the monitoring of developments regarding the differences between men and women. A gender analysis takes into account the different roles of men and women (productivity, reproduction, decision-making; the differences in reaching and using resources for men and women; their unique and specific needs, areas of interest, problems and obstacles faced. Gender analysis ensures that men and women share the activities of a project in an equal and fair manner, and benefit from the project’s results in the same equal and just way.
It is very important to improve equality between men and women with regard to benefiting from the social and economic infrastructures, services and general welfare. The basic objective here is to reduce the differences of opportunity between men and women in receiving health, education and employment services, and in involvement in economic activities and decision-making mechanisms. All programmes and projects should actively contribute to the elimination of gender discrimination in their specific area of influence.
Contracts of non-commercial nature. They are given either for the promotion of an EU policy aim or for the implementation of an action or functioning of a body.
