Gender and GIS: Guidance Notes
This guidance note gives detailed stepwise guidance on how to undertake a gender analysis that will inform the production of GIS applications. It includes potential parameters and sample indicators for gender-disaggregated data collection and offers practical advice on possible types and sources of gender-related data and information to integrate with GIS applications. Gender-sensitive GIS applications are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness and potential of integrating gender with GIS technologies and the production processes.
The document presents some of the best examples of gender-integrated GIS applications. These examples demonstrate the effectiveness and potentials of integrating gender with GIS technologies and production processes as well as their empowering and action-informing benefits. Unfortunately, very little gender-sensitive GIS has been developed in the fields of climate change resilience and disaster risk reduction. There is, therefore an urgent need to produce them.
In conclusion, GIS applications using gender-analytical information can influence decisions in policy making. They can serve as a heuristic tool for raising awareness on gender-blind policy practices, enable communities to minimize gender-unequal risks and address the global challenges of environmental degradation, climate change and increasing disaster risks.
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