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Draft Guidelines to Mainstreaming Gender in the Development of National Adaptation Plans (NAPs)
Draft Guidelines to Mainstreaming Gender in the Development of National Adaptation Plans (NAPs)
Author:Lorena Aguilar (2011)
Gender mainstreaming implies a logical, interconnected, coherent and comprehensive inclusion of gender perspectives into the process of designing and implementing the NAPs. There is no single best formula for identifying the entities to be created to guide and implement the planning process – each country needs to set up structures best suited to their particular situation. Gender mainstreaming has to be carried out through the effective participation of stakeholders with gender expertise within the particular structure of institutions established.