Strategic Gender Assessment of Mali

This issues paper discusses a gender
assessment exercise carried out in April-June 2005. It
provides the government of Mali and its partners with
proposals aimed at improving policies and activities that
promote gender equity and equality (GEE). The study is
divided into four sections: Section 1 presents the national
context within which the study falls; Section 2 deals with
the gender profile in Mali; Section 3 addresses the
institutional framework for gender implementation in Mali;
and Section 4 gives the conclusions and recommendations of
the study. Based on the findings of the study, advocacy will
be carried out among decision-makers to inform them about
gender-specific developmental challenges, and encourage them
to give concrete support to gender mainstreaming.