Gender and Waste Nexus: Experiences from Bhutan, Mongolia and Nepal

Annex 3: Summary of feedback during the stakeholder consultation in Mongolia, April 2019

UNEP-IETC, together with the national partner, The Asia Foundation, carried out stakeholder consultations in April 2019, as part of a stakeholder workshop on mainstreaming gender in waste management. This annex includes highlights of key findings and policy considerations discussed during the consultation.

The main comments received from the stakeholders as issues that could be further studied include:

1) Installing waste segregation bins at the household level and involving both men and women in household waste segregation

2) Waste and gender training for policymakers and other stakeholders

3) Developing internal rules and regulations in gender mainstreaming for stakeholders working in the sector

4) Parents’ provision of knowledge (both mother and father) on waste segregation at the household level

5) Training on waste segregation in the workplace

6) Developing policies for waste segregation that consider gender mainstreaming

7) Detailed study at the household level focused on waste and gender

8) Raising public awareness and providing the public with information via social media on importance of gender mainstreaming in the waste sector

9) Information-sharing and awareness-raising on gender mainstreaming.

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