Pocket Guide to the BRS Gender Action Plan: Integrating a Gender Perspective in the Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste

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Include monitoring and evaluation mechanisms in the national implementation plans. Monitoring and evaluating efforts in gender- or women-focused activities

Example: Lithuania’s

indicators include information for pregnant and nursing women on the harmful effects of POPs and the methods to prevent exposure.

Example: Azerbaijan

considers improving the knowledge of pregnant women

incorporates the monitoring and evaluation of the effects of POPs by analysing breast milk, blood samples and other human tissues from pregnant women. and young mothers on the matter of POPs as one of the objectives of an information campaign on POPs in its initial national implementation plan for the Stockholm Convention. Example: Tajikistan

Example: Sudan

aims to create a new alternative project to replace current cooking facilities and practices

in the household, including women’s organizations,

universities and research institutions in the process.

Example: Zambia

includes the organization Women for Change that advocates for“policies and practices that are gender sensitive, just and effectively respond to the plight of the vulnerable in society.”

Involvement of women’s organizations

Include participation of women’s organizations and interest groups in the development of national implementation plans for the Stockholm Convention.

Budgeting of gender- or women-focused activities

Allocate a budget to gender- and women-focused activities in the initial national implementation plan. The budgeted activities can include education and awareness raising, needs assessment, training and research on the impact of chemicals and waste on segments of the population.

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