Gender and social funds : challenges and opportunities

This report examines the various challenges and opportunities of mainstreaming gender issues in social fund projects and offers five good practice examples of gender integration in social fund projects in Ethiopia, Honduras, Malawi, Moldova, and Romania. Each case study takes gender into consideration during the preparation and implementation stages and discusses good design practices and project results. In addition, the report offers a set of working guidelines on integrating gender in social fund projects or subprojects. Based on the good practice examples of the case studies, the Report presents recommendations for next steps for integrating gender concerns into social fund practices.