Minimum Gender Mainstreaming Good Practices
Step 1
Call for Proposal
Business Ideas
Call for propos-
al is addressed
to both male
and female
champions.
Use women
networks and
associations to
identify
business ideas.
Use appropri-
ate messages
and media to
reach out to
women.
Step 2
Selection of
Business Ideas
Select the best
business ideas
with priority to
female-
dominated or
mixed value
chain.
Focus on value
chain segments
dominated by
women
(processing
and marketing)
and seek their
inclusion in
FBOs,
platforms.
Work with
female entre-
preneurs/
champions.
TOOL:
Gender-sensi-
tive selection of
a value chain
Step 4
Selection of BSS
and Coaches
Step 3
Planning
Make visible
and value
women’s
contributions in
ABCs and value
chains.
Identify
gender -based
constraints in
women’s
access to
opportunities
and control
over resources.
Identify strate-
gies to address
constraints.
Select female
trainers.
Select female
coaches or
males with
gender
expertise.
Build their
capacities in
gender main-
streaming and
tools.
Gender-sensi-
tive mapping.
Identification of
gender-based
constraints and
planning.
Gender organi-
zation audit.
Step 5
Implementation
of cluster/
Value Chain
Action Plans
Make sure:
1. Women are
benefiting from
capacity
strengthening
and
innovations
(finance
technologies).
2. Capacity
strengthening
activities
are planned
and delivered
according to
women’s needs
and constraints
(logistics,
facilitation,
content).
Step 6
Monitoring
and
Evaluation
Carry out field
visits to
monitor and
assess effects
of different
activities on
men and
women.
Reflect gender
results, good
practices, and
lessons learned
in reports.
TOOL:
Risk and
Benefit Analysis
Step 7
Review and
Capitalization
Collect
quantitative
and qualitative
sex-
disaggregated
data and
impact of good
practices on
gender equity
and women’s
empowerment.
Write stories,
lessons
learned.
TOOL:
Case Study
Template
3. Gender
considerations
are included
in all TORs.
Figure 2. Gender Mainstreaming Throughout the
Seven Steps of Support