Publication: Mainstreaming Gender into Extractive Industries Projects : Guidance Note for Task Team Leaders
Date
2009-08
ISSN
Published
2009-08
Author(s)
Eftimie, Adriana
Heller, Katherine
Strongman, John
Abstract
Extractive industries (EI) can bring
many positive development impacts to the communities
involved, but also have the potential to create or
exacerbate vulnerabilities within these communities.
Benefits and risks are often evaluated and measured at the
community level, with little examination of the different
impacts on men and women. In fact, evidence suggests that a
gender bias exists in the distribution of risks and benefits
in EI projects: benefits accrue to men in the form of
employment and compensation, while the costs, such as family
and social disruption, and environmental degradation, fall
most heavily on women. Despite the ample evidence of gender
bias, and its implications, in EI, there is significant
scope for increasing the gender focus of most EI projects in
the World Bank. Analyzing and adapting projects to local
gender issues can help to mitigate the risks created by EI,
and amplify the potential benefits to both men and women,
leading to increased profitability and more sustainable
development impacts. Furthermore, understanding and adapting
projects to improve gender sensitivity is essential to
realizing the Bank's stated commitment to both
mainstreaming gender and to the third Millennium Development
Goal (MDG) of gender equality and empowerment of women. The
following guidelines briefly outline some of the ways that
EI can impact men and women differently and the associated
development implications, and provide step by step
suggestions for how to understand and integrate gender
issues into World Bank Group EI project design.
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Citation
“Eftimie, Adriana; Heller, Katherine; Strongman, John. 2009. Mainstreaming Gender into Extractive Industries Projects : Guidance Note for Task Team Leaders. Extractive industries and development series;no. 9. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18235 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”