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Gender Equality Strategy

GOAL

To promote increased participation of women at decision-making levels and in technical specialties among the Project’s partner agencies and enterprises

OBJECTIVES

Increase awareness of gender issues and support for women’s full participation in the workforce
Achieve identified targets for women’s participation in project activities
Increase the self-confidence and motivation of women employed in the factories

TARGETS

Training programs for Chinese counterparts:

Policy and management training for senior officers 25%
General management training30%
Engineers and technicians 40%
Overall total30%

Canadian project team 15%

EXPECTED RESULTS

Objectives	Expected Results	Verifiable Indicators
Increase awareness of gender issues and support for women’s full participation in the workforce	increased support of leaders for women’s recruitment, retention and promotions	increase in numbers of women at higher levels of management
Achieve targets for women’s participation in project activities	more Chinese women with increased skills and knowledge more Canadian women contributing to development efforts	numbers and percentages of Chinese and Canadian women involved in project activities
Increase the self-confidence and motivation of women employed in the factories	more women applying for and receiving training and employment opportunities improved performance records of women	participation in training programs job applications by women promotions

INITIAL STRATEGIES

Appoint a Local Gender Equality Consultant to provide support to the factories in raising awareness of gender issues, increasing women’s self-confidence and meeting project targets for women’s participation.
Work with the factories to develop their own gender equality objectives and workplans
Develop Gender Equality Working Groups within the factories to promote women’s status and participation. Begin by working with representatives of the Trade Union, the Youth League and female representatives of the Workers’ Congress
Develop support at the provincial level through a Provincial Gender Equality Officer.
Develop relationships and support with the municipal and provincial branches of the Women’s Federation
Provide advice to Canadian Project Team members on gender integration in their work
Monitor results

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