Council deliberates on gender policy guidelines

The adoption of gender guidelines would provide a much-needed policy framework for mainstreaming gender considerations in ITTO and thereby enhancing the impact and effectiveness of the Organization’s policy and project work, according to consultant Stephanie Caswell, who presented a report on the topic on the second day of the 53rd session of the International Tropical Timber Council.

Her report included proposed “ITTO Policy Guidelines on Gender Equality and Empowering Women”, which address eight core elements: ITTO policies, plans and thematic programmes; the project cycle; capacity building; statistics and information; learning, knowledge management and communication; networking and collaboration; internal functioning; and accountability.