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Promoting freedom of association and social dialogue in Myanmar - Final Evaluation

eval_number:

2131

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2131

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Gender equality

category:

Conditions of work & equality

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comments:

Women workers were not considered in the project analysis, so there could not be any specific benefits for them The project did not begin the process of sensitizing the constituents to gender equality and discrimination issues

challenges:

The project application and the later revisions did not mainstream gender, meaning that attention was not given to policy issues facing women in employment’ as union members or as part of employer federations. For example, there is little recognition of equal pay and as wages are very low generally this would mean that women would be in a worse situation than men, especially if they are the bread winner of the family

success:

n/a

context:

The background context for the project did not cover the situation of gender equality and discrimination in the country or in employment and none of the immediate objectives had a gender component. Disaggregation of statistics was present in some reporting but was not consistent through out the application or the reports The training materials sighted by the evaluator did not appear to discuss gender as a component of FOA and there was no technical support provided for gender equality issues Lack of a PMP prevented gender issues from being taken up because there was no process for feedback to coordinators or management allowing corrective action to take place The project revision amended the indicators and established the need for sex disaggregated participant statistics but did not recognise the lack of gender mainstreaming in other areas of the project The evaluator notes (1) that the majority of ILO technical and other officers and international stakeholder organisation, who contributed to the project, were men (5f & 15m) and the majority of field visit interviewees were men.

description:

Failure to mainstream gender in an application (including objectives, outputs, indicators, materials and reporting) prevents the inclusion of gender equality and anti-discrimination in the various areas that the project covers Gives the impression that the only gender concern is to reach gender parity in participant numbers ignoring the many issues facing women in society and employment A ‘gender blind’ project prevents measure from being taken to rectify gender equality and discrimination

administrative_issues:

Officers responsible for project design should either be trained in gender equality policy or should call on technical support when the project is designed ILO staff at the country and project level and those responsible for implementation, monitoring and reporting need training on ILO gender equality policy; conducting a gender audit in the Yangon Office, if one has not already been carried out, would be an important first step Considering gender in monitoring and evaluation of projects http://www.ilo.org/gender/Informationresources/lang-en/docName-WCMS_094497/index.htm Gender Equality at the heart of Decent Work, World of Work, No.65, Apr. 2009 http://www.ilo.org/wow/PrintEditions/lang-en/docName-WCMS_105172/index.htm

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/179456

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location:

country:

Myanmar

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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eval_title:

Promoting freedom of association and social dialogue in Myanmar - Final Evaluation