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Gender Impact AssessmentWomen's Health Victoria's clearinghouse develops gender impact assessment (GIA) papers which are used to demonstrate the disconnection between gendered evidence and gender-blind policy and practice which is apparent in many areas of health and wellbeing. These papers provide examples through assessment of existing policies and programs from an evidence-based gender perspective. They are a clear, concise tool in highlighting the prevalence of both gender differences and absence of gender responsive policy and practice. To assist the development and collation of GIA papers, we have created a template which is used to develop our own papers. Although there are many indicators of health and wellbeing including culture, age, and dis/ability, this template has been designed to assist in the collection of information on specific health and wellbeing issues in terms of gender. Within a single gender impact assessment paper, the template is structured to capture information relevant to the background of the issue, a description of activities undertaken, outcomes and learnings from the process. Under each subheading, a series of questions are listed which may be helpful in thinking about the scope of information relevant to that section. These questions are not absolute and may be applicable to some papers and not to others. In using the template, you may identify questions or sections missing from the template that could be useful for future work. For example, your GIA paper may not have a specific resolution as yet but there will still be activities and learnings to share. Your feedback on the 'prompter' questions as well as the overall structure of the template is encouraged so that we can continue to improve the process and thereby facilitate the collection of gender impact assessment papers. Gender impact assessment paper template for printing Gender impact assessment paper template for word processing Completed gender impact assessment papers may be forwarded by email to clearinghouse@whv.org.au. Topics currently available are:
Further information can be obtained from Kerrilie Rice, Policy and Research Officer on 9662 3755 or via email. Go to Gender and health page.
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