Gender Mainstreaming Checklist
The Women's Commission has advocated gender mainstreaming as a key strategy in achieving gender equality since its establishment in 2001.
Gender Mainstreaming Checklist for Government Staff
In 2002, the Government accepted the Commission's recommendation and endorsed the introduction of gender mainstreaming into various policy areas on an incremental basis. To facilitate this process, the Commission has designed a Gender Mainstreaming Checklist (the Checklist) to assist Government officers to evaluate the gender impact of new public policies, legislation and programmes. The Checklist is designed to be used by all bureaux and departments, allowing consistency in application and setting a benchmark for evaluation. It can also be applied to both new and existing policies, legislation and programmes.
Taking into account the experience gained in applying the Checklist and in implementing the gender mainstreaming concept by the Government over the years, the Commission has, after consulting women’s groups, gender focal points and academics specialised in gender issues, revised the Checklist in 2009. The revised Checklist, which has been promulgated since 2009-10, provides better assistance to Government officers in applying gender mainstreaming in different policy and programme areas.
Starting from 1 April 2015, all bureaux and departments should refer to the Gender Mainstreaming Checklist and apply gender mainstreaming when formulating major government policies and initiatives.
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Gender Mainstreaming Checklist for Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) in the Social Welfare Sector
The Social Welfare Department (SWD) launched a pilot scheme in February 2016 to encourage NGOs in the social welfare sectors to apply gender mainstreaming when formulating policies and programmes.
An NGO, upon award of an SWD project, is required to complete and return Part One of the Gender Mainstreaming Checklist for conducting gender assessment on the project design and implementation. Part Two of the Gender Mainstreaming Checklist is about conducting a gender assessment on the monitoring, evaluation and review of the project. If the project is completed within one year, the NGO has to complete and return Part Two of the Gender Mainstreaming Checklist after completion of the project. If the project takes more than one year for completion, the NGO has to complete and return Part Two of the Gender Mainstreaming Checklist after the first year of implementation of the project. All Gender Mainstreaming Checklists (Part One and Part Two) completed have to be returned to the SWD office responsible for awarding the project, which will forward the completed Checklists to the Labour and Welfare Bureau. The arrangement of this pilot scheme shall not affect the entry qualification and result of award or the future bids for SWD projects submitted by the NGOs concerned. The Gender Mainstreaming Checklists are given below:
(for completion upon award of a SWD project)
(for completion after completion of project or after the first year of implementation of the project)
