Growth through engendering enterprise (ECOGEE) project | West Africa regional program (WARP) | Related documents: PN-ADE-161 and PN-ADE-162, PN-ADE-164 through PN-ADE-166

This French language document provides an overview of the West Africa Water Initiative (WAWI) Gender Mainstreaming Project, which was implemented in 2004-2005 in Ghana, Mali, and Niger. The document also shares lessons learned throughout the various stages of the project and concludes with a series of recommendations for the next phase of the project.

This document reports on a series of WAWI gender mainstreaming implementation workshops held in in May/June 2005 in Ghana, Mali, and Niger. The general objective of the Mali and Niger workshops was to reinforce the capacities of WAWI partners and their colleagues in government agencies to use gender analysis and gender-sensitive project planning and monitoring tools in their normal water and sanitation activities in ways that would foster gender-balanced participation and project sustainability. In Ghana, the basic objective was to build the capacity of partners to integrate gender concerns into all aspects of WAWI activities.

This document provides an overview of the WAWI Gender Mainstreaming Project, which was implemented in 2004-2005 in Ghana, Mali, and Niger. The document also shares lessons learned throughout the various stages of the project and concludes with a series of recommendations for the next phase of the project.