Review of Inter Parliamentary Union's Gender Program ''Gender Equality in Politics''

A Joint Gender Review of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) was commissioned by Sida together with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and Irish Aid. The Review was carried out by two Gender Experts between 1 April 2010 and 7 July 2010.

The Review's purpose is to assist the IPU in planning for the IPU Gender Programme and additionally to assess how the Organisation could mainstream Gender into its overall ‘programmes of work, its organisational structures and strategic direction'. The Gender Review has been compiled bearing in mind the IPU seeks to build longer-term relationships with donors, plus the Union is in process of seeking to realign itself closer to the UN family of organisations. To make this Gender Review user-friendly for busy people the conclusions and recommendations are collated in Sections of their own, Conclusions and Recommendations for the Gender Programme in Sections 4 and 5 and Conclusions and Recommendations for Mainstreaming Gender in the IPU's other programmes, activities, organisational structures and strategic direction in Sections 7 and 8.