| Short Summary | | Title | National Machineries for Women in Development: Experience, Lessons, and Strategies for Institutionalising Gender and Development Policy and Planning | | Author | Byrne, B, Laier, J K, Baden, S and Marcus, R | | Publication Date | May 1996 | | Publisher | BRIDGE | | Summary | What are national governments doing to promote the status of women? Governments have created women's committees, divisions, and bureaux, but have these had any impact? This report reviews the experience of these so-called 'national women's machineries' (NWM), drawing on cases from developing countries. The mandates, status and effectiveness of NWMs have been constrained by lack of commitment and funding from governments. In order to be more effective, NWMs must restructure themselves so that women's concerns are fully mainstreamed into the strategies and activities of both governments and non-governmental organisations(NGOs).
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