Practice Guide to Auditing Gender Equality

Concepts and Context

In this part of the Practice Guide, auditors will find:

Useful information on:

What is gender equality;
International conventions and initiatives to achieve gender equality;
Progress made in reducing inequalities between men and women in developed and developing countries over the past 50 years;
Gender-based analysis and other analytical and planning tools; and
The importance of auditing gender equality issues.

The Concepts and Context part of the Practice Guide also includes links to audit reports and other relevant references on auditing gender equality. Definitions for many of the terms used in this part of the Practice Guide can be found in the Glossary.

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