Gender Baseline Data

It is a means paint a portrait of the lives of a community in particular realities, roles and responsibilities of females and males and power relations between

them. It enables to see:

a. Who (male/female) does what tasks

b. Who has the responsibility for which activities

c. Who controls and can access to which resources

d. Why controls and can access resources

It is basically two types:

a. Gender-Sensitive Quantitative Data

It includes basic sex and age disaggregated data covering the information of demographic and socio-economic situation in regular times. In most of the countries, quantitative data are available at the national level. Its sources are: National Census, World Bank, UNDP's national HDR. In situations, where quantitative data are unavailable the needs assessment team have to rely on qualitative data.

b. Gender- Sensitive Qualitative Data

It provides indications about the quality of experiences of women, men, boys and girls as well as the level of their participation in the different sectors. It can sometimes be acquired from published gender profiles, survey reports and academic papers. When gender sensitive qualitative data do not exist in published form, the assessment team have to get some information from individuals who are knowledgeable about the effected area.