2.  What is gender?
 What is gender inequality?
 Why is gender equality important for PRIM?
 Do we have a choice?
 How can we integrate gender equality into
PRIM?
 Institutional strengthening
 Civil society and RTTF
 Contracting and paid workers

3.  Name, position and organisation
 What three words would you use to describe
yourself?

4.  Learned from the time we are born about how
we are to behave as girls and boys and as we
grow up as women and men
 Our different roles as women and men in the
family, in our religion, in our work, in the
community and society
 What we should do
 What we should not do
 How we should react if we see other girls/women or
boys/men not behaving like they should
 This creates gender stereotypes (Eko’s exercise on
whiteboard)
 Gender is concerned with both women and men
and disadvantage and advantage – gender does
not just mean women

5.  The social roles given to women and men lead to
differences in the way women and men and their work are
valued in society
 This influences their choices and access to opportunities
eg to have an education, earn a living, own property,
make decisions in the household and in the community
 Differences in opportunities and power lead to
inequalities and injustice
 Women are most often disadvantaged – but sometimes
men
 Women may need extra support to participate
(empowerment)
 eg encouragement to express opinions, encouragement to
apply for job, training to enable them to apply for job,
appointing to decision making or leadership positions

6.  More effective and efficient program
 involves more people, more ideas, different perceptions, more
skills, more resources in both government and community
 Meets the needs of both women and men, not only by
improved road maintenance but also in opportunities to
participate in the program
 Fulfils the rights of women to participate in development
 Indonesian government policy and Australian government
policy/IndII commitment > PRIM design and PMM
 Monitoring and evaluation of PRIM includes questions about
perceptions of PRIM outcomes and benefits and
involvement of both women and men in PRIM
 Does it make sense not to make real efforts to integrate
gender equality in PRIM?

7.  Institutional strengthening
 Training
 Government, procurement committees, national
contractors and consultants
 Assistance to civil society
 Support to RTTF
 Strengthening community involvement
 Implementation support
 Verification by national technical team
 Program Implementation Unit includes training and
mentoring government, consultants and contractors
 Monitoring and evaluation

8. Discuss the questions below:
Informal discussions in the community
 How can you make sure that women are involved and
are able to express their opinions in informal
discussions?
Official community meetings
 Do women have the same opportunity as men to be
present at meetings, express their opinions and make
decisions in formal meetings?
 How can you ensure that women are involved in formal
discussions?
 How can you encourage women to speak in formal
meetings?
Distributing information to communities
 What differences do you think there are between women
and men in the way they obtain information?
 What should be done to ensure that women have access
to information about PRIM – for example about job
opportunities?

9.  Discuss the suggestions below as input to the
RTTF SOP. What ones do you agree with and
what wording should be changed?
 Women and men should be invited and involved equitably
in meetings with the RTTF in the field
 It should be ensured that women and men get access to
information about the RTTF, for example about use of
the complaints system and SMS notification
 Women should participate as members or observer of the
RTTF, for example as NGO or CSO representatives
 RTTF will seek input from individuals or women’s
organisations and from special needs groups (such as
people with disability) about their particular needs
 RTTF should ensure that the special needs of women and
people with disability are accommodated, for example by
ensuring easy access to markets.

10.  Discuss the suggestions below. What do you agree with and what
wording needs to be changed?
 The contractor should give information about job opportunities in PRIM
in writing, for example in the form of leaflets or pamphlets, and and
distribute them in a method so that all community members can read
them.
 The written information should clearly state:
 The position available
 Qualification or skills that are required
 How to apply
 The range from minimum to maximum of the wages to be paid
 That the positions are available for both women and men to apply for
 Women and men will be paid the same for equal work.
 The contractor should encourage women to apply for supervisory
positions
 For monitoring purposes, the contractor should keep evidence of the
job advertisements that are made and note and report the number of
women and men that are recruited for PRIM work.

11.  How?
 Who?
 What?