Women and Information for Participation and Decision Making in Sustainable Development in Developing Countries By Thais Corral and Pamela Ransom, REDEH Brazil / WEDO Annex to the Background Paper for the Expert Workshop "Gender Perspectives for Earth Summit 2002: Energy, Transport, Information for Decision-Making" Berlin, Germany, 10 - 12 January 2001 TABLE 1: GENDER AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS Issue Area Source of Indicator Indicator(s) PARTICIPATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION MAKING ECLAC1 ETHIOPIA GENDER CONSERVATION STRATEGY2 WEDO * Proportion of women in management in highest body dealing with environment * Proportion of women in management of NGO's dealing with environment * Percentage of agencies using participatory and gender analysis tools in problem analysis * Percentage of men and women staff trained on gender analysis and planning * Percentage of projects and activities initiated by women and men in communities * Percentage of awareness creation programs undertaking * Percentage of men and women trained * Existence of gender training team * Percentage of agencies undertaking gender analysis studies * Percentage of Local Agenda 21 processes with special women's initiatives WATER WATER (CON'T) ECLAC UNSD'S WW20003 WEDO * Percentage of population with access to drinking water * Percentage of female population with access to drinking water * Time spent gathering water by women * Percentage of women and men participating in planning and implementing water projects * Percentage of gender desegregated analysis carried out to delineate roles of men and women in water management * Percentage of irrigation and water projects addressing differential needs, constraints of men and opportunities of women * Percentage of men and women involved in planning and implementation of irrigation and water supply projects * Percentage increase in the number of gender expertise in developing water master plans * Percentage of master plans for water that address gender issues and needs of women * Percentage of women involved in maintenance of community water projects * Percentage of women with the role of decision making and control of rural and small scale urban water projects * Percentage of men and women whose awareness is raised in protecting water sources and maintaining water quality and hygiene * Percentage of households adopting simple water harvesting techniques to reduce women's workload and increase efficiency of water use * Percentage of women's groups and organizations that contributed to strengthening the participation and capacity of women in development projects * Percentage of women in management of water agencies and authorities * ENERGY * UN/SOLOMON ISLANDS COLLEGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION * ECLAC * UNSD's WW 1995 * ETHIOPIA GCS * The use/quantity of firewood or coconut fronds * The use/quantity of gas/kerosene stoves * The use of kerosene for light * Proportion of use of fuel (kerosene)stoves versus use of gas stoves * Time women spend collecting fuel wood * Percentage of population using energy from traditional fuels * Percentage of women and men who participated in problem analysis and planning of energy programs at the community level * Percentage of participatory research projects on alternative sources of energy * Percentage of women who participated in the design of appropriate energy conservation technologies * Percentage of women who have reduced workload in fuel collection due to energy conservation technologies * Percentage of women's groups that receive support to produce and market improved cooking stoves * Percentage of women with reduced dependence on animal dung and drop residues for fuel and income to availability of alternative energy sources * Percentage of women and men who participated in energy planning, implementation and decision making at all levels * Percentage of energy department staff who received gender awareness training * Proportion of men and women involved in mining projects * Proportion of men and women affected by mining projects * Percentage of men and women involved in monitoring and evaluation of mining projects Forestry WEDO EHIOPIA GCS * Percentage of women's NGO's involved in tree planting/forestry activities/forest management * Percentage of women in management in forestry agencies * Percentage increase in the number of men and women with capacity for planning, implementation and management of forestry programs * Percentage of men and women trained in participatory appraisal methods in this sector * Percentage of sector departments and NGO's adapting gender awareness programs * Percentage of forestry projects designed to address specific needs of men and women * Percentage of women with reduced burden in fuel collection following dissemination of fuel saving techniques * forestry developed according to local or outside needs * Percentage increase in income of women through sale of tree seedlings * Percentage of women engaged in the production of tree and fruit seedlings HUMAN SETTLEMENTS/ ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ECLAC ETHIOPIA GCS WEDO WEDO * Gender gap among owner occupiers of poor households. * Percentage of organizations using gender integrated guidelines for program and project planning and implementation * Percentage of gender expertise involved in the development of environmental impact assessment plans and guidelines * Percentage of research, planning and environmental impact assessment staff provided with gender awareness training * Percentage of EIS's with gender component * Percentage of organizations using participatory research and training on technologies for waste disposal and management * Percentage of men and women who took human health and hygiene * Percentage of women playing an active role in decision making and awareness on environmental health * Percentage increase in the number of women professionals taking vocational and professional training on settlements and human health * Percentage of women who attended awareness raising seminars on public health and dangers of industrial waste * Percentage of women involved in development of guidelines for management and control of pollution * Percentage of women pesticide users * Information availability on pesticides LAND AND CREDIT BECK4 ECLAC WEDO * Percentage of property owned or accessible by women across income groups * Percentage rural households where female/male is main income earner * Percentage of female headed households without access to land * Percentage average wage rates for agriculturists by sex * Percentage men/women receiving land titles under land reform schemes * Percentage of women with access to credit versus men * Percentage of all farms in individual ownership that are owned by women * Sum total of all credit granted to female owners of small enterprise as a percentage of all credit granted to owners of small enterprises of both sexes * Average amount of credit granted to female owners of small enterprises divided by the average amount of credit granted to male owners of small enterprises * Percentage of bank and other saving institution loans made to women ACCESS TO INFORMATION/TRAINING/NEW TECHNOLOGY UNSD'S WW 2000 * Percentage men and women with access to the internet * Percentage of women enrolled in agricultural , science and engineering courses at the secondary, intermediate and university levels * Percentage of female extension workers 1 http://www.eclac.cl/English/research/women/indicators/women11.htm 2 Genessis and PET Consultants Strategy for Mainstreaming Gender and Ensuring Effective Participation of Women in the CSE Process, Conservation Strategy of Ethiopia, November 1999. 3 World's Women 2000, UN, New York 2000. 4 T. Beck, Commonwealth Secretariat" Using Gender Sensitive Indicators".