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GENDER FOCAL POINT [2 records]

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Record 1 2019-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel Management (General)
  • Sociology of Human Relations
DEF

[A person] who has been designated within an institution or organization to monitor and stimulate greater consideration of gender equality issues in daily operations.

CONT

The main role of a gender focal point(GFP) is to act as a "catalyst" to assist the process of gender mainstreaming in a respective office or unit. While GFPs may be directly involved in implementing certain gender-specific activities including with constituents, their contribution should focus on aiding colleagues and management to identify strategies and work methods that will enable and build further capacity of colleagues to integrate gender concerns into their own areas of work.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion du personnel (Généralités)
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
DEF

Personne qui [a] été désignée au sein d'un établissement ou d'une organisation pour veiller et inciter à une plus grande prise en compte des questions d'égalité des genres dans les activités quotidiennes de cet établissement ou organisation.

CONT

Le rôle principal d'un point focal est d'agir comme «catalyseur» pour stimuler le processus d'intégration des questions d’égalité de genre dans un bureau ou un service. Si les points focaux peuvent être directement concernés par la mise en oeuvre d'activités portant sur l'égalité de genre, y compris avec les mandants, leur contribution doit être axée principalement sur leur rôle d'aide aux collègues et [à la gestion du personnel].

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Programs
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
OBS

This joint CIM/PAHO project was initiated in 1996. Its objective is to provide information by gender on the impact of world economic integration on health and human development in border areas, taking the border between Mexico and the United States as a focal point. In addition, it is designed to identify risk factors and the health profile of women throughout all stages of their life, so as to facilitate both the evaluation of the impact of health policies in each area and the implementation of health policies and programs developed to solve the problems detected.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes internationaux
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de programas internacionales
  • Organización médica y hospitalaria
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