MAINSTREAMING GENDER CONCERNS - ASPECTS OF COMPLIANCE, RESISTANCE ANDNEGOTIATION

The experiences in the Philippines show that progress, though slow, ha s been achieved in mainstreaming gender concerns in government policie s. However, this progress has come about neither spontaneously nor as a result of government's benevolence, but through sustained feminist e ngagement both from within and outside government bureaucracies. While 'mainstreaming of gender' appears to be a movement inspired and fully supported by the government, policy-makers remain influenced by durab le sexist assumptions. To 'get institutions right for women in develop ment' therefore requires challenging the assumptions informing both th e policy-makers and the organization within which policy-making takes place.