Gender Tools and Resources

Corporate Advice

IFC helps companies strengthen stakeholder relations, corporate responsibility records and overall performance by ensuring that local women can benefit from IFC's investment projects. We provide gender-focused assessment tools to highlight potential risks and benefits to women, plus advice on how to mitigate risk and create new opportunities for women.

General

• Management Training for Women Entrepreneurs in Yemen: The Anatomy of a Pilot Project Design [PDF]

• History, Culture, and IFC Assistance: Promoting Women's Income Generation in Siwa Oasis [PDF]

Agribusiness

• Agriculture For Development: The Gender Dimensions (2008) [PDF]

• FAO Training Manual - Building on Gender, Agriobiodiversity, and Local Knowledge (2005) [PDF]

• Gender Resources on Agribusiness (October 2007) [PDF]

Extractive Industries

• Integrating Gender Issues into Mining Sector Operations (February 2008) [PDF]

• Women and Extractive Industries [PDF]

• Integrating Women into Mining Operations — The Example of Newmont Ghana [PDF]

• Promoting Gender Equality in the Private Sector — Hiring Women in Mining Production Jobs [PDF]

• Gender Resources on Mining (October 2007) [PDF]

• Integrating Women into Mining Operations — Ensuring Greater Development Impact (September 2007) [PDF]

Infrastructure

• Gender Resources on Infrastructure (October 2007) [PDF]

Social Responsibility

• Brighter Boards for a Brighter Future [PDF]

• Promoting Gender Equality in the Private Sector — The Gender Equity Model in Mexico [PDF]

• Gender Equity Promotion in the Private Sector in Mexico: Development of a Successful Model [PDF]

Transport

• Gender and Transport Resource Guide