Gender-sensitive and gender-responsive policies are two different concepts. This video explores how they apply to Nepal.

If you are aware of how gender influences the opportunities of individuals in society, you are “gender-sensitive”. If you actively address the causes of gender inequality, you are being “gender-responsive”.

When making policies for the labour market, it is useful to consider the difference between the two terms. Using the example of Nepal, Christine Bigler describes some of the challenges in developing and implementing gender-responsive policies.

References

Kabeer Naila and Natali Lusia (2013): Gender Equality and Economic Growth: Is there a Win-Win? IDS Working Papers, No 417. Institute of Development Studies, Brighton.

Sheba Tejani & William Milberg (2016) Global Defeminization? Industrial Upgrading and Manufacturing Employment in Developing Countries, Feminist Economics, 22:2, 24-54, DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2015.1120880

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