The Moving Forward phase takes the form of four sub-processes which will be brought together in the ‘GM2.0’ closing event on 29 and 30 November 2010. 

In the second phase of the On Track with Gender trajectory, we intend to move forward on the lessons from the Taking Stock phase in order to:

The On Track with Gender trajectory has lead to different publications which are available here.

1. The Policy Brief Taking Stock captures the main insights from the Taking Stock exercise.

2. Summaries of the Taking Stock papers (full papers are available on request: info@ontrackwithgender.nl. The papers are being submitted to a Journal, and will be more widely available after official publication)

3. Taking Stock report (with the main findings)

4. Progress Report First Phase to DPRN (with main findings, as well as reflection on process)

At the Fourth World conference on Women in Beijing in 1995 gender mainstreaming was put on the agenda as the core strategy to ensure and promote gender equality. The optimism of that time, has seemed to vanish when one looks over the publications that questions the success of the gender mainstreaming strategy. Practice shows a mixed picture, with on the one hand successes and breakthroughs, and on the other hand problems and shortcoming, such as the evaporation of gender policies within organizations and resistance of staff to implement gender.