Appendix E: List of Initial Discussion Postings

Gender-Based Analysis is good public policy.

Do you agree with this statement. If not, why not?

What do you think gender-based analysis is?

What values does it assume? Does it exclude anyone?

Is the use of gender-based analysis good community level policy?

To provide you with background information on gender-based analysis we have drafted a short description of what we think gender-based analysis is, how it can be used and the assumptions behind it. If you have not already received a copy of this "backgrounder", you can access it under the discussion entry entitled: "Why Gender-Based Analysis?" We would also like to invite you to comment on the content of the "backgrounder" piece.

Do you agree with what it says? Would you define things differently?

Process
We wanted to keep the first day or so of the discussion fairly open and so will wait until Thursday evening before we start to respond to your comments. We also wanted to give you time to come on-line, digest the materials and to draft your responses.

For anyone who does not have access to the internet we can fax out summaries of the discussion and enter in your comments to share with the rest of the discussion group. We will also make plain text email copies of the discussion available for anyone who requires this in order to access the discussion.

The floor is open.

We look forward to hearing from you and sharing in this debate.

Tips on Taking Part in the On-line Discussion on Gender-Based Analysis

To: All "Why Gender-Based Analysis?" Dialogue participants

From: Dana Peebles, Discussion Moderator

We are looking forward to having you join us in this thought provoking discussion over the next three weeks.

We have explored the discussion site a number of times and wanted to share the following tips with you to make the site a bit more user friendly. While most of the instructions are quite clear there are a few places that can still trip you up, especially your first time through the site.