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Tool: Gender Activity Profile

The identification of the gender division of labour is crucial because it defines men’s and women’s socio-economic opportunities, constraints and incentives.

If little or no information is readily available on the gender division of labour within the target population, it is often useful to draw up an activity profile for men and women. Such a profile may be drawn up for the macro, meso, or micro level, as appropriate to the development activity under consideration.

The main questions to ask are:

Who does what?
Where do men and women work?
When do men and women work and for how long?

The following are two examples of activity profiles for gender analysis: You can use any or both of them to construct your own gender activity profile, as relevant to your work.

ACTIVITY PROFILE
SOCIO-ECONOMIC ACTIVITY	WOMEN/GIRLS	MEN/BOYS	TIME	LOCATION
PRODUCTION ACITIVITIES:
PAID LABOUR ACTIVITIES:
ACTIVITY 1
ACTIVITY 2
ETC

UNPAID LABOUR ACTIVITIES:
ACTIVITY 1
ACTIVITY 2
ETC
REPRODUCTIVE ACITIVITIES:
UNPAID LABOUR FOR THE HOUSEHOLD:
ACTIVITY 1
ACTIVITY 2
ETC

UNPAID LABOUR FOR THE COMMUNITY:
ACTIVITY 1
ACTIVITY 2
ETC

ACTIVITY PROFILE
LOCATION	ACTIVITY	GENDER	TIME





e.g. govt forest land, community forest land, homesteads, upland fields, lowland fields, village, city.	e.g. fuelwood and fodder collection, ploughing, weeding, harvesting, cooking, child care, wage labour.	F/m: predominantly female M/F: equally male/female M/f: predominantly male M: exclusively male	e.g. daily, weekly, seasonal, dry season, rainy season, 3 hr daily, 35 hr weekly

Updated by MR. Approved by WKB. Last update: 8 February 2005.