Gender Sensitivity among Employees in NGO Sector:A Case Study

The purpose of this paper is to examine the gender sensitivity issues prevalent among employees of an NGO and to identify performance indicators of gender sensitive behaviours to be exemplified by the employees working in this sector. This study uses a qualitative case study approach to describe the gender mainstreaming issues from the perspective of the employees. Analysis of the interview data indicated that there exists ambiguity within the core and the field team on the impact of gender sensitive behaviours on performance appraisal, need to define the term gender as presently it seems to exclude men, Absence of any metrics to measure gender related challenges or achievements, perception among male staff that organization favours women, fear of backlash on making gender related complaints along with other issues like rigid working hours and transport, to mention a few. The study draws lessons on how to bring about gender sensitivity within an organization's culture along with identifying the performance indicators of Gender Sensitivity within an NGO context.