From a survey that we're currently filling out for Status of Women, our employees have identified several barriers.
One of the barriers is the sequencing of programs, because sometimes a program or a proposal moves ahead before a GBA is done, and so it's playing catch-up,
There are issues around data. It's often not the availability of data; it's the agility and the capacity to manipulate that data and apply it to relevant outcomes. The capacity to use data is not consistent across all program areas.
There's also culture. When I go out to do GBA training, the intuitive element is obvious. The second or third question I get is, “I'm not saying I don't get what you're trying to do, I just don't get what it means for me. I design office space. What does that have to do with gender-based analysis?”
Then there's frequency. Often there can be long periods of time between when an organization does a gender-based analysis and the next opportunity to do it. There's a certain loss of capacity.
Sequence, culture, frequency, and the reach of the training are the barriers that have been identified by our employees.