Gender responsive evaluations not only identify inequalities or areas of improvement. Across the united nations system policies on gender equality and. In more general terms the united nations economic and social council ecosoc defined gender mainstreaming in 1997 as. The 1997 agreed conclusions of ecosoc defined gender mainstreaming as. It is a strategy for making womens as well as mens concerns and experiences an integral dimension of the. Seats on the council are based on geographical representation. The ultimate goal is to achieve gender equality ecosoc 1997. Since 1997, ecosoc has issued a series of resolutions pertaining. Unswap 1997 the united nations economic and social council ecosoc resolution 1997 2 concluded that all entities of the united nations system, should institutionalize mainstreaming of a gender perspective at all levels through specific steps, including. The process of assessing the implications for women and men of any planned. United nations economic and social council ecosoc 14 united. The economic and social council takes note with appreciation of the report of the secretarygeneral on the coordination of united nations system activities for mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes of the united nations system e 1997 66. The ecosoc agreed conclusions 19972 established some important. Evaluation of gender mainstreaming in undp united nations.