Gender mainstreaming has still not progressed beyond being a buzz word. A recent report titled Gender Based Guide to World Bank and IMF Policy-Based Lending highlights the gendered impacts of World Bank and International Monetary Fund policy-based loans. These loans impose policies on borrowing countries such as decreasing public spending, privatization of essential services and unilaterally liberalizing trade. These policies often deepen poverty, undermine gender equality, contribute to the spread of HIV/AIDS and bring about increased violence against women. Through case studies, the authors demonstrate that the Bank and Fund neglect these gendered impacts of their policy-based loans. They urge them to stop imposing harmful policy reforms on sovereign countries. Click here to read report in full.