Gender Mainstreaming is a strategy to assess the implications for both men and women, of any planned actions, policies or programs in all areas and at all levels.

MERIT applies a mainstreaming approach that takes place at all stages of the project (design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation), at different levels of intervention (community, district, regional, and national), and with different stakeholders and develops measures to respond to gender inequalities where possible. For example, the project will support leadership development for women to encourage their increased participation in decision-making which has been identified as a gap in gender equality within Mongolia.