Transcript PPT Gender Marker 18 August 2011

THE IASC GENDER MARKER
Gender and Humanitarian Action Workshop
Suva – March 19, 2012
Linda Pennells
IASC GenCap Advisor in Humanitarian Action - Pacific
SESSION OVERVIEW
History & Purpose - the IASC Gender Marker (GM)
The gender code & how it works
Cluster performance in the 2012 roll-out
Relevance to the Pacific
Gender in the cluster cycle
Practice in gender coding
Gender Marker in the cluster cycle
Benefits
“To ensure women and girls, boys and men have equal access to and benefit from
humanitarian assistance – we must “follow the money”. We need to know how
we spend money and who benefits. This is why we are instituting a system of
tracking funding – called a gender marker. Only in this way can we be sure we
target all the population equally and make sure they receive the resources needed
to help them to build back better after emergencies.”
Valerie Amos ERC
HISTORY OF THE GENDER MARKER
Implementation to date
 Piloted 2009-2010, 10 countries 2011
 20 countries 2012 - 16 CAPs/5 Pooled Funds &
Pakistan Early Recovery Plan (post flood)
 GenCap Adviser support – capacity in-country & HQ
review process
Institutionalization of GM
 GenCap support – country & global levels
Training - UNOCHA, UNICEF, UNHCR, UNFPA
Data/tools - GM toolkit revised, analysis
PURPOSE OF THE GENDER MARKER
A SIMPLE and PRACTICAL tool;
 To
measure/track inclusion of gender
and GBV;
 To enable/to build capacity of
humanitarian teams to be able to design
their projects so women, girls, boys and
men benefit.
In 2012 the Gender Marker is required in all UNmanaged humanitarian funds and appeals.
THE FOCUS
Gender Mainstreaming: the different
needs of women, girls, boys and men
are analyzed. This analysis is reflected
in project activities and outcomes
Targeted Actions: assisting women,
girls, boys or men who suffer
discrimination or build gender-specific
services
GENDER MARKER CODING
GENDER
CODE
0
DESCRIPTION
Gender is not reflected anywhere in the project
sheet
May not contribute to gender equality
1
The project includes gender equality in the needs
assessment, in an activity or in an outcome
Contributes in a limited way to gender equality
GENDER MARKER CODING
GENDER
CODE
DESCRIPTION
The project’s needs assessment includes a
2a
gender analysis and the gender analysis is
GENDER
reflected in the project’s activities and
MAINSTREAMING outcomes.
Contributes significantly to gender equality
2b
TARGETED ACTION
The project is targeted based on gender
analysis
The principal purpose is to advance gender
equality.
APPLYING A GENDER CODE: WHO AND HOW?
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Cluster vetting team – cluster coordinators ensure
competence exists to identify gender codes
Support from gender specialists/focal points
OPS and FTS have a ‘field’ for the gender marker
Donors are starting to shop by gender code
NEEDS
ACTIVITIES
OUTCOMES
RESULTS: CAP 2010-2012
RESULTS: CAP 2010-2012
Change in Gender Marker Coding
2010 to 2012 in Six Countries
60
% of projects
50
40
30
2010
2011
2012
20
10
0
0
1
2a
Codes
2b
RESULTS: CAP 2010-2012
Change in Gender Marker Coding
2010 to 2012 in Six Countries
60
% of projects
50
40
30
2010
2011
2012
20
10
0
0
1
2a
Codes
2b
RELEVENCE TO THE PACIFIC
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Threat of the ‘big one’ – need for UN appeal
Getting our response ‘right’ for beneficiaries –
efficiency and effectiveness
Takes gender from ‘theory’ to do-able practice
Brings more inclusiveness
Resources: Gender Marker Toolkit; cluster specific
e-learning (oneresponse.info/crosscutting/gender/Page/training.aspx)
THE CHALLENGE: CONSISTENT CODING
Coding Practice - Fisheries Renewal
Needs include: 22 fishing boats destroyed. All
fishing boat captains and crew are male. Their
wives and two widows sell fresh and dry fish.
Women dry and process fish surplus to the fresh
market.
Activities include: 1) materials and TA for fishers in
boat construction 2) fish preservation & marketing
training, repair fish market, replace drying racks.
Outcomes include: X boat owners, Y male crew
and Z women fish mongers, including two FHHs,
regain fishing livelihoods
Coding Practice – Food Security
Needs include: 400 gardens destroyed; 120
plantations severely damaged; 320 small holders lost
more than 70% of their chickens and pigs
Activities include: seed and cutting distribution to X
HHs, pigs to Y HHs and chickens to Z HHs.
Outcomes include: food security enhanced in 11
villages. Rural livelihoods restored in XYZ households
Coding Practice – Emergency WASH
Needs include: Villages A, B and C have been destroyed and
residents are being housed in temporary shelters. Genderbalanced teams of beneficiaries are active in shelter committees.
Surface water is contaminated. Bottled drinking water supplies will
run out in two weeks. Latrines are insufficient. Open defecation is
on the increase, especially by men. Two fistfights were triggered
by inappropriate advances on young women accessing the
latrines.
Activities include: tankering of safe water until water systems are
in place – to meet or exceed Sphere standards; building latrines to
meet Sphere standards; hygiene and sanitation awareness,
especially for women.
Outcomes include: IDPs from villages ABC have reduced
exposure to water-borne disease through provision of safe water
and latrines that meet Sphere standards.
Coding Practice – Reproductive Health
Needs: The reproductive health clinic serving three villages
was destroyed. A gender analysis quantifies the need based
on focus groups and data on the average number of women
pre-tsunami who used the clinic for pre and post natal
counseling, safe birthing, contraceptive supply and family
planning advice. In these communities the local hospital
provides reproductive health services to men – these services
are in tact and continue to operate.
Activities: Consultations with beneficiary women and local
reproductive health professionals are held to ensure the
location and design of the new facility are appropriate; clinic
construction; and providing essential staff, equipment and
supplies.
Outcome: Life-saving reproductive health services for women
and infants restored for three villages.
GENDER in the CLUSTER CYCLE
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Baselines identify what men and women do, their
knowledge and coping skills in your sector
Assessments strive for a gender balance in data
collectors and in information sources
Cluster response plans feature the distinct
needs/realities of men, women, girls and boys
Capacity is built in cluster partners to bring gender
dimensions into projects
Vetting teams assign accurate gender codes
Clusters monitor that projects implement as well
as they code
Engaging with Donors
Engaging with
Donors
BENEFITS
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Improved targeting to beneficiaries
More cohesive projects
More potential to attract donors
Web Sources
www.oneresponse.info/gender
http://ops.unocha.org
www.reliefweb.int/fts