THE GENDER MARKER 4 th Annual Pacific Humanitarian Team Regional Workshop

1. THE GENDER MARKER 4th Annual Pacific Humanitarian Team Regional Workshop Linda Pennells IASC GenCap Advisor in Humanitarian Action - Pacific

2. Session Overview • History & Purpose - the IASC Gender Marker (GM) • The gender code • Cluster performance in the 2011 roll-out • Relevance to the Pacific • Gender 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

3. HISTORY OF THE GENDER MARKER gender marker IASC improving humanitarian effectiveness

4. PURPOSE OF THE GENDER MARKER A SIMPLE and PRACTICAL tool; To measure/track inclusion of gender and gender-based violence; 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 UN- managed humanitarian funds and appeals.

5. GENDER MARKER 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

6. Gender Marker Coding

7. Gender Marker Coding

8. APPLYING A GENDER CODE: WHO AND HOW? OPS and FTS have a ‘field’ for the gender marker Cluster vetting team – cluster coordinators ensure competence exists to identify gender codes Support is provided by gender specialists/focal points Donors are starting to shop by gender code NEEDSACTIVITIESOUTCOMES

9. CLUSTERS’ PERFORMANCE IN CAP 2011(CHANGE IN GM CODES FROM CAP 2010 TO CAP 2011 IN SIX COUNTRIES) G

10. CLUSTER AND AGENCY INSIGHTS FROM THE 2011 ROLL-OUT Good news: practice is better than projects Many projects lack gender analysis / baseline Invisibility of women as farmers and fishers Invisibility of men in sanitation and reproductive health Lack of nutrition and health data on boys compared to girls Food for work and training often does not create equal opportunities for men and women

11. RELEVENCE TO THE PACIFIC 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 to our support of NDMOs Resources: Gender Marker Toolkit; cluster specific e-learning (oneresponse.info/crosscutting/gender/Page/training.aspx) gender marker IASC improving humanitarian effectiveness

12. GENDER ANALYSIS - exercise Identify gender issues in: Community water rehabilitation Re-opening schools Containing cholera & diarrheal diseases Emergency shelter NFIs Distribution of seeds and plant material gender marker IASC improving humanitarian effectiveness

13. GENDER in the CLUSTER CYCLE 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 gender marker IASC improving humanitarian effectiveness

14. BENEFITS 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 gender marker IASC improving humanitarian effectiveness