Gender Equality Strategy for Lasting Change

1. CARE 2020 Program Strategy Gender Equality and Women’s Voice CARE Gender Conference 11 April 2016

2. Agenda Overview of Program Strategy Gender Equality and Women’s Voice • Guidance note: • Overview and theory of change • Gender standards and models & innovations • Monitoring, evaluation & learning • Partnerships • GEWV ‘team’ Life Free From Violence update Q&A

3. Program Strategy

4. Process to date • CIGN Program Working Group developed initial thinking, 2015 • Amman meeting, June • Zero draft produced, July • Consultation phase, Aug • Consolidation, Oct-Dec • Consultation phase, Feb 2016 • Dissemination with Inclusive Governance guidance planned, April

5. GEWV guidance note • Audience • Purpose • Summary • Aim – gendertransformative change • Transformative: addressing the root causes of inequality, not just symptoms, leading to lasting change in the power and choices women have over their own lives, rather than just a temporary increase in opportunities.

6. Gender Equality Framework The power relations through which people live their lives through intimate relations and social networks (non-formal sphere) and group membership and activism, and citizen and market negotiations (formal sphere). Building confidence, self-esteem and aspirations (non-formal sphere) and knowledge, skills and capabilities (formal sphere). Discriminatory social norms, customs, values and exclusionary practices (non-formal sphere) and laws, policies, procedures and services (formal sphere).

7. Theory of Change Women and girls realise their human rights and people of all genders and life stages live in gender equality Build Agency Change Relations Transform Structures

8. Gender Standards Humanitarian and development programmes will: • Incorporate gender and power analysis and data disaggregated by sex, age and other diversity factors to inform actions, with participation by staff, partners and participants. • Articulate how programming will work across all three domains of the Gender Equality Framework and the Governance Programming Framework,explicitly state gender equality results and include gender sensitive indicators for every stage of the project or programme cycle. • Include a gender strategy or gender action plan with roles, responsibilities, funding, work plans and accountability to meet gender requirements. • Identify potential programming risks and take steps to mitigate unintended consequences of backlash and gender-based violence, regardless of sectoral focus, especially in fragile and conflict contexts. • Form partnerships with women’s rights movements to better collaborate towards shared goals and elevate the voice of marginalised people. • Undertake participatory gender reviews of projects or programmes, document best practices and challenges, and create mechanisms for cross-learning within CARE and with partners.

9. Gender Standards Organisationally, CARE offices will: • Analyse human resource policies and practices with a gender lens and ensure all annual operating plans, job descriptions and performance plans reflect CARE’s commitment to gender equality. • Recruit, retain and reward staff and identify partners with a commitment to gender equality; build staff and partner capacity and skills in gender equality; report annuallyon gender balance in staffing and governance structures and implement specific strategies to balance male/female representation including in emergencies. • Regularly report to programme participants, donors and the public on progress on gender equality in CARE’s work through appropriate reporting channels. • Review and build organisational capacity to implement standards.

10. Models and innovations A model is a distinctive approach to social change, with clear advantage over other approaches, that are cost-effective and add value. Common models / innovations: • For individual & collective reflection & action (SAA, VSLA+, EKATA, SASA!, scorecard) • Engaging men models (Journeys of Transformation, Abatangamuco, Young Men Initiative, etc) • Advocacy and policy change (GLAI, others)

11. Draft CARE Global Indicators – GEWV • # and % of people of all genders who have meaningfully participated in key formal (government-led) and informal (civil society-led, private sector-led) decision-making spaces • # of new or amended policies, legislation, public programs, and/or budgets responsive to the rights, needs and demands of people of all genders (promoted by CARE and partners)

12. Draft CARE Global Indicators - GBV • % of people who reject intimate partner violence by sex and age (linked to SDG 5.2) • % of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to physical, sexual or psychological violence by a current or former intimate partner, in the last 12 months (SDG 5.2) • % of women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to sexual violence by persons other than an intimate partner, in the last 12 months (SDG 5.2)

13. Partnerships We need to: • connect and facilitate social change, working in partnership with civil society and power-holders • build long-term partnerships in the global South with women’s rights groups

14. The GEWV ‘team’ Global leadership: • CARE USA leading; Secretariat & CARE Norge supporting • Financial resources secured Decentralised, informal structure

15. Life Free From Violence • Strategy level: CARE-wide strategy launched & regional strategies developed • Global indicators developed • Knowledge management • The LFFV ‘team’ • Advocacy

16. Questions? Thank you for your time and input! Any questions? • ltaylor@careinternational.org