Gender Mainstreaming and Project Implementation
This content highlights the importance of gender mainstreaming, commitments to gender equality, gender policy at institutional and project levels, gender-responsive frameworks, and implications for project design and monitoring. It emphasizes the integration of gender concerns, stakeholder consultations, and gender-sensitive analyses to ensure equitable participation and benefits in project activities.
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& gender mainstreaming gabriella richardson temm gef coordinator, gender and social issues
commitments not an end in itself actively promoting gender equality comprehensive Cross cutting issue Responding to commitments of MEAs Building on body of evidence
gender policy Institutional level Project level Agency accreditation requirements & compliance Social/Gender analysis Stakeholder consultations Competency Capacity Processes Project Standards Gender responsive results -based framework Gender sensitive activities 3
gender results framework Outcome areas Core Corporate GEF Indicators Verification (project level) Project design is gender responsive % of projects that have conducted gender analysis during project preparation Project Document at CEO endorsement % of projects that have incorporated gender responsive project results framework Project implementation ensures gender equitable participation in and benefits from project activities Share of women and men as direct beneficiaries of project Project implementation reports, mid-term evaluation reports (GEF focal area tracking tools) Share of convention related national reports incorporated gender dimensions (e.g. NBSAP, NAPA, TDA/SAP) Project monitoring and evaluation give adequate attention to gender mainstreaming % of monitoring and evaluation report that incorporates gender equality/women s empowerment issues and assess results Project implementation reports, mid-term evaluation reports (GEF focal area tracking tools) 4
Project implications (1) Document how gender equality and women s empowerment issues will be mainstreamed into the project implementation and monitoring Gender analysis Undertaking gender-sensitive situation, context and sector analysis Conducting participatory assessments of gender dynamics Project design fully integrates gender concerns Project design Gender responsive stakeholder mapping and consultation Conducting inclusive stakeholder /mapping analysis Supporting and selecting project partners Free, prior and informed consent What does this mean? Gender responsive results based framework Linking findings of gender analysis to project theory of change, outcomes, outputs and activities Collecting baseline information, developing project sex-disaggregated indicators (e.g. share of women and men as direct beneficiaries) Gender responsive budget Capacity review and staffing plan 5
Project implications (2) Cultivating gender sensitive project teams Project implementation Project implementation ensures gender equitable participation in and benefit from project activities Deepening stakeholder engagement and partnerships Good practices Sustaining gender analysis and regenerating gender mainstreaming efforts 6
Project implications (3) Project Implementation Review Midterm Review Tracking tools Terminal evaluation M&E and reporting GEF project monitoring and evaluation give adequate attention to gender 7
GEF 6 activities results-based management Action Plan knowledge & learning project cycle gef gender partnership programming and policy capacity building
priorities Portfolio review Update GEF s Policy on Gender Develop Guidelines and Tools Support capacity building efforts and platforms for learning Going forward
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