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Donor Approaches to Gender Integration: USG & Non-USG Donors. What proportion of a donor’s assistance budget is earmarked for gender programming? Does the donor have specific offices and/or staff dedicated to gender programming? Does the donor have a gender policy ? - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Donor Approaches to Gender Integration:
USG & Non-USG Donors
Donor Approaches to Gender Integration:
What are some “indicators”?What proportion of a donor’s assistance budget is earmarked for gender programming?Does the donor have specific offices and/or staff dedicated to gender programming?Does the donor have a gender policy?How is women’s empowerment and gender mainstreaming addressed in a donor’s funding solicitations?
• What has been TAF’s experience with particular donors in addressing gender in proposals?
USAID & DOS: Gender Budget
USAID & DOS: Gender Budget
Two Internal Sources:
1. DOS/USAID Annual Budget
2. DOS/USAID Joint Summary of Performance and Financial Information
USAID & DOS: Annual Budget FY2014
USAID & DOS: Joint Performance & Financial Information
Strategic Goal 3: DG
USAID & DOS: Gender Budget
External Source: OECD DAC Reports“Aid in Support of Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment”
OECD DAC Reports:Budget by Gender Equality Policy Marker
OECD DAC 2012 Report: USG 2009 Gender Funding
USAID/DOS: Gender Offices & Staff
USAID•Office of Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment: Senior Coordinator•GenDev Office (in Bureau for Economic Growth, Education & Environment): Director •Bureau for Policy, Planning and Learning: Senior Gender Advisor•Office of the USAID Administrator: Senior Gender Advisor•Washington and USAID Missions: Gender Advisors / Regional Gender Advisors•Bureau of Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA): Center of Excellence in Democracy, HR, Governance
• Focus on gender equality and women’s rights.
DOS•Secretary’s Office of Global Women's Issues (S/GWI): Director•Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (J/TIP)
USAID: Gender Policy
Gender Equality and Female Empowerment Policy - March 2012
USAID: Gender Policy
“Achieving our objectives for global development will demand accelerated efforts to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment. Otherwise, peace and prosperity will have their own glass ceiling.” ~ Hillary Clinton
USAID: Gender Policy
THREE OVERARCHING OUTCOMES
1.Reduce gender disparities in access to, control over and benefit from resources, wealth, opportunities and serv ices economic, social, political, and cultural;
2.Reduce gender -based violence and mitigate its harmful effects on individuals and communities; and
3.Increase capability of women and girls to realize their rights, determine their life outcomes, and influence decision- making in households, communities, and soci eties.
USAID: Gender Policy
SEVEN GUIDING PRINCIPLES
1.Integrate gender equality and female empowerment into USAID’s work.2.Pursue an inclusive approach to foster equality. 3.Build partnerships across a wide range of stakeholders.4.Harness science, technology, and innovation to reduce gender gaps and empower women and girls.5.Address the unique challenges in crisis and conflict-affected environments: 6.Serve as a thought leader and a learning community.7.Hold ourselves accountable.
USAID: Gender Policy
OPERATIONALIZING THE GENDER POLICY
The GenDev Office and the Senior Coordinator’s Office for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment will work closely with:Missions, Regional Bureaus, Country Offices, and Pillar BureausOffice of Acquisition and AssistanceOffice of the General Counsel and Regional Legal AdvisorsOffice of Human ResourcesBureau for Policy, Planning and LearningOffice of the Administrator
USAID & DOS: Gender in Procurements
OPERATIONALIZING THE GENDER POLICY IN THE OFFICE OF ACQUISITION AND ASSISTANCE (OAA):“OAA will require contract and agreement officers to perform due diligence to ensure that the results of gender analyses are clearly reflected in all solicitation documents (e.g., Statement of Work / Program Descriptions, project deliverables, key personnel requirements, and monitoring and evaluation requirements).”
USAID & DOS: Gender in Procurements
USAID RFA GENDER REQUIREMENT EXAMPLESMG STAGE RFA 2010 (DG)Requirement to update USAID’s 2005 Gender Analysis for Mongolia (Eileen, Gender Advisor)Requirement for program personnel to have gender experience where possible
OFDA 2012 UPDATED PROPOSAL GUIDELINESGender mainstreaming is required in the technical description.An overall gender analysis for the target area is required.Gender mainstreaming for each sub‐sector is required.
TL BA DISTRITO RFA 2012 (DG)“Gender consideration in planning, designing and implementing activities must be adequately analyzed, addressed and integrated into the proposed approach.”
PI PREPARE RFA 2013 (Disaster Management)Requirement to develop Gender Action Plan (GAP) based on USAID’s Gender Analysis for RFA; GAP to be guided by USAID Gender Policy
TAF’s Experience with Gender Requirements in USAID ProposalsTAF/BG: USAID PROHURI 2009 RFA (Domestic Violence) Gender Mainstreaming Requirement: Yes TAF Response: Yes (program design, M&E) Status: DeclinedNote: BAFO - “How TAF plans to integrate gender in programming…” (but already a
gender-based proposal!)
TAF/MG: USAID STAGE 2010 RFA (DG) Gender Mainstreaming Requirement: Yes TAF Response: Yes (strategic approach, program design, M&E) Status: Awarded
TAF/CB: CTIP II 2011 RFA (Counter-Trafficking) Gender Mainstreaming Requirement: Yes TAF Response: Yes (strategic approach, program design, M&E) Status: Declined
TAF/CH: USAID JURIS 2012 RFA (Rule of Law) Gender Mainstreaming Requirement: No TAF Response: No Status: Awarded
USAID/DOS Approaches to Gender Integration
a few brief concluding thoughts…
Donor Approaches to Gender Integration:
Non-USG Funding Agencies
OECD DAC aid in support of gender equality and women’s empowerment, 2009 - 2010
Gender equality focus of aid by sector
U.K. Department for International Development (DFID)
Strategic Vision for Girls and WomenFour pillars: 1.Get economic assets directly to girls and women;2.Get girls through secondary school;3.Delay first pregnancy and support safe childbirth; and4.Prevent violence against girls and women.
Also: Enabling Environment
DFID’s benchmarks for progress
DFID has committed that by 2015 it will have:helped to save the lives of at least 50,000 women during pregnancy and childbirthenabled 10 million more women to use modern methods of family planning by 2015 (of which 1 million will be girls aged 15-19)supported 2 million births attended by a skilled birth attendantimproved access to financial services for over 18 million womensecured access to land for 4.5 million womensupported over 9 million children in primary school by 2014, of which at least half will be girlssupported 700,000 girls in secondary educationhelped 10 million women to access justice through the courts, police, and legal assistance
DFID’s funding
Business Plan, 2011 – 2015Recent Violence Against Women and Girls funds
Australian government (DFAT)
Gender Equality Thematic StrategyFour pillars:1.Advancing equal access to gender-responsive health and education services;2.Increasing women’s voice in decision-making, leadership, and peace-building;3.Empowering women economically and improving their livelihood security;4.Ending violence against women and girls at home, in their communities, and in disaster and conflict situations.
Australian aid anticipated results
By 2015-16, Australian aid will: ensure more than one million additional births will be attended by a skilled birth attendantsupport 40,000 women survivors of violence to receive services such as counselling.
Australian aid funding
Canadian government (DFATD)
Policy on Gender EqualityGoals, Objectives, and PrinciplesDefines Gender Equity, Gender Equality, and EmpowermentGender analysis as an important toolGender equality should be integrated at all levels and in all systems and processes
Canadian aid funding
Netherlands official development assistance (Royal Netherlands Embassy)
International Gender Policy of 2011Assesses effectiveness using EU Gender Action Plan and OECD DAC frameworksParticipates in annual progress review of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
Netherlands aid funding
Gender as a priority, 2012 – 2015
Norway aid gender policy
Norwegian Action Plan for Women’s Rights and Gender Equality in Development Cooperation
Department for Economic Development, Gender, and Governance (Section for Rights and Gender Equality)
Recent publications on Norad.no
Norway aid funding
Recent plans mainly focused on family planning and maternal health
Gender in non-USG RFPs
Principal vs. Significant
Specific vs. Integration
Examples of TAF experience
Panel discussion Other thoughts?