Beahrs ELP - Gender Session Environmental Leadership: Applying a Gender Lens Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program June, 2017 Photo: UNIDO
Beahrs ELP - Gender Session Introductions (1) Your name (2) What country/ies do you work in? (3) Is the scope of your work: a) local b) regional c) national d) international (4) Have you ever conducted a gender analysis on a project? Photo: UNIDO
Beahrs ELP - Gender Session Presenter: Alix Charles Consultant Visionaria Network is an educational non-profit that enables women and girls to become innovators in their lives and communities. ...Developed and advised rollout of the "Empowered Entrepreneur Training Handbook" for the UN Foundation's Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves (GACC) ...Has a reputation for professional program development, training, and support services with:
Beahrs ELP - Gender Session Session Outline Introductions ❖ Goals ❖ Sex & Gender ❖ ‘Sex’ vs. ‘Gender’ ➢ Activity: Marketing with a Gender Lens ➢ Defining ‘gender equality’ & ‘women’s empowerment’ ➢ Gender as a Strategic Priority ❖ Gender + Environmental Leadership ❖ Context: Gender in Environmental Sector ➢ “Gender Mainstreaming” for Environmental Management ➢ Activity: Gender-categorization ➢ Activity: Gender analysis reflection ➢ Activity: Gender mainstreaming the project cycle ➢ Resources and Further Reading ❖ Photo: UNIDO
Beahrs ELP - Gender Session Session Goals: Provide you with... 1) an awareness of gender concepts; gender literacy 2) a general knowledge of gender advocacy, including women’s empowerment theory and its application 3) concrete tools and strategies for mainstreaming gender in current and future environmental projects Photo: UNIDO
Beahrs ELP - Gender Session Defining Sex & Gender Sex Biological traits associated with being male or female Gender Behavioral and cultural norms, and psychological traits that society associates with being male or female
Beahrs ELP - Gender Session Marketing: With a Gender-Lens
Beahrs ELP - Gender Session Defining Gender Equality Includes: Equal rights , equal responsibilities , and equal opportunities ● In practice, “gender equality” means that society... Considers the interests, needs, and priorities of both women and men. ● Recognizes the diversity of different groups of women and men. ● Puts equal value on the varying roles of women and men ● Photo: USAID
Beahrs ELP - Gender Session Defining Empowerment The expansion in one’s ability to make strategic life choices in a context where this ability was previously denied to him/her Photo: Gates Foundation
Beahrs ELP - Gender Session Defining Women’s Empowerment Source : White Paper: A Conceptual Model of Women and Girls’ Empowerment; Bill & Melinda Gates Fdtn
Beahrs ELP - Gender Session Making the Case: Social and Economic Women = 50% of an economy’s human capital Source : USAID - “Gender Equality = Smarter Development”
Beahrs ELP - Gender Session Gender as a Strategic Priority Understanding gender gives your internal operations a strategic advantage
Beahrs ELP - Gender Session Gender + Environmental Leadership
Beahrs ELP - Gender Session
Beahrs ELP - Gender Session Gender Context in Environmental Industries Women Men More access to green jobs ● Smaller ecological footprint ● More access to green ● “Triple Burden” ● technologies Valuable leadership skills & perspectives Photo: USAID
Beahrs ELP - Gender Session Why gender mainstreaming? - Challenges the status quo - Promotes gender equality and women’s empowerment - Increases funding opportunities Photo: USAID
Beahrs ELP - Gender Session Defining ‘Gender Mainstreaming’ Bringing gender-awareness into the “main stream” of consciousness and project design. Embedded throughout all stages of the project cycle Based on 2 principles: (1) Men and women have different needs, roles, interests, and access to resources and their benefits (2) Men and women have equally important roles to play in achieving inclusive and sustainable development
Beahrs ELP - Gender Session Defining ‘Gender Mainstreaming’ DOES NOT MEAN SIMPLY: Adding women to the room… Achieving gender balance or gender parity… Adding phrases such as “special attention will be given to women”...
Beahrs ELP - Gender Session Gender-Categorization A B C D Gender-Targeted Significant Gender Limited Gender Minimal Gender Projects Dimensions Dimensions Dimensions Significant Some No visible potential Project’s contribution to gender equality Main objective contribution contribution to contribute Addresses key Secondary Not an objective, Extent of focus on disadvantaged gender Main objective issues but not listed objective or irrelevant as objective Applicable to Strong applicability Limited Opportunities for gender mainstreaming activities No entry points all project cycles to some project cycles opportunities The project has outputs and indicators that measure how gender equality will be advanced Handout 1: Gender Categorization Photo: UNIDO
Project Requirements for Gender Mainstreaming Beahrs ELP - Gender Session A B C D Gender-Targeted Significant Gender Limited Gender Minimal Gender Projects Dimensions Dimensions Dimensions Conduct in-depth gender analysis Collect and use sex-disaggregated data [optional] Consult and/or involve women/gender-focused [optional] groups, associations, and stakeholders Allocate resources for gender-focused activities [optional] Underrepresented sex: Personnel composition 50% > 40% > 40% > 40% Project outputs that have gender-equality activities 100% > 50% > 20% [optional] Gender-responsive targets, indicators, & baseline [optional] Project staff is sensitized to gender [optional] Handout 2: Gender Analysis Photo: UNIDO
Beahrs ELP - Gender Session Gender Mainstreaming the Project Cycle STAGE: Formulation Implementation Monitoring & Evaluation Design a project that analyses roles and Implement project activities in a way that To ensure that women and men Purpose needs of men and women and addresses ensures that women and men can equally equally participate in monitoring inequalities access resources and services and evaluation activities Data is collected on women and men Women and men can equally Equal participation in project activities so that gender impacts are tracked Success access, participate in, and benefit and decision-making processes, and to assess if the project equally from the project equally benefit from capacity-building benefits women and men Collect sex-disaggregated data Collect sex-disaggregated data Conduct trainings for women or men who need to upgrade their skills, taking into Report on gender components during Capacity-building activities whose training account social or legal restrictions that may mid-term reviews, assessments, audits etc. curricula and tools accommodate different prohibit them from accessing resources education/skill levels that may exist Sample of Recruit gender evaluation expert to be part of Include special transportation to address Activities the evaluation team Targeted awareness outreach to increase security challenges, or provide childcare women’s participation in project activities services during trainings or project activities Take into account mobility, language, and timing when conducting interviews Develop gender-specific targets and Ensure project manager completes basic performance indicators gender course (ex: UN’s “I Know Gender”) Identify lessons learned for future projects Handout 3: Gender Mainstreaming the Project Cycle Photo: UNIDO
Beahrs ELP - Gender Session Resources & Further Reading: 1. USAID Gender Equality page 2. UNIDO Guide on Gender Mainstreaming Environmental Management Projects 3. USAID Gender Equality and Female Empowerment Policy (2012) 4. A Joint Announcement on Implementation of Agenda 2030 Accelerating Progress Towards Gender Equality 5. White Paper: A Conceptual Model of Women and Girls’ Empowerment 6. April 2017 USAID/OFDA Guidelines for Proposals 7. OECD Global Environmental Goods and Services Industry 8. UNIDO SEED Awards 9. Gender Equality Seal Certification Programme for Public and Private Enterprises 10. UN Women eLearning Campus course: “I Know Gender” 11. USAID Infographic: Why Invest in Women 12. USAID: “Gender Equality = Smarter Development” 13. Green Industry Platform 14. UN Global Compact 15. McKinsey: How advancing women’s equality can add $12 trillion to global growth 16. Equal Measures 2030: Data Collection on Gender and SDGs Photo: UNIDO
Beahrs ELP - Gender Session Thank you! Questions? Alix Charles Paul Spurzem Genevieve Smith alix.charles@gmail.com paul@visionarianetwork.org genevieve@visionarianetwork.org beahrselp.berkeley.edu visionarianetwork.org
Beahrs ELP - Gender Session APPENDICES:
Beahrs ELP - Gender Session Towards Gender Mainstreaming: National & International Measures - Increase awareness among decision-makers - Collect sex-disaggregated baseline data - Influence how change can take place with national-level policy frameworks - Support women’s entrepreneurship - Cross-sector collaboration Photo: UNIDO
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