CARE International Gender in Emergencies

Commitments Action

CARE Gender Marker Rapid Gender Analysis is one way to put commitments into action. Define Rapid Gender Analysis. Can use audience participation to define it.

Session Plan This session will: Introduce the CARE Gender Marker Explain the background and purpose of the tool Explore your experiences with the Gender Marker Share CARE’s lessons learned

What is the CARE Gender Marker? Tool to assess the level of integration of gender into CARE’s work – at all stages - including the strategy, design, and implementation The Gender Marker is used for all of CARE’s work – development and humanitarian – as a learning and accountability tool.

CARE Gender Marker Roadmap 1. IASC Gender Marker Results (2013) 2. Humanitarian Pilot (2013-2015) 3. Gender and Age Markers 4. Revised CARE Gender Marker 2016 5. Lessons Learned

CARE Gender Marker All humanitarian and development projects have been using the CARE Gender Marker since 2016.

How did you use it?

CARE Gender Marker Case Studies Actor Application Result CARE Nepal Train Earthquake Response Team on GM SADD data collected; Shelter staff engaging women in construction; CARE France Grade all proposals with the GM Formal commitment not to submit proposals graded “0” to donors CARE Fiji Train local response partners on the GM Increased local partners’ understanding of gender integration CARE USA Retrospective study of proposals using GM Established baseline GM score Planned gender integration guide CIUK Require GM score for proposal sign-off Increased technical dialogue Established performance targets CARE Gender Marker Learning Paper (2017) available at: http://gender.care2share.wikispaces.net/home#CARE Gender Marker (2016)

Gender Marker Data Across CARE FY 2016 Reporting Gender Marker scores was required for the first time in 2016 in CARE’s Project and Program Information and Impact Reporting System 77% of all CARE projects reported against the Gender Marker in FY 16

Gender Marker Scores: Humanitarian vs Development Overall, a similar picture to the previous year. This is healthy: it does not show massive grade inflation via self assessment. We expect grades to decline slightly at first before increasing. There is a significant increase in the number of projects not using the Gender Marker.

What We are Learning about the Tool Basic understanding of gender equality ideas and terminology is a prerequisite to effective tool use Socialisation and simplicity are critical for up-take Self-assessment is practical but carries risk of grade inflation Quantitative data is a critical feature but over-emphasis on grades can detract from learning Capacity of the Gender Marker to generate awareness, dialogue, learning, and program improvement is the tool’s greatest asset

MEASURE gender equality in humanitarian programming MARK gender integration in humanitarian programming

CARE Online Toolkit http://gender.care2share.wikispaces.net/Gender+Marker

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