Training of Punjab Based Potential Government FIPs NDRMF’s Commitment to Gender and Inclusion By Zohra Bano UN, Global Perspective Human Stories Photo credit: Greenbiz webcast

Learning Objectives of this Presentation To understand minimum requirements for developing gender mainstreamed projects/ proposals To define a course of action essential to submit a quality gender mainstreamed/responsive proposal Orientation on basic concepts of gender, inclusion and gender mainstreaming

Presentation Flow Challenges and Best Practices Basic Concepts Gender Gender Equality (GE) Gender mainstreaming NDRMF Commitment to GE Normative Frameworks (national and international level) Internal Protocols/policies including GAD and GAP Challenges and Best Practices Challenges in developing gender mainstreamed projects Way forward/how to develop gender mainstreamed projects/programmes Sample GAP/Senario

Gender-a More, But Lesser Familiar Term Activity: stereotypes

Situation??????? Do women and men have equal opportunities in the society? Does disaster affect men and women differently?

What is Gender Equality?

Gender Differential Impacts of Disaster Facts Barriers to equality Recommendations Extreme weather events, rising sea levels, food production, earthquakes etc. have differential impacts on the lives of women and men. Women, as a group, relative to men, as a group, have different possibilities for recovering from frequent and intensive periods of droughts, floods. Women and children die disproportionately more than men. Disasters also place women and girls at greater risks of GBV. Women, due to historical discrimination and biases and social practices, have less assets, income and savings to deal with any adverse impacts of disaster. Undertake special gender mainstreamed projects/ programmes to improve the resilience of men and women equally against natural disasters.

Understanding Gender Mainstreaming “Mainstreaming a gender perspective is the process of assessing the implications for women and men of any planned action, including legislation, policies or programs, in all areas and at all levels…a strategy for making women’s as well as men’s concerns and experiences an integral dimension of the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and programs in all political, economic and societal spheres so that women and men benefit equally and inequality is not perpetuated. The ultimate goal is to achieve gender equality.” UN ECOSOC, 1977 Gender mainstreaming adopted at Beijing as a key strategy for promoting gender equality Gender analysis recommended as the way to understand the differential situation of women and men

NDRMF’s Commitment to Gender Mainstreaming CRC, CEDAW, CRPD, ICPD, Beijing Platform for Action, UDHR) and Hyogo Framework Normative Frameworks & Alignment 1) Gender and Development Policy 2) Diversity, Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Policy; and 3) Gender Action Plan Internal Frameworks & Alignment Gender as standalone goal & integrated with environment and social safeguards UDHR: Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 CRC: Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989; https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/ProfessionalInterest/crc.pdf CEDAW: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, 1979; https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/ProfessionalInterest/cedaw.pdf CRPD: Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities; http://www.un.org/disabilities/documents/convention/convoptprot-e.pdf ICPD: International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo 1994; http://www.un.org/popin/icpd2.htm Beijing Platform for Action, 196; http://www.genced.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/declaration.pdf Hyogo Framework, https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-framework/sendai-framework

Gender and Development (GAD) Policy Gender equality and inclusion are critical to NDRMF The policy guides the NDRMF and its FIPs to contribute towards gender equality by mainstreaming gender and inclusiveness in: Organizational policies & plans Programs, communications and policy dialogues Financed projects Key features of the Policy are Guiding principles Strategies to be adopted Operational mechanism Institutional arrangements required

NDRMF’s Gender Action Plan for Resilience Building GAP 1.0 Define institutional gender mainstreaming priorities areas aiming to ensure gender equality. GAP 2.0 Gender inclusive programming GAP 3.0 Adaptation of best practices at the programmes/projects level where gender equality is cross cutting Outputs Improved organizational normative framework aiming at gender equality. Increased investment on vulnerable groups to reduce vulnerabilities. Strengthened analytical work to improve fiscal management of disaster risk. Extended presence across Pakistan ensuring gender mainstreaming. Strengthened partnerships with Government and Non-government agencies. Gender mainstreaming through gender responsive programming for Retrofitting, Flood Protection, EWSs and CBDRM. Gender mainstreaming at the institutional levels (NDRMF and FIPs level) through theory & practice. Assumptions Leadership commitment may fluctuate Continued resource opportunities & field presence Strategic Interventions Impact Gender equality mainstreamed at NDRMF, FIPs and community level. Risks Competing priorities Limited financing for gender equality Capacity issues at different level

Challenges in Developing Gender Mainstreamed Projects Significant resistance-difficult to change attitudes and practices Lack of technical skills and expertise Lack of hands-on technical assistance on the “how to” of mainstreaming at the project level

How to Develop Gender Mainstreamed Projects Leadership including political will and commitment Research and analysis: understand and demonstrate the gender linkage, the costs of not investing in gender and/or the value added of doing so Skills and expertise in gender to do the research and analysis, plan a course of action, back-stop implementation, develop a M&E plan and evaluate and document results Hands-on technical assistance on the “how to” of mainstreaming at the project level Allocation of Financial Resources i.e. GAP required for: supplementary and complementary activities necessary for mainstreaming gender into a particular project research and analysis hiring of gender experts Accountability mechanisms that use gender-specific indicators to: examine outcomes and results and assess them relative to expectations (and/or baseline conditions) determine the causes for lack of success, learn from them and fix them

Reference Documents Gender specific documents for reference: Gender & Development Policy of NDRMF Gender Action Plan of NDRMF Gender Policy of ADB National Policy on Disabilities and Inclusion Guidance Sheets for Gender Mainstreaming (project development, development of GAP and others) by ADB

Group Work Gender Action Plan (GAP) S # Outcome Outputs Activities Monitoring indicators Responsibility Baseline Targets  

Group Work Gender Action Plan (GAP) Budget S. No  Head/Activity Frequency Unit cost Total cots  Output 1:    Output 2: Output 3:

GAP M & E Plan for M & E activities Indicator to which M&E activities feed into Periodicity/Time of data collection (quarterly, bi-annually, annually) Who is responsible (1 person only) Who is involved Resources (budget)  

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Situation / Case for Group Work Assuming each group is familiar with the context of Pakistan. Geographic Coverage: Pakistan (select, provinces/districts of your own feasibility) Project life: 18 months Objectives:  Increased targeted communities safety against disasters through community based disaster reduction structures Improved and strengthen early warning systems Retrofitting of public structures (schools & health facilities) to ensure disaster risk reduction Construction of flood protection structures along the rivers/streams to ensure safety to human lives, land and infrastructure