1. Food Security Sector – Cox’s Bazar
Tuesday 30th of January 2018, 10:00 – 11:00
Rohingya and host communities response v

2. AGENDA Introduction and welcome JRP FSS project template -
GiHA (Gender) guidelines for FSS template
New Boundaries – Site management
Emergency plan for Cyclone/monsoon
AoB (4Ws, Em&Env WG, … )

3. Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Protection in JRP Project Portfolios
Gender Mainstreaming – The WHY?
53% of Rohingya refugees are women and girls, 75% women and children - 16 % of female headed-households.
The Rohingya refugee crisis has a particularly gendered nature due to the level and severity of sexual and gender based violence and restrictive socio-cultural norms that women and girls have experienced and are continuously exposed to
Protection Mainstreaming - The WHY?
Rights-based, community-based, needs-based and participatory approach to assistance
Do no harm
Accountability to Affected Populations by humanitarian actors for all activities delivered
Proximity to affected populations through meaningful community engagement and appropriate communication with communities
A number of other assessments conducted to date (on the Rohingya community in Cox’s Bazar) have highlighted gender specific needs and constraints of the Rohingya. E.g.
The CARE Rapid Gender Analysis, e.g., found that inequalities in Gender Roles and Relationships exist; both Rohingya women and men have experienced GBV; Child marriage is practiced in the refugee community;
The Inter-Agency Rohingya Emergency Vulnerability Assessment (REVA); The Oxfam Report Assessment Report; UN Women Gender Brief on Rohingya; The Gender Profile prepared by the GiHA WG; etc all indicate that gender is a key factor in the risks and vulnerability faced by the Rohingya refugee community. E.g.:
Lack of gender disaggregated WASH facilities means the majority of women do not access latrines and bathing facilities as they need to.
The reported prevalence of GBV within refugee households is not acceptable.
Restricted access to humanitarian services by women should not be allowed to continue.
Etc.
There is a clear differentiation across gender lines and age groups, with identified women being less involved in income-generating activities when compared to men and tend to engage more in petty trade and unpaid domestic labor.
NB: If we do not address these (and other) gendered needs and vulnerabilities, we will be ineffective in delivering the urgently/massively needed humanitarian services and products Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group
One male FGD confirmed this situation, explaining to Oxfam teams “women cannot provide tea and men have to punish them because they do not accomplish their household chores”.
Upholding of purdah is prioritized over accessing humanitarian services available in the camps.
Before displacement, more Rohingya women were actively involved in higher skilled activities such as small business and skilled wage labor

4. Gender and Protection Mainstreaming – The HOW?
Gender and Protection Mainstreaming Tipsheet for Food Security Sector provides quick help for partners to integrate gender considerations and protection measures into their project objectives, activities, outputs, outcomes, indicators and project portfolio sheets:
Gender considerations and protection measures in Needs assessment
Key questions ask in developing project portfolio objectives, outputs, outcomes, indicators and project lists: e.g.
Is food security targeting gender-sensitive, and are female headed households being specifically targeted for support – especially in light of challenges they may have in accessing employment?

5. Project Activities in the Food Security Sector could be Designed to:
Provide self-reliance opportunities for women with consultative approach to ensure that the opportunities are viable and feasible.
Promote gender-transformative activities where possible and if feasible.
Ensure wider consultation and sensitization with family and community gatekeepers when engaging women in livelihoods to ensure a do no harm approach and to not risk putting the woman at risk of gender based violence (GBV), including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA).
Provide assistance in the appropriate ways that allow women to access assistance and engage in livelihood activities despite their gendered care burden.

6. Suggested Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for possible inclusion in the Food Security Sector JRP project portfolios:

7. Gender Equality in Project Sheets – Gender Marker
Gender Code 2A – Gender Mainstreaming
Potential to contribute significantly to gender equality
A gender and age analysis is included in the project’s needs assessment , in one or more project’s activities and in one or more of the project outcomes.
Gender Code 2B – Targeted Action
Project’s principal purpose is to advance gender equality
The gender and age analysis in the needs assessment justifies this project in which all activities and all outcomes advance gender equality.
Gender Code 1 - Potential to contribute in some limited way to gender equality
There are gender dimensions in only one or two components of the project sheet: i.e. in needs assessment, activities and outcomes.
Gender Code 0 - No visible potential to contribute to gender equality
Gender and age are not reflected anywhere in the project sheet or only appear in the outcomes.
Gender Code N/A – Not Applicable
Project does not have direct contact with affected populations, does not directly affect or determine the selection or use of resources, goods or services accessed by affected populations.
CODE 0
No visible potential to contribute to gender equality
Gender and age are not reflected anywhere in the project sheet or only appear in the outcomes. There is risk that the project will unintentionally fail to meet the needs of some population groups and possibly even do some harm. These projects are considered gender-blind.
CODE N/A - NOT APPLICABLE

8. Emergency stocks for Cyclone/monsoon
Landslide and flooding risks, refugees movement, impact: 102,000 people to be impacted (see maps attached) according to Site management Sector analysis – Main challenges for the population food security:
1. Access to Distribution points
2. Displacement of people within the camp
3. Cooking food challenges
Response options:
Fortified Biscuits (first 72hrs)
Cooked meals (to be distributed daily, for how long? according to the needs)
Mitigation measures:
Mobile distributions of cooked meals
Mobilization of volunteers/porters for food rations

9. AoB Livelihoods WG on Thursday the 25th at 9:30 WFP meeting room
Energy and environment WG meeting Thursday 11am IOM

10. THANK YOU!