Plan International Bangladesh is committed to delivering gender-transformative programs that tackle the root causes of gender inequality. Their approach aims to reshape unequal gender and power relations to achieve full realization of girls' rights and equality between children, young people, and adults regardless of gender. They work at individual, community, and institutional levels, addressing gender roles and responsibilities, access to and control over resources, participation and decision-making, social norms, and duty-bearers. Key focuses include improving girls' agency, promoting gender-equitable services, engaging men and boys in positive masculinity, and working with change agents.

1. GenderTRANSFORMATIONJourney
ofPlanInternationalBangladesh
GWG Meeting
7 October 2019

2. Plan International Canada Inc.
Our commitment
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We commit to deliver leading
edge, gender-transformative
programs!
Our gender transformative
approach tackles the root
causes of gender inequality and
aims to reshape unequal gender
and power relations to achieve
the full realization of girls’ rights
and equality between all
children, young people and
adults regardless of their gender

3. Plan International Canada Inc.
So what is the Gender Transformative approach?
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A gender analysis is central to program design
Focus on women and girls’ empowerment
Explicitly work with men and boys to promote gender equality
Explicitly aims to confront gender based inequality
All information and data is disaggregated by sex
Explicit intention to transform unequal gender power relations.
The focus goes beyond improving the condition of women and girls to improve
their social position.

4. Plan International Canada Inc.
So what is the Gender Transformative approach?
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Family/
Community
Building supportive
social environment
Individual Girls
(and Boys)
Building their
agency
Rights
holders
Sustainable
and
transformative
change means
investing not
just in girls
themselves,
but also in
bringing
about a
strategic shift
in the external
barriers
that block their
way to power!
Institutions
Building enabling
institutional environment
Changes at Three levels

5. Change in Five Domains
The root
causes of
inequality
are
analyzed
and
addressed
head on in
five
domains
Gender roles &
responsibilities
Access &
control over
resources
Participation &
decision-
making
Social norms
Moral & primary
duty-bearers/
institutions
• Women’s and girls’ time poverty &
double/triple burden of work is
reduced and equitably distributed with
men/boys to pursue economic and
leisure activities.
• Women and girls have equitable access
to and control over resources to
become equal participants in society.
• Women and girls are able to
participate in, make and
exercise decisions in households
and public forums without fear
of reprisal.
• Women and girls have increased
physical, emotional, social and
economic autonomy, agency and
sense of self-worth.
• Primary duty-bearers and
institutions are gender-
responsive.

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Our commitment
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Key Focus of Gender Transformation:
• Programme and Projects (Most
of the project designed as gender
transformative)
-Improving girls agency for
challenging harmful social
norms
-Promotion of Gender Equity
responsive services
-Engaging Men and Boys for
promoting positive masculinity,
and gender transformation
- Working with Change agent

7. The Fathers’ Club manual, Peer
Education manual and additional
materials and Change Maker’s flip chart
were finalized

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VSG groups are trained on
VSG Methodology conducted
their regular session contributes
in economic empowerment

9. Gender
transformative
messaging in the
community
especially through
Male Engagement

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10,840 Community Groups
(Change Maker group, Male
Group and Women Self Help
Group) continues the
sensitization session in 3
working areas

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TFD groups are
performing in
the community

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Key Focus of Gender Transformation:
Influencing
Girl’s get equal
Power - to grow as a leader,
Freedom- Mobility without fear,
Representation - Positive portrayal of media
and Girls take over initiative
Networking
GNB, GAA,CIC-BD
Support to young girl’s and women rights
based organization and groups
Girls leadership programme

16. Plan International Canada Inc.
THANK YOU
To create a just world where every men and women will be
treated with dignity, respect and will care for each other …