2. Gender
Mainstreaming
Gender mainstreaming is a Process.
Expected Results of Gender Mainstreaming are
changes and transformation in the institutions,
policies, and practices.
SDG5 and beyond
How to achieve it
Policies andTools
Accountability Mechanism
Partnership
3. Policy and
Tools
UNDP Strategic Plan (2014-2017)
UNDP Gender Equality Strategy (2014-2017)
Social and Environmental Standards & Social and Environmental Screening
Procedure
Toolkit for mainstreaming gender in UNDP supported GEF financed projects
Gender Marker (2009-) - keeping track of how much UNDP is budgeting and
expending on gender equality
Human Development Report
Gender Inequality Index (GII) - quantifies gender inequality in labor force
participation, education attainment, parliamentary representation, adolescent
fertility and maternal mortality
Gender Development Index (GDI) - measuring gender gaps in human development
achievements
Gender Steering and Implementation Committee, chaired by Administrator
4. Accountability
5-point
Gender
Results
Effectiveness
Scale
Gender negative:
Result had a negative outcome that aggravated or reinforced gender
inequalities and norms.
Gender blind:
Result had no attention to gender and failed to acknowledge the different
needs of men, women, girls and boys, or marginalized populations.
Gender targeted:
Result focused on the number or equity (50/50) of women, men or
marginalized populations that were targeted.
Gender responsive:
Result addressed differential needs of men or women and equitable
distribution of benefits, resources, status and rights but did not address
root causes of inequalities in their lives.
Gender transformative:
Result contributed to changes in norms, cultural values, power structures
and the roots of gender inequalities and discriminations.The aim was to
redefine systems and institutions where inequalities are created and
maintained.
6. Partnership
GEF & GEF Gender Partnership
Other UN Agencies
Civil Society Organizations
Private Sectors
From communities to parliaments
All inclusive with men, boys, women and girls
7. Thank you!
Gender equality is accelerator across SDGs.
AkikoYamamoto, Ph.D.
RegionalTechnicalAdvisor forWater and OceanGovernance
Regional Service Center for Africa
UNDP
akiko.Yamamoto@undp.org
