Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and Girls.
Gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls are prerequisites to the realisation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This Guidance is a practical handbook for development partners supporting those global ambitions.
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Paris :
Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development,
2022.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Executive Summary
- Policy frameworks and leadership are vital for supporting gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls
- Support for gender equality starts with the planning and design of development programmes
- Accelerating progress towards gender equality requires inclusive partnerships, and combining gender-focused actions with mainstreaming
- Financial resources should be drawn from both ODA and other flows
- Monitoring and evaluating results can help build momentum for gender equality
- Development partners need to demonstrate commitment to gender equality in their own institutional set-up
- 1 Leadership and policy frameworks for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls
- 1.1. Political and policy priorities for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls
- Feminist foreign policy and feminist diplomacy
- Policy engagement and setting norms on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls
- 1.2. Rationale and thematic focus for gender equality in development programmes
- A strong policy commitment to gender equality
- Examples of thematic priorities for gender equality
- Women's economic empowerment
- Ending gender-based violence
- Fragility, women, peace and security, and humanitarian assistance
- 1.3. The evolving conceptual framing of gender equality
- Aiming for transformative change for gender equality
- The gender equality continuum
- At the intersection of gender and other inequalities
- LGBTQIA+ individuals and gender identity
- Ethnic, indigenous or racial minorities
- Disability inclusion
- References
- Annex 1.A. Additional resources on leadership and policy frameworks
- Rationale and thematic focus for gender equality in the development programme.
- The evolving conceptual framing of gender equality
- Notes
- 2 Planning: Analysis and design of development programmes
- 2.1. Conducting gender equality analysis
- Using a theory of change to articulate how to achieve gender equality results
- 2.2. Programme design informed by gender equality analysis
- Managing risks
- Managing risks in fragile contexts
- Adaptive and flexible management
- 2.3. Data and indicators to monitor gender equality results
- Identifying results in the design phase
- Identifying gender equality indicators in the design phase
- Linking indicators to the types of outcomes expected
- Basket indicators
- Indicators to monitor transformative change for gender equality
- Planning data and indicators to address intersectional inequalities
- References
- Annex 2.A. Additional resources on planning
- Conducting gender equality analysis
- Programme design informed by gender equality analysis
- Data and indicators to monitor and report on gender equality results
- Notes
- 3 Programme implementation
- 3.1. Partnering for implementation
- Selecting and supporting partners for accelerating gender equality
- Engaging with partner country governments
- Engaging with governments in fragile contexts
- Working with multilaterals: Influencing and funding
- Core versus earmarked funding for multilateral organisations
- Partnering with civil society
- Supporting grassroots organisations and feminist movements
- Using pooled funds to reach local organisations
- Managing risks for women's movements and human rights defenders
- Working with civil society in fragile contexts
- Other actors
- Research institutes, academia and think tanks
- Religious leaders/faith community
- Private sector actors
- South-South and Triangular Co-operation
- 3.2. Implementation: A twin-track approach and beyond.
- Taking a holistic approach to mainstreaming gender equality
- Mainstreaming in the development partner's own institution
- Policy and political dialogue
- Opportunities to increase support for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls
- References
- Annex 3.A. Additional resources on programme implementation
- Partnering
- A twin-track approach
- Notes
- 4 Financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls
- 4.1. Bilateral aid for gender equality is on the rise but could be increased
- The DAC gender equality policy marker: Measuring ODA for gender equality for two decades
- Application and quality control of marker scores
- Financial targets
- Where and how ODA for gender equality is allocated
- Total Official Support for Sustainable Development
- 4.2. Making all development finance work for gender equality
- Financial partnerships with investors and private actors
- Participating in blended finance vehicles for gender equality
- Development banks and finance institutions, and commercial actors
- Using bonds as an incentive to channel private capital towards gender equality
- Incentives and guidance for investors and financing actors
- Towards transparency in financial and results reporting
- Making development programmes less risky for investors through guarantees
- Support for local actors in partner countries in mobilising finance
- Supporting the private sector in partner countries in mobilising finance
- Supporting partner country governments and markets in mobilising finance
- References
- Annex 4.A. Additional resources on financing
- Bilateral aid for gender equality
- Making all development finance work for gender equality
- Notes
- 5 Results monitoring and evaluation
- 5.1. Monitoring gender equality results
- Results reporting
- 5.2. Evaluation of gender equality results.
- Data collection for evaluations
- Applying a gender equality analysis to the data available
- Feminist evaluation
- Learning and communication of monitoring and evaluation findings
- References
- Annex 5.A. Additional resources on results monitoring and evaluation
- Monitoring gender equality results
- Evaluation of gender equality results
- Notes
- 6 An institution that delivers for gender equality
- 6.1. Human resources
- Staff dedicated to gender equality
- Headquarters level
- Regional and country level staff
- The role of gender equality champions and senior leadership
- Gender Equality Networks
- Human resource policies
- Diversity beyond gender amongst staff
- 6.2. Capacity development for gender equality
- How to make training effective
- Other approaches to capacity development for gender equality
- Networks of gender focal points for exchange and learning, within and outside institutions
- Additional approaches and tools
- 6.3. Incentives and accountability for gender equality
- Incentives for gender equality
- Incentives for implementing policy commitments to gender equality
- Incentives for equal opportunities in the work place
- Accountability for implementing policy commitments to gender equality
- Linking organisational culture with efforts to support gender equality
- Accountable institutional culture and personal behaviour
- Indications of lack of gender equality: sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment
- References
- Annex 6.A. Additional resources on an institution that delivers for gender equality
- Human resources
- Capacity development
- Accountability and incentives
- Annex 6.B. Suggestions for content of gender equality training
- Notes
- Annex A. Survey of DAC Network on Gender Equality (GENDERNET) members
- Annex B. Example of a theory of change.
- Annex C. Examples of a results framework
- Glossary
- References.