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GENDER TRAINING WEEK
at EU Headquarters
Brussels, 14 - 18 June 2010
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Components of the training
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A. Basic Gender training (14-15 June 2010)
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Why gender
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Gender concepts
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Gender equality strategies
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Tools for gender mainstreaming
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Gender mainstreaming in PCM
B. Gender Focal Persons Workshop (16-17-18 June 2010)
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EU Gender policy commitments
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How to go from Policy to Practice at country level
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Instruments, Tools and Entry Points for promoting gender
equality in EU Development Cooperation
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Sharing Good Practices
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Connecting GFPs to the EU, the Global Agenda and Networks
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Gender Focal Persons Guide
C. Follow up of the GFP-Workshop
Gender concepts
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Gender: this concept refers to socially constructed
differences, which change in time and place
Gender Equality: The needs, aspirations, and
interests of women and men are equally valued and
favoured in a way that both benefit from the
development process and fully enjoy their human
rights.
Gender mainstreaming: the process of promoting
gender equality in all policies, programmes and
projects at all levels and at all stages. The ultimate
goal is achieving gender equality
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Strategies to promote gender equality
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Equal opportunities
Capacity building
Women’s machinery
Temporary special measures (Cedaw, art. 4)
Women’s empowerment
Gender mainstreaming
Specific actions to enhance gender equality
Gender budgeting
Political and policy dialogue
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EU strategy to promote Gender Equality
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Three-pronged approach:
o Political and policy dialogue
o gender mainstreaming
o specific actions
Where to mainstream gender equality?
Analytical framework
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Macro level
Project
Meso level
Micro level
Sectors
MacroLevel:
Meso Level:
Micro level:
The WID-approach (Women in Development)
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Women’s projects are seperated from the rest.
Now and then gender issues are taken into
account in other projects and programmes
Sustainable gender mainstreaming
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Tools for gender mainstreaming
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• Gender Roles Table
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• Framework for equal Access to and Control over
Benefits and Resources
• Gender Needs Table: practical and strategic
gender needs
• Gender analysis: essential for Country
Gender Profile = compulsory for next
generation CSPs
• GESCi (Gender Equality Screening Checklist in
the Identification Phase) = Compulsory tool
since 2010
• G-Marker (Gender Equality Policy Marker): To
be applied in CRIS for marking relevance
Main Policy Commitments to promote Gender
Equality (GE) and Women’s Empowerment (WE)
5. Communication
on GE and WE
of 8 March 2007
gender perspective into
all policies and measures
to promote equality in 5 areas.
3. Roadmap
for Equality between
Women and Men
(2006-2010)
1. Treaty of Lisbon:
Gender Equality
is a common value
7. Comprehensive
Approach to
EU implementation
of UNSCR 1325
and 1820
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4. EU Consensus
on Development:
GE is a goal,
a human right and
a question of
social justice
2. Women’s Charter:
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6. EU Plan of Action
on GE and WE
(2010-2015)
8. EU Guidelines
to end Violence
and Discrimination
against women
and girls
1. Treaty on European Union
Gender Equality = Common value of the EU
and shall be promoted
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From the founding ‘Treaty of Rome (1957)’ to the current
‘Treaty of Lisbon’ (2009):
Equality between women and men
is a common value of the European Union
To bring policy into practice,
gender equality shall be promoted
in internal and external actions of the EU.
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4. European Consensus on Development
Declaration which defines at the level of the
European Union:
Common values
• Principles
• Objectives
• Means
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in favour of
poverty eradication.
It commits the European Union as a whole; the Member States,
not only as members of the Council, but also as bilateral donors.
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4. European Consensus on Development
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Gender equality
and women’s
empowerment
at the EU agenda as:
• a goal
• a common value
• a fundamental
human right
• a question of
social justice
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4. European Consensus on Development
Gender equality and women’s empowerment
at the heart of EU development cooperation as
they are:
o key prerequisites for poverty reduction
o key to all development
o core part of all policy strategies
o instrumental in achieving international
commitments
… and will be promoted through support to equal
rights, access and control over resources,
political and economic voice, and must be
mainstreamed in all aspects of development
cooperation.
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5. Communication of 8 March 2007
on Gender Equality and Women Empowerment
in Development Cooperation
(& Conclusion of the Council)
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• Frame for a better EU coordination
• Main objectives:
1. Increase efficiency of gender mainstreaming
2. Refocus specific actions for women’s
empowerment in partner countries
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5. Communication of 8 March 2007:
Efficient Gender Mainstreaming
Changes pursued in 3 areas:
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1. Political action:
Bring gender equality into political dialogue at the highest level
2. Development cooperation:
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make gender assessments in the preparation phase
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involve relevant stakeholders
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ensure gender accountability mechanisms
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link budget support to gender performance indicators
3. Institutional capacity building:
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use updated practical tools
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create access to information and best practices
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organize gender training for staff and partners
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5. Communication of 8 March 2007:
Actions to Empower Women
Promote Gender Specific Actions in the area of:
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1. Governance: e.g. human rights, women’s political
participation, gender-based violence
2. Employment and economic activities: e.g.
equality in the labour market, gender-aware PFM
3. Education: e.g. MDG-2 and MDG-3
4. Health: e.g. MDGs + sexual and reproductive health
5. Gender-based violence: e.g. legislation, victim
protection, awareness raising
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5. Communication of 8 March 2007:
Gender Equality and Aid Effectiveness
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• Ownership: ensure women’s participation in the whole DG RELEX
process at all levels
• Alignment: bring Country Strategy Papers in line with
shared (inter)national commitments on gender equality
• Harmonization: ensure EU-wide donor coordination and
joint efforts
• Management for results: ensure equal rights and
opportunities in economic & social spheres, equal access
to and control over resources & benefits and equal voice
• Mutual accountability: include gender-equality indicators
in Performance Assessment Frameworks, use genderdisaggregated data where possible, and apply gender
budgeting tools.
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6. EU Plan of Action on Gender Equality and
Women’s Empowerment (GEWE) in
Development (2010-2015)
Approved by the EU Council (14 June 2010) as an
Operational Framework to reiterate the strong EU
Commitment to Gender Equality as:
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A human right
A question of social justice
A core value of the EU development policy
Operational Framework built upon political and practical
consensus among EU Member States, with inputs from
delegations and civil society organizations.
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6. EU Plan of Action on Gender Equality and
Women’s Empowerment (GEWE) in
Development (2010-2015)
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Overall objective:
Accelerate the achievement of the
MDGs, especially MDG-3 and MDG-5,
as well as to attain the goals set out
by CEDAW, Beijing Platform for
Action, and the Cairo Programme of
Action
6. EU Plan of Action on GEWE in
Development (2010-2015)
9 Specific Objectives:
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1. Lead role of EU to promote GEWE in development DG RELEX
2. Ensure adequate human and financial resources for
GEWE
3. GE-issues systematically on the agenda of dialogue
4. Mainstream GE in all EU funded aid modalities
5. Prioritize NSA’s participation, capacity building, and
advocacy on GEWE
6. Improve EU monitoring, accountability and transparency
on allocation of funds for GEWE
7. Strengthen country’s efforts to achieve
MDG-3 + MDG-5
8. Strengthen country’s efforts to combat GBV and
discrimination against women and girls
9. Support countries to implement UNSCRs 1325,1820,1888,
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6. EU Plan of Action on GEWE in
Development (2010-2015)
Operational Framework
For each of the 9 Specific Objectives:
- Actions
- Indicators
- Time-table
Tasks for Commission and EU Member States
- At HQ level
- At Country Level (worked out by GFPs)
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7. Comprehensive Approach to the EU Implementation
of the UNSCRs 1325 and 1820 on Women, Peace and
Security (2008)
Comprehensive guidance
to ensure that the EU’s
external actions
o are shaped to protect
women from violence
o contribute to
increased equality
between women and
men during and after
armed conflict and in
situations of fragility.
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8. EU Guidelines on Violence against Women
and Girls and Combating All Forms of
Discrimination against them (2008)
Purpose:
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Mark the EU’s clear political
will to treat the subject of
women’s rights as a
priority and to take longterm action in that field
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Prevention
Protection and support
Prosecution of
perpetrators
Sharing good practices: Presentations by GFPs
• Turkey: How EU funding and policy dialogue contributed
to the gender equality agenda in Turkey
• Guatemala: Gender Coordination Mechanisms at country
level
• Lebanon: Gender working Groups (GEWOG) between EU
and Member States
• Cambodia: Good practice on Empowerment of women
through grassroots activism
• Bangladesh: Working with Government and UN to
empower girls
• Uganda: Experience on Gender in conflict situation
• Ukraine: Working with UN on Women’s and Children’s
Rights
• West Bank, Gaza Strip: Films by Palestinian Women
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Connecting with EU and Global Networks
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• Gender work of OECD Development Centre and
Wikigender
• EU Networks and resources, including intranet
• Good Practice: Regional GFP Network in Latin
America
• Connecting with CSO Networks: European
Women’s Lobby, WIDE (Women in
Development) , global network VAWIC
(Violence against Women and Girls in Conflict)
• Mapping own networks and access to
information
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OUTCOME and FOLLOW-UP
of the GFP workshop
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1.GUIDE FOR GENDER FOCAL PERSONS
2.Overview of “ACTIONS THAT REFER
EXCLUSIVELY TO DELEGATIONS
DIRECTLY” (derived from EU Plan of Action
on GEWE 2010-2015)
3.Letter of 30 June 2010 from Koos
RICHELLE and Stefano MANSERVISI to all
Heads of Delegation on implementing the
EU Plan of Action on GEWE at country level
and giving FOLLOW UP to GFP Workshop
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THANKS
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Questions and Answers
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