Download - Gender strategy (paris 14 june 2012)
Making a difference in the lives of the poor
AAS Ge n d e r S trate gy
Gender Strategy
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O ve rvie w
• Introduction to AAS• Our focus on Gender• Our strategy
o Rationaleo Gender Transformative Approach
• Structure and capacity• Some reflections
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AAS and C G IAR re fo rm
Research in Development
Gender
Impact Assessment
Innovation: Reaching those left behind by the Green Revolution
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O u r re s e arc h age n d a
Gender transformative approaches
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Wh y ge n d e r tran s fo rm ative ?
• Practice lagging behind understanding
• Technical approaches/gap filling – accept/reinforce inequity
• Gender integration without social change limits sustainability of impacts
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O u r go al an d o b je c tive s
Gender equitable systems that enhance the resilience, capabilities and wellbeing of poor women and men
dependent on AAS
• To design and test innovative ways to reduce gender inequalities in the range
and quality of livelihood choices and resources available to AAS dependent
women and men.
• To facilitate change in the norms, attitudes and practices underlying these
patterns of gender disparity.
• To demonstrate how this enhanced gender-responsiveness results in equity,
wellbeing and poverty reduction impacts.
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O u r ap p ro ac h
• Gender integration across AAS themes
• Strategic gender research facilitating change in
norms, attitudes and practices
• Innovation and experimentation• Operationalizing concepts and developing tools• Systematically testing interventions to
understand what works
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Go ve rnanc e an d M anage m e n t
Program Overs ight Panel
• 4 women (including chair)• 4 men
Program Leadership Team
• 6 women• 10 men• Gender Working Group• Country Team leaders (3 women; 2 men)
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Ge nd e r C ap ac ity 201 2
Country program leaders
Three focal countries: Bangladesh, Solomons, Zambia
Country gender focal points
Hub development partners
Hub implement’n team
Hub gender research partners
Gender leadership
team
Strategic gender research partners
(ICRW, UEA)
Consultants
Gender Working Group
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Ge nd e r C ap ac ity 201 3
Country program leaders
Five focal countries: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Philippines, Solomons, Zambia
Country gender focal points
Hub development partners
Hub implement’n team
Hub gender research partners
Gender leadership
team
Strategic gender research partners
(ICRW, UEA)
Consultants
Gender Working Group
45
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Re fle c tio n s
• Humility and hubris• Out on a limb – innovation + modeling behavior• How can we help people “get it”?• Indicators of success
Gender balance in gender meetings Bridging the social science skills gap
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Th ank Yo u