UNICEF’s Gender Action Plan Draft Outline

First regular session, UNICEF Executive Board 4 February 2014

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UNICEF’s gender equality mandate

UNICEF  

QCPR  

CEDAW  

UN  SWAP  

Beijing  Pla8orm  for  Ac>on  

MDGs  

Post-­‐2015  agenda  

CRC  

Gender  Policy  

Strategic  Plan  

Equity          Focus  

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Consultative process

• Board  Members  • UN  agencies  • Gender  and  development  experts  

External  

• Senior  management  • Programme  staff  • Gender  Equality  Task  Force  

Internal  

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Gender Action Plan components

Programme  Results  •  Programma>c  framework  

•  Targeted  ini>a>ves  

•  Gender  mainstreaming  

Ins>tu>onal  Effec>veness  •  Resources  

•  Staffing  and  capacity  

•  Systems  and  partnerships  

Results  Framework  

Performance  Monitoring  

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Programme  Results  

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Targeted gender initiatives

Girls’  secondary  educa>on  

Child  marriage  

Gender  and  adolescent  health  

 

HIV  risk  and  treatment;  HPV  preven>on;  teen  pregnancy  &  anaemia;  transi>on  to  puberty  and  menstrual  hygiene;  FGM/C  

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Gender mainstreaming

Gender  equality  in  educa>on  

Gender  equality  in  

child  survival  

Improved  maternal  

and  neonatal  health  

Access  to  water  and  sanita>on  at  home  

Social  protec>on  benefits  to  women  &  

girls  

Women’s  and  girls’  lack  of  mobility,  safety,  decision-­‐making  

Limited  access  to  informa>on,  

knowledge,    resources  and  technology  for  women  and  girls  

Excessive  >me  burden  and  dual  

responsibili>es  experienced  by  women  

and  girls  

Masculine  and  feminine  social  

expecta>ons  and  ideals  of  behaviour  

Address gender bottlenecks and barriers

Achieve gender outcomes

Reduc>on  in  gender-­‐based  violence  

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Select indicators in results framework

Targeted  ini>a>ves  Gender  parity  in  secondary  enrolment,  transi>on  from  

primary  

Gender  parity  in  secondary  school  comple>on  indicator  incorporated  

in  Post-­‐2015  framework  

Child  marriage  prevalence  indicator  incorporated  in  Post-­‐2015  framework  

Increased  ART  and  condom  use,  and  access  to  WASH/MHM  in  

schools  

Reduc>on  in  child  marriage  rates   Reduc>on  in  anaemia,  teen  pregnancy,  FGM/C  

Gender  mainstreaming  Reduc>on  in  15-­‐18  year-­‐old  girls  

and  boys  who  have  ever  experienced  sexual  violence  

Increased  live  births  adended  by  a  skilled  health  personnel  

Support  services  delivered  to  children  experiencing  GBV  in  humanitarian  situa>ons  

Propor>on  of  primary-­‐school-­‐aged  girls  out  of  school  

Women’s  par>cipa>on  in  WASH  decision-­‐making  processes  

Ra>fica>on  of  Maternal  Protec>on  in  accordance  with  ILO  

conven>on  

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Ins0tu0onal  Effec0veness  

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Resources

• Set  financial  benchmark  for  increase  in  expenditure  on  gender-­‐specific  programming  

Programme  Expenditures  

•  Increase  alloca>on  of  regular  and  other  resources  to  staffing,  capacity  building  and  systems  to  support  work  on  gender  

Ins>tu>onal  Capacity  and  Systems  

•  Ins>tute  Gender  Thema>c  Fund  to  support  innova>on  and  evidence  building  on  cross-­‐sectoral  gender  priori>es  and  to  catalyze  and  leverage  other  resources  

• Systema>cally  budget  for  gender  priori>es  in  sectoral  &  humanitarian  OR  &  thema>c  funding  

Resource  Mobiliza>on  

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Gender architecture

Core  gender  specialists  •  Dedicated  responsibility  on  gender  and  cross-­‐sectoral  collabora>on  •  Support  achievement  of  results,  especially  on  targeted  ini>a>ves  •  Strengthen  programming,  guidance,  tools,  monitoring,  repor>ng,  evidence  building  and  knowledge  sharing  processes  

Sectoral  and  technical  gender  specialists  •  Combined  exper>se  in  sectoral  areas  with  gender  exper>se  •  Support  achievement  of  gender  results  in  sectoral  areas  as  well  as  targeted  ini>a>ves  and  sustain  mainstreaming  over  the  long  term  

Gender  focal  points  •  Formalize  and  strengthen  role  • With  mandatory  required  skills  on  gender  •  25%  minimum  >me  alloca>on  and  accountability  on  gender  

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Capacity building, systems and partnerships

Capacity  Strengthening  

Gender  analysis  and  integra>on  through  the  country  

programme  cycle  

Building  evidence  base,  data,  indicators  on  

gender    

Systems  and  Processes  

Strengthen  guidance,  tools,  planning  and    accountability  mechanisms  

Improve  knowledge  

management,  communica>ons  

Partnerships  and  

coherence  Governments,  UN  agencies  research  ins>tutes,  civil  society,  private  

sector  

IANWGE,  UNDG  Gender  Task  Team,  IASC,  

Gender  Thema>c  Groups    

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Performance monitoring for effective implementation of GAP

Financial  benchmark  for  programme  expenditures  

Gender  staffing  and  capacity  at  HQ,  RO,  and  CO  levels  

Country  programme  plans  that  meet  or  exceed  gender  criteria  

Evalua>ons  that  meet  or  exceed  gender  criteria    

Effec>ve  system  for  knowledge  management  and  sharing    

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For more information, please contact Anju Malhotra Principal Adviser, Gender and Rights 212-326-7018; anjumalhotra@unicef.org

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