DG ECHO GENDER POLICY and

GENDER-AGE MARKER

OBJECTIVE

To introduce the DG ECHO Gender-Age Marker - Information- Raise awareness

What this presentation covers

DG ECHO Gender Policy

DG ECHO Gender-Age Marker

Marker criteria

How to use the Marker

DG ECHO Gender Policy

Gender in Humanitarian Aid:Different Needs, Adapted

Assistance

EU Commitment

European Consensus on Humanitarian Aid

23. "Recognising the different needs, capacities and contributions of women, girls, boys and men, the EU highlights the importance of integrating gender considerations into humanitarian aid".

24. "The EU recognises that the active participation of women in humanitarian aid is essential, and commits to promoting that involvement".

39. "In responding to humanitarian needs particular vulnerabilities must be taken into account. In this context, the EU will pay special attention to women, children, the elderly, sick and disabled people, and to addressing their specific needs. Moreover, protection strategies against sexual and gender based violence must be incorporated in all aspects of humanitarian assistance".

Origins of the Policy

2009 Review of gender issues in humanitarian aid 2010 Issues Paper2011 Policy Paper (first draft)

2012 Stakeholder Consultation2013 Commission Inter-Service Consultation and Staff Working Document (22 July 2013)

the introduction of a new tool to foster and track gender sensitive humanitarian actions: gender and age marker

What is the Gender-Age Marker?

The European Commission's humanitarian Gender-Age Marker is a tool that assesses to what extent each funded humanitarian action integrates gender and age considerations

Gender in humanitarian assistance

‘The term gender refers to the social differences between females and males throughout the life cycle that are learned, and though deeply rooted in every culture, are changeable over time and have wide variations both within and between cultures. Gender determines the roles, power and resources for females and males in any culture.’

IASC 2006

Principles

• Humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence

• ‘Do no harm’ concept• Non-discrimination• People-centred approach• Gender equality

Principal Objective

"To improve the quality of humanitarian operations by systematically tailoring responses to the specific needs of women and men of all ages, effectively helping the most vulnerable".

Specific Objectivesbased on the Consensus

• Gender integration

• Participation

• Protection

Haiti – Earthquake 2010. Protection project

Mozambique – Floods 2007. Chiburiburi Community leaderbeing interviewed

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DG ECHO Gender-Age Marker

1) Foster assistance that is more sensitive to the differentiated needs and capacities of women, girls, boys and men, increasing programming quality

2) Monitor DG ECHO’s performance in integrating gender and age

The Marker also ensures coherence with the DG ECHO Gender Policy for Humanitarian

Assistance

Purpose

What is new in this marker?

It considers gender issues and also explicitly takes age into account

It assesses proposals and project implementation

It focuses on quality criteria

It is a collaborative learning tool, engaging both partners and staff in a constructive dialogue

Criteria

The DG ECHO Gender-Age Marker uses four criteria to assess how strongly humanitarian actions integrate gender and age considerations

Criterion 1 – Gender and age analysis / SADD

• Does the proposal contain an adequate and brief gender and age analysis and does the final report contain sex- and age-disaggregated data (SADD)?

- At proposal stage: gender and age analysis

- At final report stage: SADD

- If targeted action: justification of target group

Gender-Age Analysis Elements:

Roles and control over resources

Inequality/Discrimination, lack of access

Effects of the crisis

Capacities of affected people

Specific needs of different gender and age groups

Criterion 2 – Adapted assistance

• Is the assistance adapted to the specific needs and capacities of different gender and age groups?

- Systematic adaptation of assistance

- Equitable access to humanitarian assistance / avoid exclusion

Criterion 3 - Negative effects

• Does the action prevent or mitigate negative effects?

- Potential negative effects of the action prevented

- Gender – or age - related negative effects created from the context mitigated

Criterion 4 – Adequate participation

• Do relevant gender and age groups adequately participate in the design, implementation and evaluation of the action?

-Participatory approach

-Adequate team composition

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Using the Marker

To apply the marker 1 - Assess whether the action meets the four

criteria of the marker

2 - Determine the mark, depending on how many criteria are met

Special cases

Urgent actions or actions funded under emergency decisions only need to be marked at the final report stage.

N/A cases - actions that do not deal directly with crisis-affected populations.

Comments or questions?

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