Tracking our Investment in Equality

ROLLING OUT THE GENDER

MARKER:KEY TO EFFECTIVE

FINANCIAL TRACKING AND UNFPA’S GOAL TO

GENDER MAINSTREAM

UNFPA mandate The bull’s eye illustrates how sexual and reproductive health

and reproductive rights, gender mainstreaming and women’s empowerment are interconnected and key to effective programming.

CEB policy (Gender SWAP) CEB approved the UN System-Wide Action Plan for Gender

Equality and the Empowerment of Women (Gender SWAP) in 2012

Gender Marker is # 8 of 15 indicators included in the SWAP Setting and exceeding a financial benchmark for gender

equality resources is # 9 of 15 indicators in the SWAPUNFPA Strategic Plan

The rolling out of the Gender Marker and the collection of quality data is indicator 2.7 in UNFPA’s 2014-2017 SP Integrated results framework.

GENDER MAINSTREAMING AS KEY UNFPA PRIORITY

Activity attributes to be tracked in Global Programming System (GPS)

Gender marker Programme Cycle Output Strategic Plan output Intervention Area Mode of Engagement Target Population

For the fi rst time we will be able to track gender budget and expenses, and examine them in conjunction with other attributes such as SP outputs.

THE GENDER MARKER AS PART OF A BROADER INITIATIVE

GPS OVERVIEW

Programme Budgeting

Workplan Management

GPS is the New Atlas Module for Electronic Workplans

GPS brings together the previously separated areas of Programme Budgeting and Workplan Management into one integrated system.

GPS

One of the main changes will be that Programme and Operational colleagues will have to work together more closely!

When creating Workplans, each activity will be tagged to the six attributes mentioned before: Gender Marker Programme Cycle Output Strategic Plan Output Intervention Area Mode of Engagement Target Population

The tagging can be revised throughout the yearEven though any user can do the tagging for the

activities of a Workplan, Programme Managers are responsible for reviewing and adjusting the accuracy of the tagging

GPS – ACTIVITY TAGGING

GPS uses COGNOS for Reports. One of the envisaged reports:

GPS REPORTING THROUGH COGNOS

Allows the tagging of existing activities in preparation for GPS.

Open until September 26, 2014. Data captured will be migrated into GPS prior

to its launch.Access through myUNFPA Applications

ProjectID and Activity ID Maintenance

INTERIM: ACTIVITY TAGGING MODULE

ACTIVITY TAGGING MODULE – SCREENSHOT

A pilot phase was carried out in 2012.

Coding was adjusted from a 3 to a 4 point scale.

The Marker is being rolled out in 2 steps:For 2014 there will be a one-off data entry step

Starting in 2015 data will be entered as part of the new financial tracking system (GPS)

UNFPA’S GENDER MARKER

Initially UNFPA settled on a 3 point scale because: It was less complicatedw/previous financial reporting system could separate 2a and 2b administratively

Pilot revealed the limits of 3 points scale

We opted for 2a/2b (not 2 and 3) because we did not want to create the impression that 3 was superior to 2.

CODING CRITERIA HISTORY

CODING CRITERIA - UNFPA

Table 1: Gender Marker (GM)

GM00 - No contribution: No contribution to gender equality and/or women’s empowerment is expected as a result of the activity.

GM01 - Some contribution: Some contribution to gender equality and/or women’s empowerment is expected as a result of the activity, but not as a primary objective.Activities that are primarily focused on other issues, but where there is a small gender component, fall under this category.

GM2A - Significant contribution: Significant contribution to gender equality (gender mainstreaming) is expected as a result of the activity.  The primary aim of the activity is not gender equality, but gender equality is integrated as a major goal.

GM2B - Primary objective: Primary objective of the activity is contribution to gender equality and/or women’s empowerment (gender stand-alone).

HARMONIZE REPORTING - CODES

Table 2: Gender Marker (GM) harmonization

UNDP UNICEF IASC UNFPA

No expected contribution 0 0 0 0

Some/limited contribution 1 1 1 1

Significant contribution (gender mainstreaming)

2 2 2a 2a

Principle objective (targeted actions) 3 3 2b 2b

2B – Gender stand-alone The focus of such activities is on changing gender norms and/or directly

facilitating the empowerment of women and girls Activities related to:

CEDAW/CSW/Beijing + 20 GBV/Child marriage FGM activities related to positive norm change Engagement of adolescent girls around issues of empowerment

Eg: Defining contents of dignity kits Family planning activities that address norm change

Eg: Encouragement of male responsibility through increased male condom use

2A – gender mainstreaming While the main goal is not focused on gender, gender equality and/or

women’s empowerment is an important objective FGM activities related to maternal health Husbands’ school Collection of GBV data Training of midwives

HOW TO DISTINGUISH BTW 2A AND 2B

Activities where the gender content may vary Support for data collection

Code as 2a if directly related to gender equality (eg GBV data), code as 1 if sex disaggregated, but little else, code as 0 if data are not sex disaggregated

Sexuality education Code as 2B if gender norms and the need for gender equality directly

addressed Otherwise code as 2A

HIV/Youth programming Coding will depend on degree to which gender is explicitly addressed

Ex: HIV Orientation for Barbers would be coded as 1, unless significant gender equality content included in program

Generic activities where gender content can be uncoveredNote: These should not be l isted as actual act iv i t ies, but should just be budget i tems under larger act iv i ty headings

Printing and dissemination Travel Salary

DISTINGUISHING WHEN AMBIGUITY ARISES

SUPPORT Webinars Updated gender marker guidance note Integrated service desk: atlas/activity tagging/gender

markerQUALITY CONTROL

Random review of data reporting Drilling down when unusual patterns identified Part of larger discussion around data quality and new GPS

DATA QUALITY

Gender Marker data must be used to inform future UNFPA programming

Value of sharing information/experiences Inter-agency cooperation very useful

Reporting from other markers (humanitarian) and UN agencies will need to be harmonized for UN wide reporting

CHALLENGES/WAY FORWARD

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