1. GENDER TRAINING WEEK at EU Headquarters
Brussels, June 2010

2. Components of the training
Basic Gender training (14-15 June 2010)
Why gender
Gender concepts
Gender equality strategies
Tools for gender mainstreaming
Gender mainstreaming in PCM
Gender Focal Persons Workshop ( June 2010)
EU Gender policy commitments
How to go from Policy to Practice at country level
Instruments, Tools and Entry Points for promoting gender equality in EU Development Cooperation
Sharing Good Practices
Connecting GFPs to the EU, the Global Agenda and Networks
Gender Focal Persons Guide
Follow up of the GFP-Workshop

3. Gender concepts
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

4. Strategies to promote gender equality
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

5. EU strategy to promote Gender Equality
Three-pronged approach:
Political and policy dialogue
gender mainstreaming
specific actions

6. Where to mainstream gender equality? Analytical framework
Macro-Level:
Project
Macro level
Meso Level:
Meso level
Micro level:
Micro level
Sectors

7. The WID-approach (Women in Development)
Women’s projects are seperated from the rest. Now and then gender issues are taken into account in other projects and programmes

8. Sustainable gender mainstreaming

9. Tools for gender mainstreaming
Gender Roles Table
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

10. Main Policy Commitments to promote Gender Equality (GE) and Women’s Empowerment (WE)

11. is a common value of the European Union
Treaty on European Union Gender Equality = Common value of the EU and shall be promoted
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.
Treaty on European Union, Article 2:
The Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities. These values are common to the Member States in a society in which pluralism, non-discrimination, tolerance, justice, solidarity and equality between women and men prevail.
Source: Consolidated version 2008 of the Treaty of Lisbon

12. 4. European Consensus on Development
Declaration which defines at the level of the European Union:
Common values
Principles in favour of
Objectives poverty eradication.
Means
It commits the European Union as a whole; the Member States, not only as members of the Council, but also as bilateral donors.
See: European Consensus on Development (2005): articles 11, 13, 19, 101 and 104.

13. 4. European Consensus on Development
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

14. 4. European Consensus on Development
Gender equality and women’s empowerment
at the heart of EU development cooperation as
they are:
key prerequisites for poverty reduction
key to all development
core part of all policy strategies
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.

15. Frame for a better EU coordination Main objectives:
5. Communication of 8 March on Gender Equality and Women Empowerment in Development Cooperation (& Conclusion of the Council)
Frame for a better EU coordination
Main objectives:
Increase efficiency of gender mainstreaming
Refocus specific actions for women’s empowerment in partner countries
The current European strategy on ‘Gender Equality and Women Empowerment in Development Cooperation’ is laid down in a Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council of 8 March 2007

16. 5. Communication of 8 March 2007: Efficient Gender Mainstreaming
Changes pursued in 3 areas:
Political action:
Bring gender equality into political dialogue at the highest level
Development cooperation:
make gender assessments in the preparation phase
involve relevant stakeholders
ensure gender accountability mechanisms
link budget support to gender performance indicators
Institutional capacity building:
use updated practical tools
create access to information and best practices
organize gender training for staff and partners

17. 5. Communication of 8 March 2007: Actions to Empower Women
Promote Gender Specific Actions in the area of:
Governance: e.g. human rights, women’s political participation, gender-based violence
Employment and economic activities: e.g. equality in the labour market, gender-aware PFM
Education: e.g. MDG-2 and MDG-3
Health: e.g. MDGs + sexual and reproductive health
Gender-based violence: e.g. legislation, victim protection, awareness raising

18. Harmonization: ensure EU-wide donor coordination and joint efforts
5. Communication of 8 March 2007: Gender Equality and Aid Effectiveness
Ownership: ensure women’s participation in the whole 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 gender-disaggregated data where possible, and apply gender budgeting tools.
Ownership:
Application of the principle of genuine ownership at the level of the governments as well as civil society means include also women.
If women’s political participation in governmental bodies is limited, EC will support (new) women’s CSOs and CBOs, and invest significantly in their capacity building
2. Alginment:
Align gender equality commitments in the development dialogue through shared international commitments.
Bring national policies, priorities and strategies in line with international and regional commitments: MDGs, Beijing Platform for Action, Cairo Action Programme, CEDAW, UNSCR 1325 and 1820.
Ensure that a gender perspective is included in the analysis for the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, the National Development Plan, or Country Strategy Paper
Secure a broader multi-dimensional conception of poverty beyond income poverty and including time poverty, inequalities in access to and control over material and non-material resources in society
3. Harmonization:
Secure that civil society contributes to political dialogue from a gender perspective and if needed, agree on appropriate capacity-building measures for CSO’s
Increase European-wide coordination and harmonization in promoting Gender Equality in development cooperation by Regular meetings of Member States’ Gender Experts and joint efforts towards an Action Plan (Gender Action plan approved as staaf-paper on 8 March 2010)
Identify best practices and enhance exchange of these
Coordinate in-Country Strategy Papers and Joint Assistance Strategies
Coordination between EC Delegations and EU Member State Embassies to address Gender Equality activities
4. Management for results, such as:
Access to health and education
Changes in female employment an income
Gender distribution of unpaid care work
Incidence of gender based violence
Right to inheritance, property and land use
Women’s representation and participation in decision making

19. A question of social justice A core value of the EU development policy
6. EU Plan of Action on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE) in Development ( )
Approved by the EU Council (14 June 2010) as an
Operational Framework to reiterate the strong EU Commitment to Gender Equality as:
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.

20. Accelerate the achievement of the MDGs, especially MDG-3 and MDG-5,
6. EU Plan of Action on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE) in Development ( )
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

21. 6. EU Plan of Action on GEWE in Development (2010-2015)
9 Specific Objectives:
Lead role of EU to promote GEWE in development
Ensure adequate human and financial resources for GEWE
GE-issues systematically on the agenda of dialogue
Mainstream GE in all EU funded aid modalities
Prioritize NSA’s participation, capacity building, and advocacy on GEWE
Improve EU monitoring, accountability and transparency on allocation of funds for GEWE
Strengthen country’s efforts to achieve
MDG-3 + MDG-5
Strengthen country’s efforts to combat GBV and discrimination against women and girls
Support countries to implement UNSCRs 1325,1820,1888, 1889

22. 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)

23. Comprehensive guidance to ensure that the EU’s external actions
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
are shaped to protect women from violence
contribute to increased equality between women and men during and after armed conflict and in situations of fragility.

24. Protection and support Prosecution of perpetrators
8. EU Guidelines on Violence against Women and Girls and Combating All Forms of Discrimination against them (2008)
Purpose:
Mark the EU’s clear political will to treat the subject of women’s rights as a priority and to take long-term action in that field
Three aims:
Prevention
Protection and support
Prosecution of perpetrators

25. 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

26. Connecting with EU and Global Networks
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

27. OUTCOME and FOLLOW-UP of the GFP workshop
GUIDE FOR GENDER FOCAL PERSONS
Overview of “ACTIONS THAT REFER EXCLUSIVELY TO DELEGATIONS DIRECTLY” (derived from EU Plan of Action on GEWE )
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
A. Example of regional approach: Central america regional observer for women’s rights and combating VAW

28. THANKS
Questions and Answers