Regional Forum: Use of Gender Data in Sub-national Decision-making Kigali, Rwanda August 2012 Key Gender Terms and Concepts

Regional Forum: Use of Gender Data in Sub-national Decision-making Kigali, Rwanda, August Sex or Gender?

Regional Forum: Use of Gender Data in Sub-national Decision-making Kigali, Rwanda, August Sex… “…is the classification of people as male or female. At birth, infants are assigned a sex based on a combination of bodily characteristics including: chromosomes, hormones, internal reproductive organs and genitalia.” USAID Gender Equality and Female Empowerment Policy, 2012

Regional Forum: Use of Gender Data in Sub-national Decision-making Kigali, Rwanda, August Gender… “…is the socially defined set of roles, rights, responsibilities, entitlements, and obligations of females and males in societies. The social definitions of what it means to be female or male vary among cultures and change over time. ” Gender Identity… “…is an individual’s internal, personal sense of being male or female. For transgender people, their birth assigned sex and their own internal sense of gender identity do not match.” USAID Gender Equality and Female Empowerment Policy, 2012

Regional Forum: Use of Gender Data in Sub-national Decision-making Kigali, Rwanda, August Gender Equality… “…concerns women and men, and it involves working with men and boys, women and girls to bring about changes in attitudes, behaviors, roles and responsibilities at home, in the workplace, and in the community. Genuine equality means more than parity in numbers or laws on the books; it means expanding freedoms and improving overall quality of life so that equality is achieved without sacrificing gains for males or females.” USAID Gender Equality and Female Empowerment Policy, 2012 a state at which men and women receive equal treatment in all aspects of life; in law, in social situations, in democratic activities, or in securing equal pay for equal work.

Regional Forum: Use of Gender Data in Sub-national Decision-making Kigali, Rwanda, August Gender Equity The process of being fair to women and men. To ensure fairness, measures must often be available to compensate for historical and social disadvantages that prevent women and men from otherwise operating on a level playing field. Equity leads to equality. ADS Glossary, 7/15/2011

Regional Forum: Use of Gender Data in Sub-national Decision-making Kigali, Rwanda, August Equality vs. Equity EQUALITY is the result! EQUITY strategies are the means to achieve the result!

Regional Forum: Use of Gender Data in Sub-national Decision-making Kigali, Rwanda, August Women’s Empowerment… Women’s empowerment is achieved when women and girls: Acquire the power to act freely Exercise their rights Fulfill their potential as equal members of society USAID Gender Equality and Female Empowerment Policy, 2012

Regional Forum: Use of Gender Data in Sub-national Decision-making Kigali, Rwanda, August Constructive Men’s Engagement Promotes men's involvement in family and community. Engages boys and men to achieve gender equality.

Regional Forum: Use of Gender Data in Sub-national Decision-making Kigali, Rwanda, August Gender Analysis “At the strategy and project level, the gender analysis should identify root causes of existing gender inequalities or obstacles to female empowerment in that context so that USAID can proactively address them in the project design and seek out opportunities to promote women’s leadership and participation. The gender analysis should also identify potential adverse impacts and/or risks of gender-based exclusion that could result from planned activities. USAID Gender Equality and Female Empowerment Policy, 2012

Regional Forum: Use of Gender Data in Sub-national Decision-making Kigali, Rwanda, August Gender Gap Refers to a difference in status of males and females. Measured by comparing sex-disaggregated indicators, including … – educational achievement – health outcomes – income or wealth indices – levels of political participation

Regional Forum: Use of Gender Data in Sub-national Decision-making Kigali, Rwanda, August Gender Integration… “…involves identifying, and then addressing, gender inequalities during strategy and project design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation. Since the roles and power relations between men and women affect how an activity is implemented, it is essential that project managers address these issues on an ongoing basis.” USAID Gender Equality and Female Empowerment Policy, 2012

MEASURE Evaluation is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development and implemented by the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in partnership with Futures Group, ICF International, John Snow, Inc., Management Sciences for Health, and Tulane University. Views expressed in this presentation do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the U.S. Government. MEASURE Evaluation is the USAID Global Health Bureau's primary vehicle for supporting improvements in monitoring and evaluation in population, health and nutrition worldwide.