A people centred approach to peump Gender mainstreaming and human rights based approaches Earlier this week we were able to give you a taste of a People Centred Approach to Coastal Fisheries and I gather from the interventions and feedback we have received thus far that there is now some appreciation and some awareness of the value of the People Centred Approach and how it’s relevant to coastal fisheries. Given the focus of the workshop today we will build on the information we shared with you on Tuesday and so we will share with you some practical examples of things you would likely do as you apply a people centred approach to your work for this project.

WHO ARE ARE – RRRT & SDP Albert Seluka – Senior Human Rights Advisor, Regional Rights Resource Team (RRRT) / Human Rights Programme - SPC Joanne Lee Kunatuba – Gender Officer, Social Development Programme (SDP) - SPC Leituala Kuiniselani Toelupe Tago –Elisara, Director, Social Development Programme (SDP) –SPC covering gender equality, youth development and culture for development. Before I get on with the presentation, I thought I would just briefly explain who we are, and I apologise, we should have done that on Tuesday, but anyhow, it’s better late than never. And so, Albert Seluka is our Senior Human Rights Advisor with our Human Rights Programme – or RRRT as some of you may know – and RRRT stands for Regional Rights Resource Team and so RRRT is one of the Programmes in SPC under the leadership of their Director Mr Miles Young. Joanne and I, we’re from the Social Development Programme of SPC, and Joanne Lee Kunatuba is our Gender Officer, and our programme covers the focus on promoting gender equality, addressing youth development and culture for development. Both our programmes – RRRT and SDP are based at our SPC office in Suva.

GENDER ANALYSIS OF THE FISHERIES SECTOR What is a gender analysis of the fisheries sector? What does it tell us? How is it relevant to PEUMP? As I said what we would like to do this morning is to talk with you about some of the more practical things that you can do for PEUMP to ensure you are taking into account the gender and human rights dimensions of the work. So building on Lindsay’s presentation – perhaps the best way forward in ensuring a people centred approach to the PEUMP project is to undertake national level gender analyses of the fisheries sector. As highlighted on Tuesday, SPC recently worked with WorldFish and the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources to conduct a gender analysis of the fisheries sector in Solomon Islands; and so for this presentation, I will briefly talk about what a gender analysis of the fisheries sector is; what information you can draw from such analysis and why it’s relevant to PEUMP?

WHAT DID IT INVOLVE? Gender analysis: The gendered roles of men and women Women’s participation in decision making Women’s access and control over resources Women’s access to training/learning opportunities So the gender analysis framework in this context looks at 4 key areas. These include: The gendered roles of men and women – on Tuesday we talked about how our social norms define who we are and what we do and this is one of the areas the gender analysis seeks to address. And you can choose if you want to focus on coastal fisheries, or aquaculture, or you may decide you want to cover everything in your gender analysis. The second area is women’s participation in decision making – different countries and different communities have their own social structures and decision making processes and the gender analysis looks at how this works for women, considering their involvement in the fisheries sector in general. The third area is on women’s access and control over resources. As women are one of the key stakeholders in the fisheries sector, it’s important to explore their access and control over resources; And the last area that the gender analysis looks at is women’s access to training and learning opportunities – as key stakeholders in the fisheries sector, we need to understand what learning and training opportunities they have access to and seek out ways to address what gaps are there for women in fisheries. And so the whole gender analysis framework explores key areas recognised for the empowerment of women. So the assessment we undertook in Solomon Islands looked at these aspects in 3 provinces. When undertaking a gender analysis of a sector, you (government officials) can determine how big you want the assessment to be.

GENDER MAINSTREAMING STOCKTAKE Also included a stocktake of gender mainstreaming capacity of MFMR: Political will Funding and resources Technical capacity Organisational culture Additionally, the Gender Analysis in Solomon Islands also included a Gender Mainstreaming Stocktake. Now I don’t want to confuse people with all these different gender things, but it’s important to touch on it because the Gender stocktake is what’s specifically mentioned in the Activities for PEUMP. And so while the Gender Analysis focuses specifically on areas of women’s empowerment in the Fisheries sector the Gender Stocktake looks specifically at the capacity of the Ministry for Fisheries, or the sector or capacity of organisations in terms of their ability to effectively mainstream gender across its programmes and policies and everything else that they do. And in undertaking a gender stocktake, which is essentially about assessing capacity, these are the things you need to look at: The first area is on political will or the will of the leadership in the organisation to support and lead gender mainstreaming – is there willingness in the leadership, are people ready for this work, what is the situation and what could be done to facilitate the political will required to mainstream gender across; The second area is on Funding and Resources – often times in our experience, people will see the value of gender they know its important but when it comes to resourcing, it’s a different story but without committing the necessary funding and resources, we cannot achieve our gender outcomes; The third area is on capacity and this looks at what technical know how exists in the organisation, and what are the capacity development needs required to enable the technical capabilities required to lead and support the mainstreaming of gender; And the final area for the gender stocktake is of course of organisational cultures – it’s a difficult one, but it’s an essential element for ensuring the success of gender mainstreaming in our organisations – because even if we have the technical capacity and resources, if we do not have an organisational culture that fosters and supports a gender sensitive way of work, then we cannot be successful. and so for Solomon Islands, they did both a gender analysis and a gender mainstreaming stocktake. You may choose to do one or the other or kill two birds with one stone and do both like Solomon Islands did.

HOW IS IT RELEVANT TO PEUMP? Gives you information about the gendered roles of women and men in the particular fishery sector (including in the market place as fish traders) How much time they spend on fishery activities The contribution of the fishery activity to their economic livelihoods Information about the changing fishery practices which impact their roles (e.g. women have to go out further to fish, men are going much farther distances and spending much longer periods away from home PEUMP KRA3: 3.10: Gender-based and rights-based trainings, national gender stocktakes. So, how is any of this relevant to PEUMP? It’s important for countries to undertake a comprehensive gender analysis of their fisheries sector because all of this information will help inform quite a few activities under PEUMP KRA3 that Lindsay spoke about. Not only that but it will really help build the capacity of the fisheries sector to address gendered because the process of undertaking a gender analysis also includes the conduct of training for fisheries staff; for NGOs and civil society organisations working in the sector. The other element of this work is that, this is also your chance to bring the Ministries for Women to the table to engage with yourselves in this work. Very often and I know this from experience, we work in silos but through the gender analysis work, you’re able to then engage with the Ministry of Women as the national focal points for gender. Additionally, you will also have the opportunity to extend the gender analysis to include the community and provincial levels so you get a much more holistic view or a wider scope of your gender analysis and as you do, you’re better able to map out where the gaps are, what resources you require, what further capacity is needed to address these gaps and what changes within your Ministries and within the wider fisheries sector that needs to be made to enable the outcomes of PEUMP but also to contribute to the achievement of your own national sustainable development outcomes.

TRANSFORMING SOCIAL NORMS PARTICIPATION LINK TO RIGHTS ACCOUNTABILITY NON-DISCRIMINATION EMPOWERMENT TRANSFORMING SOCIAL NORMS In addition to the gender analysis and gender stocktake tools, there is also the PLANET tool which Albert will take you through to demonstrate other practical examples you can take on board in applying a people centred approach to your work. (SOURCE: SPC RRRT 2018)