1. Gender perspective at different levels
DPKO Development guidelines 2009
Tool: practical translation UNSCR mandates on WPS
Support Military personnel
They represent all the layers of military engagement

2. NORDIC CENTRE FOR GENDER IN MILITARY OPERATIONS
AIM :
Understand that different activities are needed in order to integrate a Gender Perspective at different levels
Apply the Department of PeaceKeeping Operations (DPKO) guideliness
Trainer needs to understand: The training audience
Target audience can be different levels: strategic, operational and tactical level

3. Gender perspective
A conflict will not affect men and women in the same way. Even if they are civilians or combatants, conflict are higly gendered and will therefor have a different impact on men and women.
For this reason, anyone operating in a conflict setting must have a gender perspective.
To have a gender perspective is to have the ability to detect if and when men, women, boys and girls are being affected differently by a situation due to their gender.

4. Have you ever used a gender perspective?
YOUTUBE link:
“Sustainable Gender Equality”
a film about gender mainstreaming in practice
They can be outside of a conflict context as well.
Snow removal example: 3.18
No question is gender neutral.
Everything that you do will affect the local population and the local population consists of both men, women, boys and girls.
For this reason, you must always use your gender perspective when planning, conducting and evaluating any task or project.
“you must” GP directly relates Mission’s mandate: inlcudes “protection of civilians” both women and men must be protected.
different situation and different security needs: detect these differences and address them.
Experiences of peacekeeping: using GP during the conflict and in the peace process will lead to sustainable peace
When women are left out, the conflict is more likely to reoccur.

5. Employing a Gender Perspective as an operational tool
Contributes to:
better situational awareness
mission mandate: protecting the entire population
overall operational effectiveness
Contributes:
better situational awareness
Mission mandate: protect civilian
execution of tasks at tactical level, activities at operational level and to overall effectiveness of operations.

6. GENAD/GFA/GFP structure
NORDIC CENTRE FOR GENDER IN MILITARY OPERATIONS
GENAD/GFA/GFP structure
Political-Strategic Level
Commander OHQ
Military-Strategic Level
GENAD/GFP
Commander FHQ
Operational Level
GENAD/GFP
LCC Land
ACC Air
MCC Mar
GENAD/GFA
GENAD/GFA
GENAD/GFA
Remember this one from the Bi sc 40/1 briefing.
GENAD/GFA/GFP: SUPPORT AND ADVISE the Commander or Command Group on gender perspective
SUPPORT different staff functions on how to integrate gender perspective into their respective tasks and products.
GENAD : PE headquarter HQ and at strategic/operational levels:
direct access Commander or the Command Group in order to underline gender perspective as a cross functional area.
reports directly to the Commander and provides support to ensure that planning, execution and evaluation properly integrate a gender perspective.
GFA: similar tasks operational/tactical level.
GFP: dual-hatted position supports the Unit Commander in implementing directives and procedures with a gender perspective.
Integration GP: always the responsibility of the Commander
Units
Units
Units
Tactical Level
GFA/GFP
GFA/GFP
GFA/GFP

7. Tasks of Military Staffs
Gender perspective
Gender perspective
Planning
Execution
Military staffs will plan, execute and assess operations and missions.
cross-cutting theme to be included in all processes.
a red thread throughout the tasks of military staffs.
Assessment

8. Military Levels Strategic Operational Tactical
The level at which a nation or group of nations determines national or multinational security objectives and employs its resources to achieve them
Operational
The level at which campaigns and major operations are planned, conducted and sustained to accomplish strategic military objectives within theatres or areas of operations
Tactical
The level at which battles and engagements are planned and executed to accomplish military objectives assigned to tactical formations and units
Before explaining GP TA useful to explain the different levels within the military structure.
Maybe: instructor need to translate the levels used by NATO (as described in the slide) and adjust to your own national structure.
DPKO tool and checklist

9. Gender mainstreaming at the Strategic, Operational and Tactical Levels
TA categories can be different levels: strategic, operational and tactical level
All this levels work with different things and have different tasks, there fore the content of training as well as the methods should vary accordingly

10. When is gender mainstreaming needed at the strategic level?
You can write the examples that students give on a white board
And then compare that with next slide…
At the strategic level…
1. Strategic military guidance and policy
2. Military operation planning
3. Military planning to enhance conditions of service
4. Force generation
5. Monitoring and reporting
6. Operational advice and support TCC

11. Gender mainstreaming for strategic level activities
1. Strategic military guidance and policy
2. Military operation planning
3. Military planning to enhance conditions of service
4. Force generation
5. Monitoring and reporting
6. Operational advice and support TCC
strategic level;
Analysis  incorporate in Operational plans/strategies
activities comprise:
Development guidance & policy Including relevant principles and objectives WPS
Assessment differences in security priorities
Specific needs deployed mil personnel
Balance number male/female
Report progress mil efforts
Underlines HR, including rights women and girls

12. Examples strategic gender considerations
Parameters:
Promoting guidance equality/ empowerment
reinforced through pre-deployment training
2. Access different sources of information influence strategic plans
Avoid stereotype: women as victims
3. Planning activities anticipate on need separate accommodations female own troops budgetary
In mission Induction: including info on sexual harassment
4. Deploying mixed gender teams in AO more women
5.Report progress on WPS: special reports/thematic report
Use sex disaggregated data
6. Advice to TCC’s/ nominating GFP
DPKO Checklist strategic level

13. Internal or External focus
NORDIC CENTRE FOR GENDER IN MILITARY OPERATIONS
Internal or External focus
External (operations):
Principles of UNSCR 1325 integrated into planning, implementation and evaluation of operations
Promoting participation of women in international operations
Internal (personnel):
Gender equality
Preventing sexual harassment
Preventing discrimination
Promoting increased recruitment of women in the forces

14. When is gender mainstreaming needed at the strategic level?
You can write the examples that students give on a white board
And then compare that with next slide…
Operational level:
translation strategic guidance in to field level duties & coordination in accordance with the mission mandate
Depending on the scope of the mandate, these military tasks may include activities to ensure:
1. Military protection activities
2. Security support activities (incl. DDR, Electoral security, Support to National security Forces, Mission Support)
3. Monitoring and verification activities
4. Military liaison activities

15. Gender objectives for operational level activities
1. Military protection activities
2. Security support activities
3. Monitoring and verification activities
4. Military liaison activities
Gender Objectives for Operational-Level Tasks:
1. all measures:
protection of civilians
support the delivery of humanitarian assistance
protect UN facilities and personnel respond to the priorities of both women and men.
2. impact on women and women`s role in and contribution to peace and security processes. Includes in IO.
3. military component of peacekeeping operations  contributions/perspectives of both women and men in the host country. Mont/verif implem peace agreements
4. integrated approach to implementation of mandates on women, peace and security.

16. Examples operational Gender considerations
Gender unit direct access female population
GFP/women organizations, more trust in protection
2. DDR: reintegration programs ex fem combatants
Electoral Security: security risk fully part. fem,
Support to NSF: mentoring, training, advisory HN Mission Support: fem/mal TCC MS function engineering
3. Mixed patrolling, info ops, confidence building, interpret
4. police, HR components, GENAD CDT, CIMIC
DPKO Checklist Operational level Military Activities

17. When is gender mainstreaming needed at the strategic level?
You can write the examples that students give on a white board
And then compare that with next slide…
Tactical level:
military activities involve
translation of concepts/guidance into tasks that can be implemented.
related to:
1. Patrol duties
2. Checkpoints and roadblock duties
3. Search operations
4. Protection tasks
5. Security support tasks
6. Monitoring and verification tasks
7. Military liaison tasks

18. Gender objectives for tactical level activities
1. Patrol duties
2. Checkpoints, roadblocks, search operations
3. Protection tasks
4. Security support tasks
5. Monitoring and verification tasks
6. Military liaison tasks
At the tactical level, military activities involve the translation of concepts and guidance into tasks that can be implemented.
These include activities related to the protection of civilians, patrolling, checkpoint duties, humanitarian aid support and assistance to national security forces.
Gender Objectives for Tactical-Level Tasks:
1. enhance information operations and helps to facilitate increased protection for woman and girls.
2. include appropriate provisions for conducting searches and involve gender- and culturally-sensitive procedures.
3. addressing the specific protection concerns of woman and girls
4. including DDR, support for elections, national security forces.
5. assess differences in security risks/consulted during information operations.
6. mixed teams reach out to entire local population.

19. Examples tactical gender considerations
1. Mixed teams footpatrols: antenne security Fetching water/firewoods
2. Complex role women: comb + mulesfem off, separate holding areas
3. absents/ineff local pol: initial respons: appr/support victims
Food distribution: power relations, camp displaced: camp set up
4. DDR: Female excombatants, sep facilities, coll local women org.
Elections: security violence/ intimidation, patrol routes
support NSF: reform/ reconstr, mentors/rolemodels
5. Consulting by extending patrols, marketplaces, sex disaggregated info
6. cooperating, GFP, implementation QIP’s ( distribute/ good hygiene lessons)
DPKO Checklist Tactical level Military Activities

20. Summary
To have a gender perspective is to have the ability to detect if and when men, women, boys and girls are being affected differently by a situation due to their gender.
Everyone’s responsible for gender mainstreaming.
There are different activities and considerations at different levels
DPKO/DFS guideliness: Tool & Checklist

21. Gender perspective at different levels
?Questions?
DPKO Development guidelines 2009
Tool: practical translation UNSCR mandates on WPS
Support Military personnel
They represent all the layers of military engagement