1. CARE International
Gender in Emergencies

2. Commitments
Action

3. CARE Gender Marker
Rapid Gender Analysis is one way to put commitments into action. Define Rapid Gender Analysis. Can use audience participation to define it.

4. Session Plan This session will: Introduce the CARE Gender Marker
Explain the background and purpose of the tool
Explore your experiences with the Gender Marker
Share CARE’s lessons learned

5. What is the CARE Gender Marker?
Tool to assess the level of integration of gender into CARE’s work – at all stages - including the strategy, design, and implementation
The Gender Marker is used for all of CARE’s work – development and humanitarian – as a learning and accountability tool.

6. CARE Gender Marker Roadmap
1. IASC Gender Marker Results (2013)
2. Humanitarian Pilot ( )
3. Gender and Age Markers
4. Revised CARE Gender Marker 2016
5. Lessons Learned

7. CARE Gender Marker
All humanitarian and development projects have been using the CARE Gender Marker since 2016.

8. How did you use it?

9. CARE Gender Marker Case Studies
Actor
Application
Result
CARE Nepal
Train Earthquake Response Team on GM
SADD data collected;
Shelter staff engaging women in construction;
CARE France
Grade all proposals with the GM
Formal commitment not to submit proposals graded “0” to donors
CARE Fiji
Train local response partners on the GM
Increased local partners’ understanding of gender integration
CARE USA
Retrospective study of proposals using GM
Established baseline GM score
Planned gender integration guide
CIUK
Require GM score for proposal sign-off
Increased technical dialogue
Established performance targets
CARE Gender Marker Learning Paper (2017) available at:
Gender Marker (2016)

10. Gender Marker Data Across CARE FY 2016
Reporting Gender Marker scores was required for the first time in 2016 in CARE’s Project and Program Information and Impact Reporting System
77% of all CARE projects reported against the Gender Marker in FY 16

11. Gender Marker Scores: Humanitarian vs Development
Overall, a similar picture to the previous year. This is healthy: it does not show massive grade inflation via self assessment. We expect grades to decline slightly at first before increasing. There is a significant increase in the number of projects not using the Gender Marker.

12. What We are Learning about the Tool
Basic understanding of gender equality ideas and terminology is a prerequisite to effective tool use
Socialisation and simplicity are critical for up-take
Self-assessment is practical but carries risk of grade inflation
Quantitative data is a critical feature but over-emphasis on grades can detract from learning
Capacity of the Gender Marker to generate awareness, dialogue, learning, and program improvement is the tool’s greatest asset

13. MEASURE gender equality in humanitarian programming
MARK gender integration in humanitarian programming

14. CARE Online Toolkit

15. Find out more