COUNCIL OF GOVERNORS COG LAST MILE WORKSHOP ON

COUNCIL OF GOVERNORS (COG) LAST MILE WORKSHOP ON MAINSREAMING OF GENDER, SDGS, CLIMATE CHANGE, FOOD SECURITY, HIV/AIDS, DRR, EDE, M&E AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT IN THE 2 ND GENERATION COUNTY INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN 20 TH TO 21 ST FEBRUARY 2018 CROWNE PLAZA, UPPER HILL MASIGA ASUNZA

GENDER MAINSTREAMING 1. GENDER MAINSTREAMING REFERS TO A STRATEGY 2. GENDER PERSPECTIVE REFERS TO HOW AN ISSUE, PROBLEM, OBJECTIVE, MEASURE, PROJECT/PROGRAM APPLIES TO WOMEN AND MEN, BOYS AND GIRLS 3. A GENDER PERSPECTIVE: FROM A GENDER LENS, HIGHLIGHT ISSUES TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, OR REQUIRING IMPROVEMENT, AS REGARDS WOMEN, BOYS AND GIRLS OR BOTH. 4. TAKING THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE INTO ACCOUNT IN PROJECTS ENHANCES THE NEEDS ORIENTATION, ACTIVITIES AND IMPACT OF PROJECTS, RESPECTING BOTH WOMEN AND MEN, BOYS AND GIRLS.

GENDER MAINSTREAMING • GENDER MAINSTREAMING: A PUBLIC POLICY CONCEPT: ASSESSING DIFFERENT IMPLICATIONS FOR WOMEN & MEN, BOYS & GIRLS OF ANY PLANNED ACTION - POLICY, LEGISLATION, PROGRAMMES, PROJECTS, INITIATIVES, IN ALL AREAS & LEVELS. • THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF GENDER MAINSTREAMING IS TO ACHIEVE GENDER EQUALITY. • PRINCIPLES FOR GENDER MAINSTREAMING (LEAVING NO ONE BEHIND) 1. GENDER SENSITIVE LANGUAGE 2. GENDER-SPECIFIC DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS 3. EQUAL ACCESS TO AND UTILIZATION OF SERVICES 4. WOMEN AND MEN ARE EQUALLY INVOLVED IN DECISION MAKING

GENDER MAINSTREAMING CHECKLIST THE 5 KEY FOCUS AREAS OF THE TOOL ARE: 1. PLANNING – SUFFICIENT GENDER ANALYSIS TO INFORM THE PLANNING PROCESS. 2. LEGISLATION – ANALYSIS LOOKS AT FACTORS THAT COULD SPEED UP IMPLEMENTATION OF GENDER SENSITIVE PROVISIONS. 3. DEVOLUTION – PLANNING TEAM TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION DEVOLUTION IN ALL AREAS OF THE PLANNING FROM SITUATION ANALYSIS TO PRIORITIZATION TO DRAFTING OF THE PLANS 4. PARTNERSHIPS – LEVERAGED TO ENSURE STRONG ANALYSIS & ELABORATION OF PROJECTS AND PROGRAMMES THAT BUILD ON WHAT OTHERS IN GOVERNMENT AND NON-STATE ACTORS ARE DOING 5. MONITORING & EVALUATION – ENSURING INDICATORS AND TARGETS CAN MEASURE PROGRESS THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND THEY ARE ALIGNED TO THE NATIONALLY AGREED UPON SDG INDICATORS AND TARGETS ON GENDER EQUALITY

1) PLANNING GENDER MAINSTREAMING CHECKLIST Does your analysis assess how women and men experience the issue under consideration? Is planning informed by data disaggregated by sex, age, and other vulnerabilities and gender statistics? Have you analysed how spatial factors – rural/urban, peri-urban, urban - affect women and men’s access to resources and public goods? Have you examined how socio-economic variables e. g. urban poor, middle class, rural households, displaced populations (e. g. refugees, migrants), informal sector workers affect women and men’s access to and benefits from resources and public goods? Is there an analysis of the role of cultural norms and traditions in determining women and men’s access to resources and public goods and services? Do your programmes and projects account for representation and consultation of women and girls in order to address the factors above? Do all the proposed programmes and flagship projects address the issues above? Have County Integrated Development Programmes outlined proposals on programming to advance gender equality and the empowerment of women? Have adequate financial and human resources been allocated to implement these programmes? YES NO Recommendations improvement for

GENDER MAINSTREAMING CHECKLIST…. . 2) LEGISLATION Are proposed programmes linked to and contributing to implementation of national legal frameworks for women’s empowerment & gender equality as well as global SDGs commitments? Have you identified the gaps in law and policies that prevent women from accessing full freedoms, rights and how they can be addressed? Are financial and human resources available for the full implementation of laws, policies and programmes? Are there laws and policies that need to be harmonized, and which could have a positive impact on promoting gender equality in the sector? To what extent have the programmes built in empowerment measures that could encourage women and women’s movements to claim their rights? Are there any accountability measures or structures built into the proposed programmes related to law and policy reform or development? Have you identified the gaps in law and policies that prevent women from accessing full freedoms, rights and how they can be addressed? Are financial and human resources available for the full implementation of laws, policies and programmes? YES NO Recommendations for improvement

GENDER MAINSTREAMING CHECKLIST…. 3) DEVOLUTION Are the institutional arrangements for the proposed programmes and projects taking into account gender equality issues e. g. ensuring gender parity in human resource management issues? Is gender analysis and gender responsive budgeting part of the planning at county level for this sector? Are gender policies in place to support institutional and administrative processes at national and devolved levels? Are the institutional arrangements for the proposed programmes and projects taking into account gender equality issues e. g. ensuring gender parity in human resource management issues? YES NO Recommendations for improvement

GENDER MAINSTREAMING CHECKLIST…. . 4) PARTNERSHIPS (Integrated approach to planning and development) Have consultations been held with the national and county based actors such as national women machinery (NGEC and Mo. PSYGA), women’s rights groups, gender sector working groups, gender equality experts and women and girls at the community level Do the proposed programmes consider gender analysis from other ministries and departments; programming under other ministries, work by actors in the Gender Sector Working Group or sector working groups and policies on gender from other sectors including the private sector? YES NO Recommendations for improvement

GENDER MAINSTREAMING CHECKLIST…. . YES NO 5) MONITORING AND EVALUATION Are the indicators and targets aligned to the SDG gender targets and indicators? Is there adequate official sex disaggregated data? Are official sex disaggregated data and gender statistics captured to inform gender reporting in the sector at national and/or county levels? Are the tools for monitoring indicators adequate for providing relevant disaggregated data Is the frequency of data collection appropriate for regular monitoring of progress Is the data provided accurate and reliable Are the sources of data used for each indicator the most appropriate Is there a shared understanding on the interpretation of indicators (is there a metadata summary) Recommendations for improvement

SECTORS/PROGRAMS HOW WE HAVE ADDRESSED/CONSIDERED THE NEEDS AND PRIORITIES OF WOMEN AND MEN, GIRLS AND BOYS IN ANY PLANNED ACTION. GENDER SPECIFIC PROJECTS? FOR EXAMPLE • AGRICULTURE • EDUCATION • TRADE AND INVESTMENT • URBAN PLANNING • YOUTH EMPOWERMENT

‘TOWARDS ACHIEVING EQUAL RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN, GIRLS AND BOYS IN KENYA’