Plan Canadas architecture for Gender TRANSFORMATIVE Program MING

Plan Canada’s architecture for Gender TRANSFORMATIVE Program. MING and Measurement M. Emrul Hasan, Vice President, Program Effectiveness and Quality, Plan International Canada Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Geneva, May 2018

a feminist approach to climate change and Economic Resilience: WHAT? • Take a gender transformative approach that addresses root causes of systemic inequalities and transform prevailing gender power structure to address gender related barriers at the household, community and institutional levels • Redistribution of roles: How can we put additional efforts into the gender equitable redistribution of labour, roles and responsibilities between men and women and reduce the burden for women? • Control of resources: As women are the main labour force in agriculture, how can we increase the control of lands by women through better involvement in household and community decision-making? • Improved decision-making and gender responsiveness of policies: How can we ensure that women’s voices are heard in any discussions related to environment and climate change at all levels and that policies are gender responsive? Plan International Canada Inc. 2

How? Three levels of change Investing simultaneously in women and girls themselves, family/community and the institutional environment in order to bring, equally, changes in the condition and position of women and girls where they become critical stakeholders and agents of change engaged at family, community and national levels. Plan International Canada Inc. • Policy and institutional environment: change the way climate decisions and policies are made by addressing particular challenges faced by women and girls (use of data, gender analysis, participation of women and girls). • Women and girls themselves: increase the agency/ empowerment of women and girls across dimensions such as: access to and control over resources; decision making and participation across spheres (household, community and institutions beyond numerical values), gender equitable distribution of roles. • Family and community: men’s engagement is critical given the fact that environment and climate action is an area where programming is mostly directed at men. Support employment and business opportunities for women in the renewable energy sector; this cannot be done without addressing root causes and external barriers that block the possibility for women to access to these resources. 3

Key challenges and opportunities • Every single country has expressed commitment to gender equality across sectors i. e. nearly every country has ratified CEDAW, adopted national GE policies etc. The challenge is how to implement programs that lead to substantive equality between men and women and boys and girls. • Any climate-related disaster is an opportunity to strengthen gender equality. In times of disaster, women’s traditional roles shift which create opportunities to change relations and dynamics. • Climate change provides an opportunity that needs to be leveraged in order to carry out not only gender aware programs but also gender transformative ones. Plan International Canada Inc. 4

So what is gender transformative programming? and age Plan International Canada Inc. 5

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The Foundation of our GE architecture Plan International Canada Inc. 7

Three Pillars of our GE architecture the results framework Plan International Canada Inc. 8

Three core gender transformative strategies Gender responsive service delivery, policies and institutions Moral duty bearers Plan International Canada Inc. Engaging men and boys Primary duty bearer Increasing the agency of women and girls Right s hold ers 9

Pillars of the GE architecture: measuring results Plan International Canada Inc. 10

Women & Girls Empowerment Index How will it be used? • The framework is women/girl centric • All indicators are composite. Aggregation of results is done through a system of scoring and weighting • Domain and sub-domain indicators can be used as stand alone or in clusters • The framework uses a modular approach by domain (as opposed to sector) The overall empowerment index measurement can be done in 3 ways 1. A weighted composite that includes all domains but is weighted to reflect project design 2. Exclusively aggregates the results from only the domains included in the project at the intermediate level 3. A standard weighted composite that is not adjusted to programming • Indicators are generic but some can be customized by sector • Data is collected monthly, quarterly and annually based on performance measurement framework Plan International Canada Inc. 11

Gender Roles and Percentage of women/girls experiencing equitable Responsibilities assignment and distribution of roles and responsibilities Time poverty and burden of work Attitudes and Perception regarding gender roles and responsibilities Average time women/girls spend in unpaid work (productive, reproductive and community) Percentage of women/girls with equitable attitude and perceptions regarding gender roles and responsibilities Time spent on household care activities/domestic chores each day Time spent each day on productive work (by paid and unpaid work) Time spent in discretionary activities each day Percentage of men/boys with equitable attitude and perceptions regarding gender roles and responsibilities Attitudes and perceptions of roles and responsibilities of men/boys Attitudes and perceptions of domestic roles and responsibilities of men/boys Attitudes and perceptions of paid and unpaid productive work of women/girls Attitudes and perceptions of domestic roles and responsibilities of women/girls Attitudes and perceptions of community level roles and responsibilities of women /girls

Access and Control Percentage of women/girls with adequate access and control over resources (by thematic area) Access Percentage of women/girls with adequate access to resources and services (by thematic area) Control Percentage of women/girls with adequate control over resources (by thematic area) Access to cash/income/credit/social protection services Control of cash/income/credit/social protection services Access to technology and productive assets Control of technology and productive assets Access and utilization of public services (health, education, business, protection) Control of basic needs (nutrition, sleep, clothing) Access to skills training/decent employment Access to transportation/mobility options Access to information Access to basic needs (nutrition, sleep, clothing)

Participation and Decision Making Percentage of women/girls who participate in and make decisions relevant to their lives Household Decision Making Public/Community level participation and decision Percentage of women/girls making with meaningful Percentage of women/girls with adequate involvement in HH decision making community/public engagement (by thematic area) OR OR Level of involvement in HH decision making Level of community/public engagement of women/girls (by thematic area) Level of involvement in decisions regarding allocation of resources Level of involvement in decisions regarding marriage, sex negotiation, family planning Level of involvement in decisions regarding participation in community activities Level of involvement in decisions regarding utilization of services Perceptions and attitudes of family members about women’s/girls’ HH level decision making Women’s/girls’ own perceptions about their HH level decision making capacities Autonomy of women and girls to form and freely meet with social networks, friends, relatives, etc. Women and/or girls in the ability to attend public/community events and forums Women and/or girls in the ability to raise voice and be heard Women and/or girls in the ability to influence decisions in community forums Presence of women in leadership/decision-making positions in community forums Perceptions and attitudes of community members about women’s/girls’ public participation Women’s/girls’ own perceptions about their participation in public and community forums

Social Norms Degree/extent to which women/girls are perceived as equal to men/boys Knowledge and recognition of women's and girls' rights (GBV, SRHR, CEFM, other) Perceptions of men and boys regarding the value of women/girls relative to men/boys Perceptions of men and boys around abilities and capacities of women/girls relative to men/boys Perceptions of women and girls regarding the value of women/girls relative to men/boys Perceptions of women and girls around abilities and capacities of women/girls relative to men/boys

Duty-bearers and Institutions Level of gender responsiveness of primary duty-bearers and institutions (by thematic area) Change in the way decisions are made (i. e. use of sex-disaggregated data, gender analysis, participation of women and girls) Change in the way services are organized and delivered (i. e. removal of barriers for access such as consent, timing etc. ) Change in the way services are monitored and evaluated Change in the way institutions are governed/managed Changes in policy and guidelines

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