The New Gender Age Marker GAM An Overview

The New Gender Age Marker (GAM) An Overview

Historical Background • A collaborative effort • The Gen. Cap, under the auspices of the IASC, established in 2007 in partnership with NRC and OCHA to strengthen the capacity of partners to undertake gender equality programming. • First gender marker tested in 2009, then mandatory in 2011. • Updated for revision to enhance the quality of gender programming • Revision has been a collaboration among IASC, INGOs, cluster coordinators • Updated the gender equality programming framework including the Gender Equality Measures (GEMs) • The new GAM developed in 2018

GAM scoring • Assessing all the phases of the project – Design, implementation and monitoring • 12 essential programming elements known as GEMs. • Works by automatic coding using the GAM tool • Codes projects on a 0 to 4 scale, 4 being a maximum score • M or T is tagged behind the GAM code for “Mainstreaming” or “Targeted Action” e. g 4 T or 4 M • The total GAM code is dependent on the individual GEM codes • If 3 or 4 key GEMs have the same code, the GAM automatically codes to that. If 2 or more code to 0, the GAM codes to 0.

Resources • GEM List • GAM Overview • GAM Tool – Web and Macro Excel Sheet • The GAM Toolkit from the European Commission Will share these with the sector for dissemination at the end of the presentation.

By the way • GTT Bulletin – Twice a year. Inputs were just submitted for one of these last week from PLAN International and INTERSOS • The bulletin is to delineate accomplishments and gaps with regards to gender mainstreaming or targeting in humanitarian action. • Submissions are taken from all sectors in the form of short stories, including ‘nutrition’.

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