GENDER EQUALITY MARKER: ORIENTATION
A SOUND FINANCIAL TRACKING SYSTEM
A TOOL FOR MAINSTREAMING GENDER IN PROGRAMMES
GEM Team: Samuel Momanyi, Noreen Khan, and Mita Gupta
CONTEXT2
Executive Board: “Develop a robust system for tracking resource allocation & expenditures on gender equality results”
UNICEF conducted a review (2009) of partner practices in the tracking of investments in gender OECD/DAC tool: Gender Equality
Policy Marker found to be a useful tool UNDP & IASC have begun using
modified versions of the OECD/DAC marker
INTRODUCTION3
ProMS 9.1 Release Note has been issued to COs
All COs will be expected to have developed: Programme component results (PCRs) Intermediate results (IRs) Corresponding indicators
by 31 December 2010
REVISED PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
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PURPOSE OF THE GEM5
Track programme budget expenditures on gender equality in ProMS 9.1 at Intermediate Results level
Sensitize programme staff to assist in developing Intermediate Results that advance gender equality and/ or girls’ and women’s empowerment
USING THE GEM6
It will be applied: At the CO and RO levels.
To intermediate results that receive an allocation of programme funds.
MAIN ELEMENTS7
Intermediate results and corresponding indicators Four categories of rating
CATEGORY 3 = PRINCIPAL8
Example: IR: Legal and policy frameworks protect girls from FGM/C Indicators:
Prevalence (percent) of FGM/C among adolescent girls Number of survivors of FGM/C receiving services Number of cases of FGM/C prosecuted Per cent of reported cases of FGM/C prosecuted Number of court decisions on FGM/C implemented
CATEGORY 2 = SIGNIFICANT9
Example: IR: Increased access to safe water supply, adequate sanitation
and hygiene facilities for children in 500 primary schools Indicator:
Percent of schools with separate, lockable, safe water supply, adequate sanitation and hygiene facilities for girls
CATEGORY 1 = MARGINAL10
Example: IR: By the end of 2014, ministries, institutions and civil society
organizations systematically monitor child rights to influence the implementation of national strategies, plans and programmes addressing poverty and exclusion of children and families.
Indicator: Statistical agencies at all levels and Ministries provide data, updated and
disaggregated by sex, on the situation of children and young people, in line with national strategies.
CATEGORY 0 = NO CONTRIBUTION11
Example: IR: By the end of 2013, the percentage of children from 60
prioritized municipalities who have not completed their primary education, has been reduced by 6 per cent.
Indicators: Per cent of children who complete their primary education in
prioritized municipalities. Per cent of children passing their primary grades
GEM IN PROMS 9.1 (1)12
GEM IN PROMS 9.1 (2)13
Entering Indicators14
Programme Support Results15
DO NOT RATE
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Some issues to consider…
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This is not a word game…don’t just add ‘gender’, ‘girls’, ‘women’
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Give an honest rating
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The GEM cannot be applied to IRs without indicators
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For a rating of 3 or 2, indicators must measure progress towards gender equality
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Gender equality has to do with girls and boys
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Results targeting women and girls do not necessarily promote gender equality
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Be sure to rate all results transferred from ProMS 8.5
Monitoring and Reporting24
Office Management Reports by Programme Component & MTSP FA:
% of planned and actual expenditure that contributes to gender equality results (rating of 2 and 3)
% of IRs with at least a significant gender equality focus
Reports to be used for monitoring at Country, Regional and HQ levels and for reporting to the Executive Board
Resources25
Guidance note and PPT on gender intranet site (go to Gender Marker button): http://www.intranet.unicef.org/pd/genderequality.nsf
Reports: http://158.113.15.45/cognos8/cgi-bin/cognosisapi.dll?b_action=xts.run&m=portal/cc.xts&gohome=
FAQs coming soon! (on gender intranet site)
GEM Team Contact Info.26
Samuel Momanyi: [email protected]
Noreen Khan: [email protected]
Mita Gupta: [email protected]