1 THE PROJECT
Globally, policies and international standards on gender in emergencies do exist. However, the implementation of humanitarian assistance with a strong gender perspective remains ad hoc, with limited accountability of implementing agencies.
This project: Institutionalizing Gender in Emergencies: Bridging Policy and Practice was designed to explore how to better institutionalize gender-related standards in humanitarian assistance.
The project was built on an analysis of policy and practice both at a global level and at country level.
The project was piloted in four pilot countries: Ethiopia, Pakistan, South Sudan and Dominican Republic from September 2015 to March 2017.The project in these four countries focused on the following issues in which significant gaps were identified:
Insufficient gender analysis and evidence to inform humanitarian response planning and practice;
Low technical capacity in gender in emergencies across sectors and organizations;
A lack of coordination on gender across different agencies to support sector programmes;
Lack of accountability for implementation of gender-related standards within organizations and across the humanitarian system.
2 OBJECTIVE, STRATEGIES AND INTENDED RESULTS
The objective of this project was: Enhanced capacity of humanitarian organizations to provide adapted assistance to meet the needs of women, girls, men and boys in emergency scenarios.
Two strategies were adopted by the project team to achieve this objective: (A) the institutionalization of gender mainstreaming in emergencies, and (B) the creation of more robust accountability mechanisms within humanitarian organizations.
The project aimed to deliver four results:
Functioning Gender in Emergencies Working Group (GiEWG) established;
Gender evidence base via a consolidated Country Gender Analysis for use by all actors, established;
Technical capacity for gender in emergencies within humanitarian organizations enhanced;• Workable Accountability Framework in coordination mechanisms tested.