Ensuring Rights-Based Approach and Gender Equality through M&E

(1)

Ensuring Rights-Based

Approach and Gender

Equality through M&E

Webinar 22nd April 2020

Christine Lundberg and Beatriz Alvarez DEVCO B1

(2)

Why integrating

a Rights-Based

Approach with

a Gender

Perspective ?

Take the

momentum:

SDGs,

specially

SDG5

Contribute EU commitments and values based on HR and Gender Equality

Improve

effectiveness

of our

interventions

(3)

Gender-Responsive

RBA a

Mandatory EC

Requirement for

all interventions

at all stages

Gender Mainstreaming Rights-Based Approach

Bring people, in particular women and people living in the most vulnerable situations, at the centre of EU interventions

(4)

EUROPEAN CONSENSUS ON DEVELOPMENT

Council

Conclusions Text Here

Text Here

RBA

TOOLBOX

Action Plan HR&D 2020-24

Moving

towards a

Rights-based

approach,

encompas

sing all HR

(5)

EU GENDER

ACTION

PLAN II

(2016-2020)

• Free from all forms of violence (VAWG)

• Trafficking for all forms of exploitation eliminated • Protection from sexual and GBV in crisis

• Access to physical and mental health care service

• Full control over sexuality and sexual and reproductive health • Healthy nutrition levels throughout life cycle

• Equal access to quality education and VET • Access to decent work for women of all ages • Equal access to financial services & resources

• Equal access & control over clean water, energy, transport & infra

• Equal rights and ability for women to participate in policy and governance processes at all levels.

• Women's org./ HR Defenders freely able to work and protected by law. • Equal rights to participate in on climate and environmental issues

1. Physical and Psychological Integrity

2. Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and Empowerment

3. Political and civil rights – Voice and Participation

Institutional Culture Shift

• Coherence & coordination EU & MS

• Dedicated leadership and sufficient resources

• Robust gender evidence used to inform programming & policy making

(6)

THE EC WALKS THE TALK WITH A

STRONGER COMMITEMENT

- NEW GENDER ACTION PLAN III (2021-2025) +

NDCI 85% (G1 & G2)

- UPDATE OF EC TOOLBOX ON RIGHTS-BASED

APPROACH

(7)

…

AND WE COUNT ON YOUR WORK TO MAKE

THE DIFFERENCE…

NO MONITORING REPORT WITHOUHT PROPER

RBA AND GENDER ASSESSMENT

(8)

MQ. 7.1.

WHAT IS THE CONTRIBUTION OF THIS INTERVENTION TO ACHIEVING GENDER EQUALITY OUTCOMES?

Gender

marker

G1

G2

G0

Principal

objective

GE is the main objective. The project/programme would not have been undertaken without this GE⚥ objective

Significant

objective

GE is an important and deliberate objective, but not the principal reason for undertaking the

project/programme.

Not targeted

The project/programme do not target gender equality

(9)

Gender analysis

Findings from this gender analysis informed the project

Presence of at least one explicit GE objective backed by at least one gender-specific indicator

Data & indicators disaggregated by sex (if applicable)

Commitment to monitor & report on the GE results achieved by the project in the evaluation phase

OECD

Gender-Marker:

minimum

criteria

(10)

MQ. 7.1.

WHAT IS THE CONTRIBUTION OF THIS INTERVENTION TO ACHIEVING HUMAN RIGHTS OUTCOMES?

• - Is the intervention contributing to improve people's lives in particular those living in vulnerable situations?

• - Are the activities addressing the main barriers and human rights challenges faced by women and men?

(11)

The 5

Working

Principles

of RBA

MQ. 7.2

TO WHICH EXTENT DOES THE INTERVENTION ADHERE TO THE WORKING PRINCIPLES OF THE RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH?

(12)

DISABILITY

MARKER

MANDATORY EU

COMMITEMMENT

ON DISABILITY

(13)

ONLY BY APPLYING THE RBA/GM LENS THROUGHOUT THE REPORT WE WILL MEET THE EC MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS ON QUALITY

(14)

1. RELEVANCE: ARE WE DOING THE RIGHT

THINGS?

•

1.1 Does the intervention constitute an adequate

response to the current needs and rights of the target

groups / end beneficiaries?

•

- Look at the gender and human rights analysis and

check if the intervention is addressing in an effective way the

specific needs, rights and strategic interests of women and

men.

•

- Are the activities relevant to address these rights, needs

(15)

AAAQ

Framework

Available

… in sufficient quantity and continuous supply

Health services

Accessible

… to all (physical, affordable, information, non-discrimination)

Acceptable

… for all, culturally appropriate & sensitive to groups living in vulnerable situations

Quality

… in line with national standards, effective, sustainable

(16)

1. RELEVANCE: ARE WE DOING THE RIGHT

THINGS?

•

1.2 Is the intervention adapted to the present

institutional, human and financial capacities of the

partner government and/or other key stakeholder(s)

with a role in implementation?

•

- Key to verify if main duty bearers (state and state actors,

government at central, regional and local levels) have been

properly identified and their capacities assessed.

(17)

Duty beares

have the

obligation to ...

Respect

Protect

Realise

FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS OF ALL PEOPLE

GFP of Duty Bearers institution

Public Institutions for Gender Equality

Public Institutions for Human Rights

State and

state actors,

government at

central,

regional and

local levels

(18)

Financial capacities

Technical capacities

Human Capacities

Institutional capacities

Cultural resistances

Capacity

Analysis of

Duty

Bearers

To realise their obligations

(19)

3.MONITORING, EVALUATION & LEARNING

•

3.2 What is the current quality of the intervention logic? Are planned outputs and outcomes coherent and feasible, and have key assumptions and risks been clearly identified?

•

- Is the intervention addressing the identified challenges and barriers on Human Rights and Gender Equality?

(20)

3. MONITORING, EVALUATION & LEARNING

•

3.3 Is the horizontal logic of the Logical Framework Matrix (LFM) adequate? I.e. choice of indicators, data availability, baseline data, target values and relevant disaggregation.

- Are there gender sensitive & rights-based objectives?

- Are indicators disaggregated indicators by sex & age (min)? - Are there gender sensitive indicators?

- Do the existing indicators allow to monitor how RBA principles like participation, accountability etc… are being implemented?

(21)

A. EFFICIENCY

•

4.1. Are the implementation mechanisms proving to be appropriate to achieve planned outputs and contribute to outcomes?

•

- Is there adequate expertise on gender and RBA on the management/operational structures and Steering mechanisms in place?

•

- Are CSOs representing women and people in vulnerable situations represented and actively involved in the Steering mechanisms?

•

4.2 Are the inputs / resources provided by the various stakeholders adequate for achieving the planned results?

•

- Are there enough resources and expertise dedicated to ensure implementation of gender equality and human rights commitments?

(22)

5. EFFECTIVENESS

•

5.3 To what extent are results inclusive i.e. ensuring the fair distribution of effects across different groups of the

population? (Linked to 1.1. assessment)

•

- Are women and people in vulnerable situations (including people with disabilities, refugees, etc…) having equal access to the benefits and opportunities from the intervention?

(23)

5. EFFECTIVENESS

•

5.4 Does the intervention effectively influence the partner’s

relevant policy and actions?

-

- To what extent do you think that they are more inclusive and will contribute to improve gender equality?

-

- Are they aligned with the Human Rights and Gender Equality country’s strategies?

(24)

5. EFFECTIVENESS

•

5.5. Is the intervention having any unintended positive or negative effects? Were the negative effects considered for possible (risk) mitigation?

•

- Which are the mitigation strategies and remedying grievances in place?

•

- Are they enough?

•

- If needed, how could they

(25)

6. SUSTAINABILITY

•

6.1 Are key stakeholders acquiring the necessary capacities (incl. institutional, human and financial) to ensure the

continued flow of benefits/services? Linked to 1.2

•

- Have the capacities of duty beares been sufficiently reinforced?

•

6.2. Is access to the benefits generated by the intervention affordable for target groups over the long term?

•

- Are benefits accessible, affordable and acceptable to women and people living in vulnerable situations?

(26)

AAAQ

Framework

Available

… in sufficient quantity and continuous supply

Health services

Accessible

… to all (physical, affordable, information, non-discrimination)

Acceptable

… for all, culturally appropriate & sensitive to groups living in vulnerable situations

Quality

… in line with national standards, effective, sustainable

(27)

6.

SUSTAINABILITY

•

6.3. Has the private sector been sufficiently involved with a view to contributing to the sustainability of the

intervention?

•

- Does the private sector complies with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights?

(28)

6.

SUSTAINABILITY

•

6.4. Does the proposed intervention increase resilience to shocks and pressure (by addressing specific dimensions of fragility and their root causes)?

•

- Is the intervention providing rights holders to become less vulnerable?

(29)

7. CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES

•

7.5. Is the intervention inadvertently doing harm and/or is it worsening conflict risks, conflict dynamics, violence, lack of human security and other dimensions of fragility?

•

Please refer to MQ 5.5 and briefly highlight unintended negative human rights consequences like perpetuating gender inequalities, land rights, etc…

(30)

1.1+1.2+3.1+3.2+3.3+4.1+4.2+5.3+5

.4+5.5+6.4+7.5= CONCRETE AND

PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS

UNDER 7.1 AND 7.2

(31)

MAKE THE BEST USE OF THIS TIME TO KEEP ON FOLLOWING YOUR INTERNAL TRAINING!

(32)

•

WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU, SO DO NOT

HESITATE TO CONTACT US :

(33)