the Plan:to work with the world’s poorest children so they can move themselves from a life of poverty to a future with opportunity

Programme Development UnitGender Training

April 2012

the Plan:to work with the world’s poorest children so they can move themselves from a life of poverty to a future with opportunity

Agenda9.30am Introductions

9.40am Why are we here?

9.45am Gender inequality - facts and figures quiz; gender in development and Plan

10.45am Group work: assessing proposals on gender using Plan case studies

11.45am Tea break

12pm Discussion on case studies

12.50pm Next steps, further support?

the Plan:to work with the world’s poorest children so they can move themselves from a life of poverty to a future with opportunity

Why are we here?To improve the lives of girls and women!

•Deepen an understanding of the inequalities that women and girls face

•To make sure programmes actually address some of these inequalities

•To represent women and girls honestly

•Help you assess proposals better in relation to gender

the Plan:to work with the world’s poorest children so they can move themselves from a life of poverty to a future with opportunity

Gender inequality: Facts n Figs Quiz1. Rank these five countries by their representation of women in

their National Assemblies/Parliament. Highest proportion first.

• UK• Brazil• Sweden• Rwanda• Tanzania

Bair’s Babes: 1997, 101 female MPs

the Plan:to work with the world’s poorest children so they can move themselves from a life of poverty to a future with opportunity

Quiz2. How much of the world’s land is owned by women and girls?

• Just over 10%• Around 5%• Under 1%

Meeting of landowners organised by Greenpeace PNG

the Plan:to work with the world’s poorest children so they can move themselves from a life of poverty to a future with opportunity

Quiz3. In Pakistan, how many girls are expected never to enroll in school?

• 82%• 67%• 43%

Bonus: How many boys?

the Plan:to work with the world’s poorest children so they can move themselves from a life of poverty to a future with opportunity

Quiz4. Women and girls work 70% of the world’s working hours but get paid how much of the world’s wages?

• 50%• 30%• 10%

the Plan:to work with the world’s poorest children so they can move themselves from a life of poverty to a future with opportunity

Quiz5. In South Africa women and girls walk the equivalent of how many kilometers to collect water per day?

• 3 times the distance of the South African coastline (one time is 2,798 km)

• 9 times around the world (one time is 40,075.16 km)• 16 times to the moon and back (one way is 394,400 km)

the Plan:to work with the world’s poorest children so they can move themselves from a life of poverty to a future with opportunity

Quiz6. What percentage of youth living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa are female?

• 91%• 76%• 65%

the Plan:to work with the world’s poorest children so they can move themselves from a life of poverty to a future with opportunity

Quiz7. What proportion of girls have experienced sexual violence globally?

• 1/10• 1/5• 1/4

Bonus: How many boys?

the Plan:to work with the world’s poorest children so they can move themselves from a life of poverty to a future with opportunity

Quiz8. What is the leading cause of death amongst 15-19 year old girls worldwide?

• Road accidents• Disease• Early Pregnancy

the Plan:to work with the world’s poorest children so they can move themselves from a life of poverty to a future with opportunity

Quiz9. What percentage of those killed in the Asian Tsunami were female?

• 80%• 70%• 60%

the Plan:to work with the world’s poorest children so they can move themselves from a life of poverty to a future with opportunity

Quiz10. Women make up what percentage of legislators, senior officials and managers in Western Europe?

• Less than 20%• Around 30%• More than 40%

the Plan:to work with the world’s poorest children so they can move themselves from a life of poverty to a future with opportunity

ProgressPPA2 countries

Ratio on girls and boys enrolment in primary and secondary school 1991 - 2007

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the Plan:to work with the world’s poorest children so they can move themselves from a life of poverty to a future with opportunity

It’s all about unequal power!• Gender discrimination is the most widespread form of

discrimination across all classes, cultures and religions and across all areas of life

• Girls and boys valued differently - how fed, nurtured, clothed, respected and celebrated

• Generally girls and women have less power than men and boys - discrimination is made worse if they are already from a marginalised group such as an ethnic or sexual minority, living with HIV or with a disability etc.

the Plan:to work with the world’s poorest children so they can move themselves from a life of poverty to a future with opportunity

Where is gender in development?Increasing recognition of gender over last 40 yrs:

•Women in Development vs Gender and DevelopmentWID – need for women and girls as active agents of change. Focus on practical needs – eg access to education. Women overlooked by development actors

GAD – WID wasn’t working - focuses on social construction of gender & the need to challenge existing unequal power relations. Challenges status quo to focus on strategic needs eg division of labour

•Human rights instruments – CEDAW (1979), Vienna meeting recognising women’s rights as human rights (1993), Beijing Platform for Action (1995), MDGs (2000)

•More NGOs integrating gender into their work

the Plan:to work with the world’s poorest children so they can move themselves from a life of poverty to a future with opportunity

So where is Plan on the gender journey?

• Since 2007: Annual BIAAG reports on girls’ rights and shift to a child rights approach (CCCD)

• 2010: Recruitment of a gender advisor

• 2010/11: Gender Equality Self Assessment (GESA) - need for strengthening capacity on gender internally & with COs; organisational culture and practice

• 2012: GESA follow up – action plan to work on gender

• No ‘one size fits all’ approach – all organisations work on gender differently depending on their organisational culture

• KPI on 75% of programme proposals (over £60K pa) to be gender sensitive or transformative

the Plan:to work with the world’s poorest children so they can move themselves from a life of poverty to a future with opportunity

Group work on Plan case studies

Working in groups use the ‘10 top tips for developing gender sensitive/transformative projects’ to help you assess the case studies:

VSLA in Tanzania

Adolescent SRHR in Brazil

the Plan:to work with the world’s poorest children so they can move themselves from a life of poverty to a future with opportunity

For more support:• Read Plan’s Commitment to Gender paper• Use the 10 top tips for working with partners to develop

proposals that are gender sensitive & transformative• Look up gender related resources on the S: drive • Use Trocaire’s Gender Mainstreaming in Programmes

Guide • Ask the gender team: Kanwal (x237) and Emily (x692)• Attend PSI’s training on our programme approach (will

be rolled out every 6 months from 2012)