Gender mainstreaming and Nutrition

Briefing to cluster, Kiev, UkraineApril Pham, IASC Senior GenCap Advisor for Ukraine,

13 may 2015

In crisis situations

• In crisis situations, mainstreaming a gender focus from the outset:– allows for a more accurate understanding of the situation;– enables us to meet the needs and priorities of the population in a

more targeted manner, based on how women, girls, boys and men have been affected by the crisis;

– ensures that all people affected by a crisis are acknowledged and that all their needs and vulnerabilities are taken into account; and

– facilitates the design of more appropriate and effective responses.

1: Gender analysis

• Analyse the particular nutritional vulnerabilities of boys and, on that basis, take the adequate corrective measures

• - are there are gender differences?

2: SADD

• Disaggregate by sex the number of aid beneficiaries, recruited community mediators and care personnel targeted for training

3: Involvement of fathers?

• Ensure that fathers and mothers are equally targeted by food education activities. The engagement of fathers in taking care of malnutrition cases needs to be encouraged

4: Consult women

• Systematically consult women in order to identify with them the opening hours and days that are most convenient to them

5: Gender balance

• Ensure that care teams and community mediators consist of an equal number of women and men.

Gender Marker

• A tool for analysis in project design• Coding projects on scale 0 to 2 (0 gender

blind, 1 – limited consideration of gender, 2a/b – significant consideration of gender)

Planning

• What are the experiences of the different sex and age groups when it comes to nutrition?

• Are there differences based on sex and age? What are the trends?

• What are some of the issues you may have to consider in this context?

• And how will you consider this in your planning?

Discussion?