Gender Mainstreaming in the Work of UNODC
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GUIDANCE NOTE FOR UNODC STAFF Gender mainstreaming in the work of UNODC UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME Vienna GUIDANCE NOTE FOR UNODC STAFF Gender mainstreaming in the work of UNODC June 2013 UNITED NATIONS New York, 2013 © United Nations, June 2013. All rights reserved, worldwide. The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. This publication has not been formally edited. Publishing production: English, Publishing and Library Section, United Nations Office at Vienna. Acknowledgments ThisGuidance Note was prepared for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) by Eileen Skinnider, Associate, International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice, Vancouver, Canada. The Guidance Note was reviewed by the following members of an informal open-ended inter- divisional Task Force on Gender Mainstreaming in UNODC Programmes: Ricarda Amberg, Gautam Babbar, Claudia Baroni, Karolina Gudmundsson, Karen Kramer, Andrea Mancini, Angela Me, Stefano Polacco, Catherine Pysden, Marian Salema, Dolgor Solongo, Elisabet Sundstroem, Eirik Talleraas, and Annika Wythes. UNODC wishes to acknowledge the support provided by the Government of Norway towards the development of the Guidance Note. The Guidance Note on Gender Mainstreaming in the work of UNODC is dedicated to the memory of our cherished colleague, Karolina Gudmundsson, Inter-agency Affairs Officer, who died suddenly and tragically at the age of 37 on 6 May 2013. Karolina, in her capacity as a member of the UNODC Interdivisional Taskforce on Gender Mainstreaming, played a key role in pushing for the development of a practical Guidance Note on how to mainstream gender in UNODC’s programmatic work. Her commitment to broader gender-related issues, as well as her determination to ensure that these be given priority attention in UNODC projects and programmes, lives on in this Guidance Note. iii Contents Acknowledgements ........................................................ iii Introduction ............................................................ 1 Purpose of the Guidance Note ............................................... 1 Section one. Gender mainstreaming: the basics ........................ 3 Some background—gender mainstreaming as United Nations policy ............ 3 What is gender mainstreaming? ......................................... 4 Remember the context—promoting gender equality. 4 What does gender equality mean? Is this different to equity?. 5 Using the terms correctly—gender, sex, women, vulnerable groups ............. 5 What gender mainstreaming is not ...................................... 6 Advantage over gender neutral approach .................................. 7 Difficulties in implementing gender mainstreaming. 8 Isn’t the issue of gender a responsibility of UN Women?. 9 Why bother with gender mainstreaming? ................................. 9 How do we deal with resistance to gender mainstreaming? ................... 10 Gender mainstreaming with UNODC organizational structures ................ 10 Section two. Practical steps to mainstream gender throughout UNODC activities ........................................ 13 I. IDENTIFICATION OF ISSUES/STRATEGIZING ........................ 13 A. Entry points at the strategic and programmatic level ..................... 13 Assisting the Commissions to mainstream gender ..................... 13 Integrating gender perspective into the Strategic Framework. 14 Gender and the strategic alignment of the planning cycle .............. 17 Integrating gender in developing treaties, conventions, standards and norms .. 17 Gender in tools, global reports, guidelines, templates .................. 18 B. Gender analysis .................................................. 18 What is gender analysis? ......................................... 19 What is involved in doing gender analysis? .......................... 19 Basic components to gender analysis ............................... 20 The gender analysis can assist in evaluation of programmatic options ..... 24 II. FORMULATION/DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN ....................... 25 A. Elements of the programme/project .................................. 25 Programme/project activities ...................................... 25 Outcome ..................................................... 26 Output ...................................................... 27 Indicators ..................................................... 28 Activities ..................................................... 30 Means of verification ............................................ 31 Assumptions and risks ........................................... 32 v III. MOBILIZING RESOURCES AND ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES ............ 32 A. Gender considerations in administration .............................. 32 Staffing issues ................................................. 32 B. Mobilizing resources and gender-sensitive budgeting ..................... 34 Mobilizing resources for gender mainstreaming ....................... 34 What is a gender-sensitive budget? ................................. 35 Tracking gender allocations ....................................... 35 IV. IMPLEMENTATION, MONITORING AND REPORTING ................ 36 A. Implementation and monitoring ..................................... 36 Implementation ................................................ 36 Monitoring ................................................... 38 B. Reporting ....................................................... 39 V. EVALUATION ...................................................... 40 Integrating gender into the criteria of evaluation ........................ 41 Engendering the evaluation process. 41 Section three. Gender briefs .......................................... 45 Brief 1. Gender and countering transnational organized crime and trafficking ... 47 Brief 2. Gender and countering corruption. 55 Brief 3. Gender and terrorism ......................................... 62 Brief 4. Gender and justice ........................................... 68 Brief 5. Gender and health and livelihoods ............................... 78 Annexes I. Checklists .......................................................... 87 II. Glossary on gender-related terms ........................................ 95 vi Introduction UNODC, as part of the United Nations system, is obligated to ensure that a gender perspective is actively and visibly mainstreamed in all its practices, policies and programmes. This means that in contributing and supporting the efforts of States to respond to evolving security threats by promoting the rule of law, good governance, human rights and sustainable development, UNODC should recognize and plan for the different needs, capacities and contributions of women, men, girls and boys.1 Understanding the interrelationship between gender and security threats and crime is vital to the overall effectiveness of any response. Women and men are impacted differently by drugs, crime and terrorism, and have different experiences going through the criminal justice system. They can have different priorities, responsibilities and needs relating to the reduction of crime and the achievement of security and justice. Women and men often have different levels of access to participation, information or justice and face different constraints in their efforts to improve their security or social conditions. They can also play different but important roles in responding to and making decisions about crime prevention, building secure societies and developing fair, accessible, accountable, effective and credible criminal justice systems. Gender mainstreaming is a strategy for making women’s and men’s concerns and experiences an integral dimension in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and programmes in all political, economic and societal spheres so that women and men benefit equally and inequality is not perpetuated. The ultimate goal is to achieve gender equality. Purpose of this Guidance Note The purpose of this Guidance Note is to assist UNODC staff to effectively integrate a gender perspective into all aspects of their work, from planning strategic tools, developing normative standards, designing and delivering thematic and regional programmes and working through the project cycle. Work towards achieving gender equality is a collective, organizational and programmatic effort that is a task that all staff, across all levels, need to ensure is being done. Many programmes, projects and activities still weakly address gender concerns or are even completely gender blind. Applying a gender perspective to UNODC’s work involves being aware of the gendered dimensions of any activity, which requires analysis, information and consultations with both women and men. Ultimately integrating a gender perspective will result in a more balanced and representative approach, thus a more effective response in all of UNODC’s thematic areas of work. 1 Gender mainstreaming should take into account different ages, and should include an understanding of the different needs of women, men, boys, girls, elderly women and elderly men. For purposes of this Note, the terms “women” and “men” will be used but will implicitly refer to males and females