IN PRACTICE PROGRAMMING IN PRACTICE

Steps for mainstreaming gender and social inclusion • Awareness and skills developed
within partner institutions
• Pacific-based researchers and actors
drive the research agenda
• Gender and social analysis • We unpack the issue of ‘research
Understanding who is excluded and why from the development documented and interventions
proposed to addresses inequalities
for who, by who?’ and reflects the
lived experiences of women and
process is a critical first step to designing gender and socially • GESI embedded within grant design marginalized groups
mechanisms • Research critiques gendered-
inclusive interventions. • # of grants led by women and dimensions of power structures and
marginalised groups or those that gender norms
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GESI Develop new evidence and
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information on inequalities and
Reflection sessions led by evaluation, policy,
women and marginalised reflection
in Gov4Res planning
intersectionality of risk.
groups and learning budgeting Mechanisms to ensure diverse

Governance for
groups meaningfully contribute
Gender baseline and power processes and M&E and influence the budget and
analysis planning process.
Gov4Res
project staff Wider engagement with civil
National baseline analysis society and private sector actors

Resilience - Gender
conducted through partnerships capacity as part of all interventions.
with key government actors /
GESI experts to contribute and
CSOs review policies, plans, tools &
guidelines.
Monthly upskilling sessions
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and Social Inclusion

research with CSOs on GESI issues Create risk informed
evaluate 3. Implement development posts
in gender
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interventions reached
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achieved as planned? accountabilities • Diverse voices contribute to learning • Decision making and steering Those who face the greatest levels of risk
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• Programme interventions more inclusive
• Policy and plans that are gender and
– and therefore require the highest levels
• Budget allocation • # of women and people from
marginalised groups in project team
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• Tools and guidelines that include GESI
of resilience – are often those who face the
• Selection criteria, control
of decisions and funds
(including government posts)
• Knowledge and skills of team are
criteria
• Greater understanding among civil
highest inequality and barriers to accessing
• Monitoring and reporting.
enhanced society and private sector actors of
how to influence the development
their rights in everyday life1.
planning, budgeting and M&E
processes and use tools to highlight
Adapted from ADB: Sectoral Perspectives on Gender and Social Inclusion (2011) inequalities

Examples of actions and commitments

Gov4Res Project
Gov4Res will use entry points across various areas of Pacific Office in Fiji
the programme to test approaches, promote learning and United Nations Development Programme
integrate gender equality and social inclusion considerations. Level 7, Kadavu House 1
BRACED: Resilience intel: Intersectional approaches to vulnerability
Indicators have been identified that will be tracked as part of 414 Victoria Parade, Suva, Fiji reduction and resilience-building https://cdn.odi.org/media/
the monitoring evaluation reflection and learning framework. Tel: +679 322 7500 documents/12651.pdf
WHY GENDER EQUALITY OUR VALUES, OPERATING PRINCIPLES
AND SOCIAL INCLUSION MATTERS AND APPROACH
Our values are the beliefs that underpin the way we approach
Gender equality and social inclusion strengthening governance systems within the programme. Our
operating principles illustrate how we translate those values
are central to the development into ways of working. They reflect the transformation that is
process. If we want to ensure needed within the broader development space to fully and
intentionally provide space for diverse actors who currently
that the process is equitable and face structural barriers.
benefits reach marginalised groups, We work to effect change through multiple entry points,
the development process must be strengthening the ability of individuals, groups, networks and
systems to generate sustainable behaviour change. Our key
informed by diverse voices. partners are development decision makers within government
including development planners, budget officials, economists
It is impossible to risk-inform development without and social policy officers.
understanding and addressing the underlying vulnerabilities
that arise due to structural inequalities that prevent women
These apply to our own team and the way we work, our
and marginalised groups from contributing to and benefitting partnerships with government, civil society organisations and
from that development. the private sector. The ‘we’ refers to all of these.
PACIFIC STATISTICS
More than 60 % of women in some Women and girls in PICs with
PIC have experienced domestic disabilities are 2 to 3 times more
violence.2 likely to be victims of physical and
sexual abuse than women with no
VALUES OPERATING PRINCIPLES
From To
Beneficiaries Experts
INCLUSIVE We recognise that women and marginalised
groups are development experts and are best
placed to articulate the way in which climate
change and disaster risks affect them. We
partner at community, sub-national, national and
regional levels to support those at risk of being
marginalised and to advocate for their access to
information and decision-making processes.
Participation Decision makers
COLLABORATIVE We respect and value the knowledge, connections
and partnerships of multiple actors as part
of the development process. We co-facilitate
spaces, processes and resources to enable
women and girls, and marginalised groups, to
participate, engage and make decisions to risk
informing development. We recognise that we
can’t understand risk without understanding
the underlying and intersecting vulnerabilities
caused by structural inequalities that prevent
some women and marginalised groups from fully
participating in the development process. We work
to create a deep understanding of the context
and embed GESI analysis within any tools or
approaches utilised to promote inclusive resilient
development.
Additional Integral
TRANSFORMATIVE Understanding and managing risks are a core
part of development, and a prerequisite for
resilient development. We take a human-centered
and ‘development first’ approach to managing
risks and recognise that integrating climate
change and disaster risk and gender equality and
social inclusion jointly is critical to promoting
sustainable, inclusive risk informed development.

Men outnumber women in paid disabilities.8 Planned Agile

employment by approximately 2 to 1.3 ADAPTIVE We are agile, flexible and adapt the programme
to the context. We intentionally and continually
Only Fiji, Nauru and Vanuatu have reflect and learn to identify how we can strengthen
Women make up just over 7 % decriminalized same-sex sexual our approach to promote inclusive risk informed
conduct in the Pacific.9 10 development. We consider GESI as a key measure
of parliamentarians in PICs of success for the Gov4Res programme and will
(the lowest rate in the world).4 5 conduct regular evaluation of how we are tracking
There is a substantial and visible our GESI indicators and ensure lessons learnt are
PIDSOGIESC+ community in taken onboard.
1.7 million people in PICs, or nearly the Pacific, and traditional third Power blind Power infused
15% of the total population of the gender communities have been ACCOUNTABLE We are accountable for ensuring that we lead by
region, are living with a disability,6 recognised in Kiribati, Samoa, Tonga example to affect inclusive, resilient development.
a figure which is likely to significantly and Tuvalu, but discrimination
We recognise that we and many of our are
partners are power holders and are responsive
increase.7 and stigmatisation against these to the needs and priorities of marginalised
communities has increased as groups. We learn from mistakes and adjust our
programming as needed. We consider GESI as an
modern religious and cultural values integral part of planning, preparation, decision-
2 https://stats.pacificdata.org/ have evolved.11 making, implementation, monitoring, evaluation
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Outside the agricultural sector DFAT. Development assistance in the Pacific. and reporting in all outcome areas. We will ensure
https://www.dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/Pages/pacific-women-shaping-pacific-development-summary
5 http://www.parliament.gov.fj/fiji-women-representation-in-parliament-continues-to-improve/ all Gov4Res team members have the necessary
6 https://www.forumsec.org/framework-for-rights-of-persons-with-disability/ knowledge, tools and capacity to do this.
7 unescap.org/sites/default/files/The%20State%20of%20Human%20Development%20in%20the%20Pacific%28LORes%29.pdf
8 https://pacific.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/UNFPAReport-ADeeperSilenceA4PublicationLR3%283%29.pdf
9 https://www.pgaction.org/pdf/Opportunities_for_women_and_LGBTI_rights_Pacific.pdf
10 https://www.equaldex.com/equality-index
11 https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/bitstream/handle/20.500.12413/16572/970_LGBT_rights_and_inclusion_in_SIDS.pdf?sequence=1