LASOONA: Society for Human and Natural Resource Development

Minutes of the Gender Mainstreaming committee meeting

October 27, 2014
A. PARTICIPANTS:

Following participants attended the GMC meeting.

FOCAL PERSONS FROM PROJECTS:

WASH PROJECT JALOZAI CAMP SUPPORTED BY OXFAM

 MISS REHANA AMIR (not present)
GENDER AND PROTECTION OFFICER
WASH PROJECT UPPER SWAT SDC SUPPORTED
 MR.TAHIR KHAN (NOT PRESENT)
 MISS IQBAL JEHAN (attend meeting from SDC)
COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION OFFICER
SUSTAINIBLE SOLUTION TO FOOD AND NUTRITION INSECURITY PROJECT
1064 WHH SUPPORTED
 KHALIDA AKBAR (not present)
FOOD AND NUTRITION SUPERVISOR
AGRIBUSINESS SUPPROT FUND USAID FUNDED
 SAJJAD ANWAR
COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION OFFICER
ENHANCING COMMUNITY RESILIANCE THROUGH ICBDRM
 MISS BASMA
COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION OFFICER
PAKISTAN APPROACH TO TOTAL SANITATION (PATS) SANITATION PROGRAM
AT SCALE IN PAKISTAN (SPSP) RURA PHASE II KPK PAKISTAN
 MR.SIRAJUDIN KHAN
MONITORING AND EVALUATION OFFICER

Venue: Conference Room, LASOONA head office Swat.

B. Agenda:
o Over view on organization gender policy and role clarity.
o Discussion with focal person about previous meeting targets not achived by
them.
o Discussion on Projects activities.
o Response on emails and telephone calls.
o Gender disagregated data from all projects.

Proceedings/Deliberations Decions/Action points

Background of the meeting
Meeting started from the introduction of staff
members, GMC members are reoriented on
their role in their projects and there
contribution at organizational level in gender
policy.

Responsibilities as a focal person in GMC

committee is reoreinted with detail discussions.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF GMC
As a member of GMC some responsibilties
are: In the result the response of committee
 That in your project meetings/sessions members was positive and they are now
you should convince your staff committed about their responsibilities.
members in a logical way to change
their stereotype beliefs.
 To celebrate national or international
days in your own projects in which
gender is considered important.
 Determine and identify linkages with
like minded organizations.
 Gender policy action points will be
discussed and explaination of issues
and make possible solutions.
ROLE CLARITY AS GENDER FOCAL
PERSON.
DISCUSSION DECISION
Gender focal person will give special time to
At project level the gendre focal person will
activities and ensure form staff collection of
lead the entire activities and initiatives both at
gender disaggregated data in all activities of
staff and community level at gender lense .
the projects.
She/he has to play an important role in gender
consideration in project interventions.The
person will ensure the Gender across the
project level implemented by LASOONA. The
person will ensure implementation of the
gender mainstreaming strategy of the
organization.

PREVIOUS MEETING TARGETS NOT

ACHIVED AND FOCAL PERSON NO
RESPONSE ON EMAILS.

DISCUSSION DECISION
It was discussed in the meeting that response of
all GMC members on emails and telephone  It was decided that must check your
calls are very weak, even they have no
response on the last meeting minutes shared
with them and no actions was taken on the
previous target work. In the last three months
after few reminders all focal person response
was nill and taken the tasks too light.
emails on weekly basis.
 Data which you want to share, share it
on monthly basis or according to your
project activity completition.
 If there is internet/communication
problem in some project areas they
share their data through USB by their
project coordinators in monthly
meetings.

DISCUSSION ON PROJECTS
ACTIVITIES/GENDER DISAGREGATED
DATA FROM ALL PROJECTS

DISCUSSION ACTION POINTS

It is to be discussed and decided that Gender  Share Pictures of your project activities
focal person will make list of their all project (gender focused) and write in textbook
activities which are completed and running about the name and place of activity for
mean currently ongoing activities and ensure our knowledge.
that in these activities gender disaggregated  Share gender focus case studies of your
data is availible or not, if not then collect data project.
from relevant staff members and arrange the
data accordingly as guided and also ensure in
this list that CBO’s(women and men) is
considered in the project activities or not.if not
what are the reasons.and when the list is
completed then share it with gender
coordinator for record maintenance(gender
focus) of all projects both the running projects
and the projects which are going to be
completed in the end of November 2014.

AOB:
 It was discussed and agreed that the project(SDC and ASF) which are going to be
completed in this month end, the relevant focal person’s must share gender focus
activities reports, celebration of national or international days reports or pictures, before
closing of project.
 It was discussed in the meeting that gender project proposal review committee need to
be nominated as it is requested to executive director through emails by gender
coordinator, but still pending from executive director nomination.
 All project coordinators are here by requested that support their project focal person for
GMC meetings in Head Office give them logistic support, internet access and extra time
for their gender related work.
 Those GMC members who not attend meeting must coordinate with other focal person
and gender coordinator for clarity at any action point.