Training on Gender-Responsive Project

Proposal Making
October 4, 2018
 1 Day Training on Gender-Responsive
Project Proposal Making

General Objective:
• To provide skills and knowledge in developing a more gender responsive project
proposal using Harmonized Gender and Development Guidelines (HGDG).
Specific Objectives:
• To prepare participants in exploring the intricacies in preparing a gender-
responsive project proposal.
• To capacitate participants in making a simple and easy-to-do gender-responsive
project proposal for those tasked to craft projects and activities of different
DSWD offices.
• To develop awareness on the importance of crafting gender-inclined projects
and activities.
 Gender-Responsive Project Proposal Making

Expected Output:
• Participants will present sample of their outputs for critiquing and
polishing
• Draft gender-responsive project /activity proposal
Content:
Session 1 - Overview of Gender-Responsive Project Proposal
Session 3 -Writing Gender Responsive Project Proposal
Session 4 -Tips for Developing Gender Sensitive Project Proposals
Why the HGDG?
• The HGDG is based on a strategy that
considers gender equality as a crosscutting
theme to be “integrated” or “incorporated”
in various aspects of the agency’s operations,
policies, programs, and projects.

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 Ten Core Elements of a Gender-
Responsive Project or Program
1. Participation of women and men in the identification of the
development problem;
2. Collection and use of sex-disaggregated data in the analysis of the
development;
3. Conduct of gender analysis to identify the gender issues that the
proposed project must address;
4. Goals, objectives, outcomes, and outputs that include GAD
statements that will address the gender issues in (3);
5. Activities that respond to the identified gender issues, including
constraints to women’s participation;
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6. Conduct of gender analysis of the planned project to anticipate
gender-related issues arising from the implementation of the designed
project;
7. Monitoring indicators and targets which include the reduction of
gender gaps or improvement of women’s participation;
8. Project monitoring and evaluation system that includes a sex-
disaggregated database;
9. Resources and budgets for the activities in (5) and;
10.Planned coordination Agency/LGU plans.

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Writing Gender Responsive
Project Proposal
 Writing Gender Responsive Project
PROJECT P roposal

I. PROJECT DATA DESIGN

II. RATIONALE
III.PROJECT BACKGROUND
IV. OBJECTIVES
V. SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
VI.FUNDING REQUIREMENT
VII.MONITORING AND EVALUATION SCHEME
VIII.PROJECT MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE
Signatories
I. PROJECT DATA (Summary)
Writing Gender
Responsive Project
Project Title:
Proposal
Sub Title:
Project Code:
Source of Fund:
Sector:
Project Location:
Area of Coverage:
Beneficiaries:
Lead Agency:
Career Pathing Program Conference of
Coordinating Agencies:
Men and Women Counselors & Helpees
 II.
RATIONAL Writing Gender Responsive Project Proposal
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What is the basis of
the project?
(discuss the GAD
mandate and the GAD
Policy/ies of the agency
which you are aimed to
implement)
• What are the
underlying GAD Mainstreaming Framework
principles of the
project?
Relevant Laws, DSWD Gender Mainstreaming Policy,
and KC Gender Mainstreaming Policy
Convention on the
Beijing Millennium
Philippine Government Elimination of All Forms of
Platform of Development
International Commitments Discrimination Against
Action Goals (MDGs)
Women (CEDAW)

Phil Gov’t Comprehensive Magna Carta of Women

Women’s Rights Law (RA 9710)

DSWD and Development NCDDP Gender Action DSWD Gender

Funder Gender Policy Plan (GAP) Mainstreaming Policy

KC Project Operational
Gender Policy (MC7, 2011) Kalahi-CIDSS Gender Policy

Gender Toolkit
 Writing Gender Responsive Project Proposal
RATIONALE/ Statement of the
Problem
• Is the gender dimension of the problem statement
articulated clearly?
• Is the problem statement supported by quantitative
data ?

Example, are the number and proportion of women ,

men, children or other marginalized sectors affected by
the problem quantified?
 Writing Gender Responsive Project Proposal
RATIONALE/ Statement of the
Problem
• All data presented as evidence in the Problem
Statement/Project Rationale section of the
proposal has to be disaggregated gender-wise.
•  gives a clear overview of the situation and the
need for the project
 Writing Gender Responsive Project Proposal
PROJECT
BACKGROUND
• What kind of problems can be answered by the
project? (discuss the gender issue it seeks to answer)
• How was the proposal developed? Did you conduct a
consultation with women and men
stakeholders/clients/those who are directly affected?
How many have attended the consultation (M & F / sex-
disaggregated)?
 Writing Gender Responsive Project Proposal
PROJECT
BACKGROUND
• Who are the beneficiaries (M& F / sex-disaggregated)?
Are women and girl children among the direct or indirect
beneficiaries? In what way do the issues and concerns
affect the lives of the people?
• Does it address constraints and opportunities related to
women and men’s participation in the project?
 Writing Gender Responsive Project Proposal
PROJECT
BACKGROUND
• Has the project considered its long-term impact on
women’s socioeconomic status and
empowerment?
• Does the project have an exit plan that will ensure
the sustainability of GAD efforts and benefits?
 Writing Gender Responsive Project Proposal
PROJECT BACKGROUND
• Will the project provide women the same employment ?
• Has the project addressed barriers to women’s participation
in the project, through any or of the following :
(a) instituting measures to reduce women’s domestic and
livelihood workload;
(b) ensuring monetary and other forms of recognition of
women’s participation;
(c) providing women, at their request, supportive mediation
with unsympathetic spouses; and other similar measures?
 Writing Gender Responsive Project Proposal
PROJECT BACKGROUND
• Are the various aspects of the project – for example,
physical design, location and accessibility, security and
safety, etc. – sensitive to the sex and gender needs of
women and men?
• Will the project make available to women the same
training and capacity-building opportunities that will be
available for men?
• Does the project timetable consider the schedule of
women and men particularly their busy periods?
 Writing Gender Responsive Project Proposal

OBJECTIVES
• By the end of the project we should expect to:
a. Percentage of the issue is solved
b. Percentage of reduction of the problem
c. Percentage of constituents’ lives improved
• Does the project have clearly stated gender
equality goals, objectives, outcomes or outputs?
 Writing Gender Responsive Project Proposal
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITIES LOCATION / PERIOD OF COORDINATING EXPECTED
VENUE IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES OUTPUT
         
 
 
 Writing Gender Responsive Project Proposal
FUNDING REQUIREMENT
Particulars Expense Appropriation 5% Net 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Code Retention Appropriation Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr.

                   

Total                  
 Writing Gender Responsive Project Proposal
FUNDING REQUIREMENT
Particulars Expense Appropriation 5% Net 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Code Retention Appropriation Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr.

                   

Total                  
 Writing Gender Responsive Project Proposal
PROJECT MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE /
Monitoring Mechanism

• Proponents can be indicated

• Roles and responsibility of managers
can also be included
(Example, training teams or activity
managers)
EXERCISE: SAMPLE
ONLY
THANK YOU!
Be GAD 
Useful ways for writing gender into proposals

• try to add a gender component throughout the proposal, not merely

a section
• We also have to use a language which is sensitive to gender.
Language is often patriarchal and therefore carries and reflects gender biases
and
Gender-fair language minimizes unnecessary concern about gender in your
subject matter, allowing us to focus on what people do rather than on which
sex they happen to be. inequalities.