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Gender Equality and social inclusion framework

6. CIWA’s Transformative Approach Key Actions
and Actions (continued)
Program Level
Bridge knowledge and data gaps:

Prepare a Gender and Social Inclusion Framework:
Facilitating knowledge management and fostering a This Framework is being developed as a living
document that can be adapted when new evidence or
learning culture are critical to gathering best practices lessons learned on GESI and its relevance to
and lessons learned that can contribute to improving transboundary water are identified. It will provide
approaches to mainstreaming GESI considerations guidance and proposed actions to CIWA staff,
and to identify specific gender and social inclusion development partners, and country partners about
gaps that require targeted interventions. Collection how to apply a GESI lens to CIWA’s work taking into
and analysis of evidence across the program, including consideration lessons learned in addressing GESI
systematic collection of sex-, age-, and poverty- within the transboundary water context.
disaggregated data, will be a key activity as part of
project preparation to foster improvements in the Adopt and promote a transformative approach: CIWA
application of gender and social inclusion analysis will play a leadership role in promoting the adoption of
both internally and with external partners and a transformative approach through engagement with
stakeholders. relevant stakeholders, establishment of strategic
partnerships as well as advocating that key documents
Information on gender equality and social inclusion, systematically promote GESI at all levels and across all
sectors of the transboundary water environment
including strategies, baseline studies, and the where CIWA works. Case studies of successful
collection of qualitative and quantitative data will transformative approaches will be developed to
form part of the process to guide the development demonstrate the success factors and challenges of
and implementation of gender-sensitive projects. applying a transformative approach.
The collection and analysis of data and other
relevant evidence will also seek to identify Enhance GESI in M&E and knowledge management:
actionable approaches to tackling systemic barriers Additional indicators related to CIWA’s work at the
to gender equality and social inclusion. program level will be developed to demonstrate the
program’s commitment to ensuring that GESI is a
Actions will be taken to share and learn about central part of CIWA’s work. Existing indicators will also
gender and social inclusion issues of relevance to be reviewed to identify opportunities to integrate GESI
considerations. Collection and packaging of evidence
the transboundary context, including the collection on GESI and transboundary water will be shared with
and dissemination of good practices and success CIWA staff and partners through virtual platforms.
stories from project partners.
Ensure sustained oversight of GESI interventions:
CIWA management will champion the integration of
GESI into all of the program’s work on an ongoing basis.
Ensure monitoring and evaluation is This will include ensuring the allocation of sufficient
sensitive to gender and social inclusion: financial and technical resources as part of the CIWA
budgeting process to facilitate the integration of a GESI
perspective at the programming and project level over
the short, medium and longer term.
For a transformative approach to be successful, it
needs to incorporate monitoring and evaluation GESI capacity building: A capacity building program
strategies and approaches that consider gender and targeted to staff and partners will be developed and
social inclusion dimensions. At the front end, funding pilot tested before broad-based roll-out. Training will
will be allocated and actions taken to ensure that be two-fold: 1) An introduction of key concepts and
disaggregated data about gender disparities and social issues to establish a common understanding of GESI’s
exclusions are systematically collected and analyzed relevance within the transboundary context; 2)
to ensure GESI considerations are integrated as part Training on how to apply GESI throughout the project
cycle to enable staff to understand how to concretely
of project development, implementation, and apply GESI at the project level.
monitoring of results.
Identify and/or develop GESI tools and resources:
Project indicators will also be required to include User-friendly tools will be provided to staff and
reference to gender and social inclusion. As part of partners to assist them to better understand where,
the monitoring process, GESI analysis will be why, and how to apply a gender lens as part of their
undertaken to determine if progress is being made overall work. A stocktaking exercise of current tools
on advancing gender and social inclusion within each will be undertaken to identify current resources
project. Where necessary and possible, log frames before developing new material. Collaboration on the
will be revised to include sex disaggregated development of tools and resources will be explored.
information, including targets and indicators. Mid-
term and final evaluations of projects and programs Unpack and apply social inclusion to transboundary
will ensure that GESI considerations are effectively water initiatives: The CIWA program will promote and
integrated. integrate the perspective that men and women are
not homogeneous as part of its overall approach to
identifying and working with relevant stakeholders at
At the programming level, additional indicators that the institutional and project level. Project material and
incorporate gender and social inclusion will be external communication will reinforce the need to
developed, and GESI analysis will form part of the unpack the multiple identities and characteristics of
midterm review and final evaluation process. men and women involved in CIWA projects.

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