GENDER EQUALITY AND SOCIAL INCLUSION IN THE NDC HUB

Respect for Gender Equality, People, and Wellbeing is a guiding principle of the NDC Hub’s Long-Term Strategy 2023. Based on this, the NDC Hub recognizes that our work at all levels, from the implementation of country requests, to hosting trainings and events and through all our communications, has implications for GESI. To ensure GESI is actively considered through all stages of our work, the NDC Hub has developed a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) framework for GESI, which is integrated with the Hub’s overarching M&E requirements. The framework outlines reporting structures that must be fulfilled for all country requests, trainings, and events, to document how GESI has been considered. The following checklists summarize the key elements of the GESI framework and provide guidance and inspiration on incorporating GESI throughout the Hub’s work.

Fill out the Country Request Form, outlining how gender equality & social inclusion will be considered in the activity.

Read the GESI country profile (above) for the respective country, as background information.

Maintain a list of all stakeholders engaged in the activity, to generate gender disaggregated data. This is captured in the consolidated participants list, participants list for meetings, and individual participants list, in the M&E requirements.

Fill out the Preliminary and Final Survey. The preliminary survey is due within 3 weeks of starting implementation, and the final survey is due 2 weeks after finishing the request. This can be delegated to the consultant or technical expert implementing the request.

The guiding questions should each be reflected on, within the Preliminary and Final Survey. However, as each country request is unique, you are not expected to action each guiding question. It can be sufficient to justify, in the Preliminary and Final Survey, why some of the guiding questions cannot be actioned.

Guiding questions for your discussions with Focal Points and technical experts implementing the request.

These will help you fill out the Preliminary and Final Survey:

» Which stakeholders representing all genders and social groups will be engaged in the request?

• How and when will they be engaged?

• How can it be ensured that their inputs are meaningfully incorporated in the final outcomes of the request?

» Which national policies addressing GESI will the request be aligned to?

• In the absence of national policies, which regional and international policies will the request be aligned to?

» Which benefits might this request create for all genders and social groups?

• How can these be ensured and encouraged?

» Which potential negative impacts might this request create for some genders and social groups?

• What actions will you take to avoid these impacts?

» Are there other ways in which considerations for GESI can be included in the request?

The NDC Hub recognizes that every engagement within our team, and in the broader community, can impact GESI. The following stakeholder map outlines the NDC Hub’s multiple layers of engagement with stakeholders, acknowledging that the NDC Hub must be conscious of how each interaction might encourage greater equality between all genders and social groups and avoid maintaining existing inequalities.

PRIVATE SECTOR AND CIVIL SOCIETY

PACIFIC GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING THE MINISTRY RESPONSIBLE FOR WOMEN AND SOCIAL INCLUSION

TECHNICAL EXPERTS IMPLEMENTING COUNTRY REQUESTS

PACIFIC MEDIA

» Do procurement processes encourage all social groups to apply for NDC Hub consultancies?

» Is work divided evenly between all genders in the NDC Hub?

» Do the NDC Hub's communications highlight accomplishment all of social groups?

» Is work aligned to national & regional GESI policies?

» Are stakeholders representing GESI meaningfully included in consultations?

» Does the country request create positive outcomes for all genders and social groups?

PACIFIC MEDIA

» When promoting the NDC Hub's work, does the Pacific Media highlight the accomplishments of all genders and social groups?

PRIVATE SECTOR AND CIVIL SOCIETY

» Does the NDC Hub's work engage all genders and social groups?

» Does the NDC Hub's country requests create benefits for all genders and social groups, and avoid any negative impacts?

This outlines guiding steps to include GESI in all NDC Hub trainings and events. All details on how your training or event was accommodating to all social groups should be listed in the final report of the event or training. Recommendations are adapted from the International Climate Initiative’s Gender-Responsive Event Management (GREM) guidelines34

Encourage a gender balance in participants, speakers & panellists.

Fill out the participants list & registration form to capture information on the gender, age, and professional background of participants.

Ensure all participants can give input during the training, e.g., through break-out discussions in smaller groups, or through written feedback, allowing quieter participants to contribute

Provide a short GESI-briefing to the event facilitator, encouraging them to call on all participants equally, and encourage the participation of individuals who might be less likely to speak up.

Consider how the topic of the training or event can include considerations for GESI. Include GESI in the agenda, as part of a session or panel discussion, where possible. Raise questions about the role of GESI throughout the event, considering whether all genders and all social groups are:

» Represented in the sector (who decides?)

» Included in data and statistics (who is considered?)

» Impacted by the sector, and developments within the sector (who benefits?)

Consider whether ministries, community representatives, or similar stakeholders representing GESI can be included in the event. Can they provide meaningful input to the topics discussed?

If the training or event includes learning on GESI, ask participants whether they will be able to use learning about GESI in their daily work, through the final survey.

Consider how the venue, timing and location can be inclusive to all social groups and share information about this in the event invitation.

» Did the timing of the event create opportunities for all social groups to join? Was it accommodating to care work obligations, e.g., by hosting a lunch instead of a dinner, and ensuring events do not end too late?

» Did the venue accommodate for specific needs of all social groups, including changing rooms and breastfeeding rooms, prayer rooms, unisex bathrooms, childcare services, disability access and similar, as appropriate for the event?

Consider asking participants in advance of the event whether there are any special circumstances to accommodate for, ensuring that all information is confidentially managed.

This outlines guiding steps to include GESI in all NDC Hub external communications ranging from social media posts, publications and newsletters to training invitations and concept notes for workshops. The guidelines are adapted from UN Women’s Gender-inclusive language guidelines35

Consider how the language encourages equality between all genders and social groups.

» Do the messages selected highlight women and potentially marginalized groups as empowered agents of change, or rather as victims of climate change?

» Use gender-neutral language, avoiding gender-biased wording, as outlined in table 1 below.

» Avoid refence to the male pronoun, when all genders are addressed. E.g. “Each participant must present his ID badge” replaced with “All participants must present their ID badges”.

» Ensure invitations are encouraging towards all social groups. If possible, indicate that all social groups are welcome.

» Ensure a balance in quotations used – include quotes from women and other social groups, where possible.

» Select pictures which represent all genders and all social backgrounds.

» Use pictures which show women and potentially marginalized groups as empowered agents of change.

Men, mankind

Businessmen

People, humanity, human beings, humankind, we, women and men

Representatives, business community, businesspeople

Chairman Chair, chairperson, head

Congressman Legislator, congressional representative, parliamentarian

Guys (referred to men and women) All

Man-made disaster

Policeman

Human induced disaster

Police officer

Steward, stewardess Flight attendant

Landlord, landlady

Layman, common man

Owner

Layperson, average person

Husbands/wife Partners, spouses

The following sample messages can be used to describe the NDC Hub’s work with GESI.

The Regional NDC Hub is committed to working with and upholding the rights of women and men in all their diversities including gender diverse people, marginalised people, indigenous and settled people, displaced people, and people living with disabilities.

The Regional NDC Hub recognises that climate change disproportionately affects the diverse Pacific people we work with. We strive to include people in all their diversities and intersections in our work.

Show all genders, and people from diverse social backgrounds together.

From left to right: Vanda Faasoa Chan-Ting, Toiata Uili, Tutii Chilton and Natasha Nakasone at the NDC Hub’s August 2022 Focal Point meeting. Source: GIZ/NDC Hub

Show women taking action.

Aradhana Deesh speaking at the NDC Hub’s International Women’s Day Talanoa, March 8th, 2023. Source: GIZ/NDC Hub

Show quotes from all genders – in these quotes, men and women both talk about the importance of including GESI in their work.

Source: Henry Tufah, Debra Sungi, and Tutii Chilton

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