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MAINSTREAMING GENDER EQUALITY INTO NBSAPS

Task 1: Entry point 1: Gender analysis

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Entry point 1: Gender analysis

Before initiating efforts to mainstream gender into biodiversity planning processes, it is important to undertake a gender analysis to understand the relationships between men and women, their access to resources, and their activities in a given country.

What this type of information determines

What the results can imply

The most effective gender analyses are participatory. Participatory approaches seek to build and maintain constructive relationships with stakeholders over time, with the purpose of improving outcomes and avoiding or mitigating any potential risks. Stakeholder engagement is explored more in Entry Point 4.

Want more? Learn how the Gender Plan of Action addresses conducting a gender analysis.

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Considerations of a gender analysis

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Considerations of a gender analysis

A gender analysis is encouraged to consider:

• Existing national policies and legislative frameworks that are tied to natural resources and ecosystems,
• Impact of cultural and traditional practices on gender mainstreaming and how countries can address this.
• Legal rights and status of women,
• Gender-division of labor,
• Gender-division of access and control over resources,
• Gender-division of household decision-making,
• Women’s capacity, needs, and skills,
• Perceptions of women.

Where data may come from

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Enabling conditions

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Enabling conditions

Specific to NBSAP planning, monitoring, and reporting, several activities are recommended to create a supportive environment for gender mainstreaming:

Activity 4

Activity 6

Activity 5

Activity 3

Activity 2

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Questions to consider

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Questions to consider

During NBSAP planning, monitoring, and reporting, governments can consider the following questions:

• What barriers restrict or dissuade women from engaging in biodiversity decision-making?
• How do national laws and policies shape women’s rights and access to land and resources?
• What are common perceptions about the role of women in the management of biodiversity?
• Are women perceived as essential to NBSAP planning, monitoring, and reporting?
• Are issues of gender equality and women’s empowerment addressed in national policies and strategies related to biodiversity conservation?
• Do institutions involved in NBSAP planning, monitoring, and reporting have a gender mandate or policy?
• If not, what mechanisms can be put in place to support gender mainstreaming?
• Are training or resources on gender equality and mainstreaming provided to staff of the national institutions and stakeholders involved in NBSAP planning, monitoring, and reporting?

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Entry point 1: Gender analysis

Considerations of a gender analysis

Enabling conditions

Questions to consider

Meaning grounded in inclusive and informed stakeholder engagement through key informant interviews, focus group interviews, or one-on-one in-depth interviews with relevant stakeholders.

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Entry point 1: Gender analysis

Considerations of a gender analysis

Enabling conditions

Questions to consider

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Entry point 1: Gender analysis

Considerations of a gender analysis

Enabling conditions

Questions to consider

This type of information is a precursor to determining the appropriate measures to take to create a positive enabling environment for gender equality, women’s empowerment, and leadership in national biodiversity planning, monitoring, and reporting.

The results can help identify inequalities at different societal levels and determine how these inequalities may impact the participation of women and other vulnerable social groups in biodiversity policy-making and implementation. This information can then be used as a basis for identifying strategies to help ensure women’s and men’s equal opportunities to participate in, contribute to, and benefit from project resources, activities, and results.

The Gender Plan of Action includes two Indicative Actions that pertain to a gender analysis:

• Indicative Action 1.1.1 of the 2022-2030 Gender Plan of Action recommends that countries "Compile baseline data and research on the relationship between conservation interventions, sustainable use and all women and girls’ rights to ownership and control over land and access to natural resources and to water."

• Indicative Action 1.2.1 recommends "Conduct[ing] participatory assessments with baselines to identify gender gaps and effective measures to enable equal access to resources, services and technologies relevant for the governance, conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity."

Data may come from national gender statistics, time-use surveys, national action plans, and qualitative data generated through policy and academic research and participation assessments. Information from stakeholder consultations and interviews can also be incorporated, along with site visits, depending on the project context and availability of data.

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Entry point 1: Gender analysis

Considerations of a gender analysis

Enabling conditions

Questions to consider