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AMCOW GENDER POLICY
    & STRATEGY




 World Water Week, Stockholm
       August 27th, 2012




         Presented by



        Phoebe Luwum
       Programme Officer




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AFRICAN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL ON WATER
       CONSEIL DES MINISTRES AFRICAINS CHARGES DE L’EAU
                  Special Technical Committee of the African Union




PROCESS

 Addis Ababa, 2003: PANAFCON agreed gender
  concerns be acknowledged through AMCOW
  consultation process
 Entebbe, November 2004: AMCOW Chair, Hon.
  Mutagamba highlights women’s right to participate in
  water and sanitation issues as God given
 Tunis, 2008: Stakeholders form task force to
  formulate gender strategy
 Entebbe, October 2008: Stakeholders meet to draw
  up work agenda for task force

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AFRICAN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL ON WATER
      CONSEIL DES MINISTRES AFRICAINS CHARGES DE L’EAU
                 Special Technical Committee of the African Union




PROCESS (2)

 Entebbe, June 2009: 1st draft Strategy
 Mombasa, September 2009: Anglophone countries
  review Strategy
 Dakar, September 2009: Francophone countries
  review Strategy
 Jo’burg, November 2009: AMCOW endorses draft
  and commissions the final Strategy
 AfricaSan Kigali 2011: Formal launch



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AFRICAN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL ON WATER
       CONSEIL DES MINISTRES AFRICAINS CHARGES DE L’EAU
                  Special Technical Committee of the African Union




PURPOSE & CONTEXT

• Provide a reference point whilst recognizing varied
  levels of progress
• Build on experiences in sharing good practice,
  enhance accountability, encourage adherence to
  commitments & minimum standards
• Developed in the context of AU objectives, aligned
  to AU gender policy




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AFRICAN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL ON WATER
                 CONSEIL DES MINISTRES AFRICAINS CHARGES DE L’EAU
                             Special Technical Committee of the African Union



STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

1.   Policy positions on gender in the water sector in Africa supported and
     strengthened through policy formulation and implementation

(a) Secure high level commitment to gender equality in the sector:
        • Building capacity of stakeholders around gender and water issues
        • Advocacy for gender responsive water management
        • Advocacy for gender in curricula of high level NRM institutions

(b) Support gender responsive policy, legislative & administrative frameworks
        • reviewing existing frameworks as needed
        • mechanisms to ensure vulnerable people have a voice in policy
        • human & financial capacity of AMCOW & countries for advocacy &
          monitoring of actions
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AFRICAN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL ON WATER
               CONSEIL DES MINISTRES AFRICAINS CHARGES DE L’EAU
                          Special Technical Committee of the African Union



STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

   (c) Promote participation of women in decision-making positions:
        • Leadership training programmes for women
        • technical training programmes for women

(d) Actively engage and coordinate with all stakeholders:
        • exposure of good practices
        • stakeholder and consultative fora
        • networking initiatives




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AFRICAN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL ON WATER
                CONSEIL DES MINISTRES AFRICAINS CHARGES DE L’EAU
                           Special Technical Committee of the African Union



STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

2. Adequate human and financial resources allocated to gender
   mainstreaming through strategic resource mobilization

   • Develop country-specific gender mainstreaming requirements and zero-
   budgets, to act as a basis for resource mobilization
   • Undertake participatory and gender inclusive resources mobilization
   • Ensure technical capacity of stakeholders in gender mainstreaming
   • Train on gender responsive budgeting




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AFRICAN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL ON WATER
               CONSEIL DES MINISTRES AFRICAINS CHARGES DE L’EAU
                            Special Technical Committee of the African Union



STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

3. Gender approach to implement project interventions at all levels
   within the water sector, including economic empowerment through
   equal access to water for productive purposes developed and
   adopted

  a) gender analyses as an integral part of planning and implementation
  (communication & awareness lever) by:
       • Gender assessments & analyses
       • baseline surveys




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AFRICAN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL ON WATER
                CONSEIL DES MINISTRES AFRICAINS CHARGES DE L’EAU
                             Special Technical Committee of the African Union



STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

  (b) Conduct gender training (awareness lever):
  • tours to provide exposure on good practice in gender and water
  • business skills training for the water sector
  •Training civil society, media, AMCOW organs and other stakeholders on
  their role in gender mainstreaming in the water sector
  • Engaging children in educational gender activities in the sector




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AFRICAN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL ON WATER
                CONSEIL DES MINISTRES AFRICAINS CHARGES DE L’EAU
                            Special Technical Committee of the African Union



STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

  (c) Promote economic empowerment interventions (communication and
  awareness levers):
  • programs for equal access to water for productive purposes
  •pilot projects aimed at equal access to water for productive purposes
  •Documenting lessons in economic empowerment of women in water sector
  programs
  • Replicating, scaling-up & institutionalizing good gender practice
  • Developing guidelines for integration of gender in water for production




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AFRICAN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL ON WATER
                CONSEIL DES MINISTRES AFRICAINS CHARGES DE L’EAU
                            Special Technical Committee of the African Union



STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

d) Develop and implement Gender and Water Action Plans that:
   • Undertake gender responsive community action plans on water projects
   • Mainstream gender in the national and lower level water sector plans
   • Design water programs and interventions that are gender responsive
   • Establish country-specific guidelines for mainstreaming gender




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AFRICAN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL ON WATER
                CONSEIL DES MINISTRES AFRICAINS CHARGES DE L’EAU
                             Special Technical Committee of the African Union



STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

4. Strategic research and collection of operational information on
   gender undertaken, produced, shared and used by stakeholders to
   inform evidence based responses
  • Develop and promote adoption of a research framework to guide water
  sector stakeholders on generating sex-disaggregated data
  •Allocate adequate financial and human resources to gender and water
  research
  • Coordinate joint research activities within Africa
  •Develop tools & methodologies to support strategy implementation of
  similar activities in transboundary or regional blocks
  • Conduct research to create new knowledge on gender and water
  • Disseminate knowledge on mainstreaming gender in the water sector
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AFRICAN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL ON WATER
               CONSEIL DES MINISTRES AFRICAINS CHARGES DE L’EAU
                          Special Technical Committee of the African Union



STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

5. Human and institutional capacity developed to support gender
   equality interventions at all levels

  a) Support lead agency, gender management team, gender focal points/
  inter-ministerial steering
  • committee, parliamentary gender caucus & gender equality commission or
  council to:
  • Advocate for the establishment of structures & mechanisms that will
  coordinate, monitor & report on progress of implementation of the Gender
  Strategy
  • Recruit male & female eminent persons to advance the Gender Strategy



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AFRICAN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL ON WATER
                CONSEIL DES MINISTRES AFRICAINS CHARGES DE L’EAU
                           Special Technical Committee of the African Union



STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

(b) Set up GMS structures and mechanisms to implement gender
   actions in national water plans – (enabling
   environment, institutions, process / institutional roles, mechanisms)




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AFRICAN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL ON WATER
                     CONSEIL DES MINISTRES AFRICAINS CHARGES DE L’EAU
                                    Special Technical Committee of the African Union


                               Enabling environment
The gender                     1. Political will
management                     2. Human & financial resources
structure                      3. Legislative & administrative framework
                               4. Women in decision making positions
                               5. Active involvement of civil society



 GMS process (institutional roles)                                 GMS structures (institutions)
 1. Setting up GMS structures                                      1. Lead agency
 2. Implementing national gender action                            2. Gender management team
    plan                                                           3. Focal point/inter-mininsterial committee
 3. Mainstreaming gender in national plan &                        4. Parliamentary caucas
    sectoral ministries                                            5. Gender equality commission




                              GMS Mechanisms
                              1. Gender analysis (awareness & comm. lever)
                              2. Gender training (awareness)
                              3. Mgt information system (comm. lever)
                              4. Performance appraisal system
                                 (incentive/boundary lever)                                                 15
AFRICAN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL ON WATER
                CONSEIL DES MINISTRES AFRICAINS CHARGES DE L’EAU
                           Special Technical Committee of the African Union



STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES (11)

6. Mechanisms to promote cooperation and coordination to
   mainstream gender in the water sector strengthened
  • Establish strategic partnerships for gender strategy implementation
  • Develop gender mainstreaming learning platforms at regional & national
                                    •
  levels
  • Establish twinning programmes at regional and national levels
  • Organize study & familiarization tours to provide stakeholders with
  exposure on good practice




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AFRICAN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL ON WATER
                CONSEIL DES MINISTRES AFRICAINS CHARGES DE L’EAU
                            Special Technical Committee of the African Union



STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES (12)

7. M&E system and indicators to support gender equality interventions
   (a) Establish or strengthen a Gender Management Information System
  (communication lever):
  • Improving existing databases    •
  • Developing an effective communication system at all levels


  (b) Performance Appraisal System (incentive/boundary lever):
  • Developing a checklist of tools
  • M&E system for gender that provides input into AMCOW reporting
  • Key indicators & minimum standards for gender mainstreaming
  • Training on M&E and reporting
                                                                               17
AFRICAN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL ON WATER
CONSEIL DES MINISTRES AFRICAINS CHARGES DE L’EAU
           Special Technical Committee of the African Union




             Thank you




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AMCOW gender policy and strategy by Phoebe Luwum

  • 1. AMCOW GENDER POLICY & STRATEGY World Water Week, Stockholm August 27th, 2012 Presented by Phoebe Luwum Programme Officer 1
  • 2. AFRICAN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL ON WATER CONSEIL DES MINISTRES AFRICAINS CHARGES DE L’EAU Special Technical Committee of the African Union PROCESS  Addis Ababa, 2003: PANAFCON agreed gender concerns be acknowledged through AMCOW consultation process  Entebbe, November 2004: AMCOW Chair, Hon. Mutagamba highlights women’s right to participate in water and sanitation issues as God given  Tunis, 2008: Stakeholders form task force to formulate gender strategy  Entebbe, October 2008: Stakeholders meet to draw up work agenda for task force 2
  • 3. AFRICAN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL ON WATER CONSEIL DES MINISTRES AFRICAINS CHARGES DE L’EAU Special Technical Committee of the African Union PROCESS (2)  Entebbe, June 2009: 1st draft Strategy  Mombasa, September 2009: Anglophone countries review Strategy  Dakar, September 2009: Francophone countries review Strategy  Jo’burg, November 2009: AMCOW endorses draft and commissions the final Strategy  AfricaSan Kigali 2011: Formal launch 3
  • 4. AFRICAN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL ON WATER CONSEIL DES MINISTRES AFRICAINS CHARGES DE L’EAU Special Technical Committee of the African Union PURPOSE & CONTEXT • Provide a reference point whilst recognizing varied levels of progress • Build on experiences in sharing good practice, enhance accountability, encourage adherence to commitments & minimum standards • Developed in the context of AU objectives, aligned to AU gender policy 4
  • 5. AFRICAN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL ON WATER CONSEIL DES MINISTRES AFRICAINS CHARGES DE L’EAU Special Technical Committee of the African Union STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES 1. Policy positions on gender in the water sector in Africa supported and strengthened through policy formulation and implementation (a) Secure high level commitment to gender equality in the sector: • Building capacity of stakeholders around gender and water issues • Advocacy for gender responsive water management • Advocacy for gender in curricula of high level NRM institutions (b) Support gender responsive policy, legislative & administrative frameworks • reviewing existing frameworks as needed • mechanisms to ensure vulnerable people have a voice in policy • human & financial capacity of AMCOW & countries for advocacy & monitoring of actions 5
  • 6. AFRICAN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL ON WATER CONSEIL DES MINISTRES AFRICAINS CHARGES DE L’EAU Special Technical Committee of the African Union STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES (c) Promote participation of women in decision-making positions: • Leadership training programmes for women • technical training programmes for women (d) Actively engage and coordinate with all stakeholders: • exposure of good practices • stakeholder and consultative fora • networking initiatives 6
  • 7. AFRICAN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL ON WATER CONSEIL DES MINISTRES AFRICAINS CHARGES DE L’EAU Special Technical Committee of the African Union STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES 2. Adequate human and financial resources allocated to gender mainstreaming through strategic resource mobilization • Develop country-specific gender mainstreaming requirements and zero- budgets, to act as a basis for resource mobilization • Undertake participatory and gender inclusive resources mobilization • Ensure technical capacity of stakeholders in gender mainstreaming • Train on gender responsive budgeting 7
  • 8. AFRICAN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL ON WATER CONSEIL DES MINISTRES AFRICAINS CHARGES DE L’EAU Special Technical Committee of the African Union STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES 3. Gender approach to implement project interventions at all levels within the water sector, including economic empowerment through equal access to water for productive purposes developed and adopted a) gender analyses as an integral part of planning and implementation (communication & awareness lever) by: • Gender assessments & analyses • baseline surveys 8
  • 9. AFRICAN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL ON WATER CONSEIL DES MINISTRES AFRICAINS CHARGES DE L’EAU Special Technical Committee of the African Union STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES (b) Conduct gender training (awareness lever): • tours to provide exposure on good practice in gender and water • business skills training for the water sector •Training civil society, media, AMCOW organs and other stakeholders on their role in gender mainstreaming in the water sector • Engaging children in educational gender activities in the sector 9
  • 10. AFRICAN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL ON WATER CONSEIL DES MINISTRES AFRICAINS CHARGES DE L’EAU Special Technical Committee of the African Union STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES (c) Promote economic empowerment interventions (communication and awareness levers): • programs for equal access to water for productive purposes •pilot projects aimed at equal access to water for productive purposes •Documenting lessons in economic empowerment of women in water sector programs • Replicating, scaling-up & institutionalizing good gender practice • Developing guidelines for integration of gender in water for production 10
  • 11. AFRICAN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL ON WATER CONSEIL DES MINISTRES AFRICAINS CHARGES DE L’EAU Special Technical Committee of the African Union STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES d) Develop and implement Gender and Water Action Plans that: • Undertake gender responsive community action plans on water projects • Mainstream gender in the national and lower level water sector plans • Design water programs and interventions that are gender responsive • Establish country-specific guidelines for mainstreaming gender 11
  • 12. AFRICAN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL ON WATER CONSEIL DES MINISTRES AFRICAINS CHARGES DE L’EAU Special Technical Committee of the African Union STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES 4. Strategic research and collection of operational information on gender undertaken, produced, shared and used by stakeholders to inform evidence based responses • Develop and promote adoption of a research framework to guide water sector stakeholders on generating sex-disaggregated data •Allocate adequate financial and human resources to gender and water research • Coordinate joint research activities within Africa •Develop tools & methodologies to support strategy implementation of similar activities in transboundary or regional blocks • Conduct research to create new knowledge on gender and water • Disseminate knowledge on mainstreaming gender in the water sector 12
  • 13. AFRICAN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL ON WATER CONSEIL DES MINISTRES AFRICAINS CHARGES DE L’EAU Special Technical Committee of the African Union STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES 5. Human and institutional capacity developed to support gender equality interventions at all levels a) Support lead agency, gender management team, gender focal points/ inter-ministerial steering • committee, parliamentary gender caucus & gender equality commission or council to: • Advocate for the establishment of structures & mechanisms that will coordinate, monitor & report on progress of implementation of the Gender Strategy • Recruit male & female eminent persons to advance the Gender Strategy 13
  • 14. AFRICAN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL ON WATER CONSEIL DES MINISTRES AFRICAINS CHARGES DE L’EAU Special Technical Committee of the African Union STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES (b) Set up GMS structures and mechanisms to implement gender actions in national water plans – (enabling environment, institutions, process / institutional roles, mechanisms) 14
  • 15. AFRICAN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL ON WATER CONSEIL DES MINISTRES AFRICAINS CHARGES DE L’EAU Special Technical Committee of the African Union Enabling environment The gender 1. Political will management 2. Human & financial resources structure 3. Legislative & administrative framework 4. Women in decision making positions 5. Active involvement of civil society GMS process (institutional roles) GMS structures (institutions) 1. Setting up GMS structures 1. Lead agency 2. Implementing national gender action 2. Gender management team plan 3. Focal point/inter-mininsterial committee 3. Mainstreaming gender in national plan & 4. Parliamentary caucas sectoral ministries 5. Gender equality commission GMS Mechanisms 1. Gender analysis (awareness & comm. lever) 2. Gender training (awareness) 3. Mgt information system (comm. lever) 4. Performance appraisal system (incentive/boundary lever) 15
  • 16. AFRICAN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL ON WATER CONSEIL DES MINISTRES AFRICAINS CHARGES DE L’EAU Special Technical Committee of the African Union STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES (11) 6. Mechanisms to promote cooperation and coordination to mainstream gender in the water sector strengthened • Establish strategic partnerships for gender strategy implementation • Develop gender mainstreaming learning platforms at regional & national • levels • Establish twinning programmes at regional and national levels • Organize study & familiarization tours to provide stakeholders with exposure on good practice 16
  • 17. AFRICAN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL ON WATER CONSEIL DES MINISTRES AFRICAINS CHARGES DE L’EAU Special Technical Committee of the African Union STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES (12) 7. M&E system and indicators to support gender equality interventions (a) Establish or strengthen a Gender Management Information System (communication lever): • Improving existing databases • • Developing an effective communication system at all levels (b) Performance Appraisal System (incentive/boundary lever): • Developing a checklist of tools • M&E system for gender that provides input into AMCOW reporting • Key indicators & minimum standards for gender mainstreaming • Training on M&E and reporting 17
  • 18. AFRICAN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL ON WATER CONSEIL DES MINISTRES AFRICAINS CHARGES DE L’EAU Special Technical Committee of the African Union Thank you 18