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The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) is a unique inter-agency forum for coordination, policy development and decision-making involving the key UN and non-UN humanitarian partners.

 

http://oneresponse.info/crosscutting/gender/Pages/The%20IASC%20Gender%20Marker.aspx - OneResponse is a collaborative inter-agency website designed to enhance humanitarian coordination within the cluster approach, and support the predictable exchange of information in emergencies at the country level.

 

2012 GENDER MARKER REPORT - ANALYSIS OF RESULTS & LESSONS LEARNED

 

Direct Link to Full 67-Page Report:

http://oneresponse.info/crosscutting/gender/publicdocuments/2012%20IASC%20Gender%20Marker%20Full%20Report%20Final.pdf 

“To ensure women and girls, boys and men have equal access to and benefit from humanitarian assistance – we must “follow the money”.  We need to know how we spend money and who benefits. This is why we are instituting a system of tracking funding – called a gender marker. Only in this way can we be sure we target all the population equally and make sure they receive the resources needed to help them to build back better after emergencies.”

Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs & Emergency Relief Coordinator

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Women, girls, boys and men are affected very differently by crises, and need to be assisted in different ways. But for too long, aid agencies have acted as if everyone is the same providing one size fits all interventions, without a clear sense of how their programmes benefit people differently. The evidence is clear. For humanitarian action to be effective, the different needs of women, girls, boys and men must be understood and met.

That is why the IASC, in 2009, introduced the Gender Marker. A tool aimed at putting gender at the heart of the humanitarian response. This year, for the first time, the IASC Gender Marker has been applied to all Consolidated Appeals Processes. This is an essential step towards ensuring our work meets the needs of everyone affected by crises.

The results so far have been encouraging. Since 2009, the number of gender-blind projects submitted to CAPs have dropped from 45 to 11 per cent. And more than 50 per cent of CAP submissions today now effectively address gender equality concerns. This is progress – although there is a long way still to go.