HGDG-2019 3rd Edition PDF
HGDG-2019 3rd Edition PDF
HGDG-2019 3rd Edition PDF
Third Edition
Second Printing
June 2019
A project of the National Economic and Development Authority, the Philippine
Commission on Women, and the Official Development Assistance Gender and
Development Network
BACKGROUND 1
Objectives and Contents 1
Context of the Guidelines 2
Features 4
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LIST OF BOXES AND CHECKLISTS
1 PPGD strategies, goals, and vision 3
2 Levels of gender equality and women’s empowerment 5
26 GAD checklist for designing and evaluating disaster risk reduction and management
projects
27 GAD checklist for development planning
F1-F2 GAD checklists for designing and evaluating funding facilities
B1-B4 GAD checklists for the fisheries sector
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PREFACE
The first edition of the Harmonized Gender and Development Guidelines (HGDG) for
Project Development, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation, published in 2004, was
prepared by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) in partnership with the
Philippine Commission on Women (PCW), and the Official Development Assistance - Gender
and Development (ODA-GAD) Network. This initial edition was funded by the United Nations
Development Programme and the Asian Development Bank.
Since then, various government agencies, local government units (LGUs), non-government
organizations, academe, bilateral and multilateral donor agencies, and other development
partners utilized the HGDG to ensure that gender perspectives are integrated in the different
stages of program and project development. Furthermore, with the passage of Republic Act No.
7192, gender mainstreaming was strengthened, mandating all government instrumentalities to
allocate five to thirty percent of overseas development assistance to gender-responsive programs
and projects. This was later on reinforced by RA 9710 or the Magna Carta of Women, which
required government agencies and LGUs to undergo capacity building on HGDG.
The first report on gender responsiveness of ODA programs and projects was formulated
in 2007. By 2009, an assessment of the gender-responsiveness of ODA Programs and projects has
been included in the l 7th ODA Portfolio Review, which was submitted by NEDA to Congress.
In 2014, NEDA conducted monitoring visits using the HGDG - Project Implementation and
Management, Monitoring and Evaluation checklists to validate the gender responsiveness of
selected ODA programs and projects.
In 2016, given its continuous efforts and initiatives on gender mainstreaming to achieve
gender equality and women empowerment, a milestone policy has been issued by the Investment
Coordination Committee (ICC) of the NEDA Board. This involved integrating the HGDG in the
ICC process by requiring the submission of the relevant HGDG checklist as an additional ICC
Project Evaluation Form to be included in the Project Evaluation Report. Adopting this policy
is consistent with NEDA’s mandate of monitoring the amount of ODA allocated for gender-
responsive programs and projects as stipulated in RA 7192 and 9710.
We have made numerous progress since we first published HGDG in 2004, yet integrating
gender perspectives in development programs and projects, remains a huge task. This is why we
encourage all government agencies, development partners, and stakeholders to institutionalize
the use of the Guidelines not only in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
of programs and projects funded by the ODA; but also in developing programs, projects, and
activities within their organization, thereby contributing to the overall achievement of gender
equality and women’s empowerment in the country.
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MESSAGE
. . . the full and complete development of a country, the welfare of the world, and the cause
of peace require the maximum participation of women on equal terms with men in all fields.
Furthermore, the Philippines signed the Millennium Declaration, which includes the
promotion of gender equality as its third goal. The target of eliminating gender disparity in
primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and all levels of education not later than
2015, is projected to be reached or even surpassed by the Philippines. Gender equality is integral
to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Without progress toward
gender equality and women’s empowerment, none of the MDGs and their targets will be achieved.
Being a signatory to CEDAW, the Philippines has made the Convention a part of the law of
the land. It is also one of few countries with gender equality provisions in its Constitution. Section
14 of Article II states that “it recognizes the role of women in nation-building, and shall ensure the
fundamental equality before the law of women and men.” Other noteworthy laws and policies
promoting gender equality are the Women in Development and Nation-Building Act (Republic
Act 7192), the Philippine Plan for Gender-Responsive Development, the Anti-Sexual Harassment
Act (RA 7877), the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act (RA 9208), the Anti-Violence against Women
and their Children Act (RA 9262), and laws on Rape (RA 8353 and RA 8505).
The Philippines has been taking concrete steps toward integrating GAD concerns in the
development process. The Harmonized Gender and Development Guidelines is a vital contribution to
the process of gender mainstreaming. This document is a product of a multisectoral process on the
required processes and mechanisms for the Philippine Plan for Gender-Responsive Development
as part of our efforts to implement RA 7192 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations; guide
the integration of the GAD perspective in development planning processes and various stages of
the project cycle; and address the issues of inadequate sex-disaggregated data and statistics for
development planning and programming.
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We, the international development partners in the Philippines, are happy to collaborate with
the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and the Philippine Commission on
Women (PCW) in producing these guidelines. Working together, and with the assistance of a
gender expert, we worked out a set of guidelines that harmonizes all our existing guidelines
(donors and government). We hope this will redound to a shared understanding of terms and
concepts which will translate to doable and concrete steps at each stage of the project cycle to
ensure that gender equality gaps are addressed.
We are very pleased with the potential that this document has to guide project managers
and implementors. We look forward to these guidelines being consistently applied by NEDA, line
agencies, local government units, donor agencies, and civil society organizations in the design,
implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of their projects.
As with the original version of the guidelines, we hope that the third edition of the
Harmonized Gender and Development Guidelines will help fast-track our collective efforts at making
gender mainstreaming show concrete results in the quality of lives of women and men, girl and
boy children.
ODA-GAD Network
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
This revised set of guidelines was developed and produced by the National Economic and
Development Authority (NEDA), in collaboration with the Philippine Commission on Women and
the Official Development Assistance–Gender and Development Network. We would like to make
special mention of the Network members involved in the development of the guidelines, particularly
the Asian Development Bank, Agencia Española de Cooperacion Internacional para el Desarrollo,
Australian Agency for International Development, Canadian International Development Agency,
European Commission, International Labor Organization, Japan International Cooperation
Agency, United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Development Programme, United
Nations Population Fund, United States Agency for International Development, the World Bank,
World Health Organization, and Voluntary Service Overseas Philippines.
We are grateful as well to Ms. Jeanne Frances I. Illo, Consultant on guidelines preparation
and revision, and Director MaryAnne E.R. Darauay of the NEDA Social Development Staff, as
well as her team, who served as overall implementor and coordinator for this endeavor.
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BACKGROUND
In 1993 the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and the National
Commission on the Role of Filipino Women, now known as the Philippine Commission on
Women (PCW), in conjunction with various Philippine government agencies, produced the
Guidelines for Developing and Implementing Gender-Responsive Programs and Projects. The
document sought to assist line or implementing agencies in (1) complying with Republic Act No.
7192, known as the Women in Development and Nation-Building Act and its Implementing Rules
and Regulations; (2) integrating a gender and development (GAD) perspective in development
planning processes and various stages of the project cycle; and (3) addressing the issues of
inadequate sex-disaggregated data and statistics for development planning and programming.
Since the mid-1990s, most official development assistance (ODA) donors have also crafted
their own GAD guidelines to assist their officers, contractors, and local partners in incorporating
GAD concerns in the design and implementation of their programs and projects. By early 2003,
or ten years after the Philippine government issued its GAD guidelines, government agencies had
been contending with often overlapping GAD checklists.
In mid-2003, NEDA and the Official Development Assistance - Gender and Development
Network (ODA-GAD Network) agreed to harmonize GAD requirements after reviewing the
existing checklists for project development, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation
(M&E). This initiative aimed to produce a common set of guidelines for Philippine government
agencies and donors while allowing variations in priorities among them.1
The new GAD guidelines reflect the evolution of assistance framework from Women
in Development to GAD and the current focus on women’s rights. The current version of the
guidelines also incorporates the suggestions of many groups in the Philippine government that
have tried the original set of guidelines.2
The harmonized GAD guidelines seek to promote the goals of gender equality and women’s
empowerment. Specifically, these aim to:
1. provide NEDA, ODA donors, Philippine government agencies, and development
practitioners with a common set of analytical concepts and tools for integrating gender
concerns into development programs and projects; and
2. help achieve gender equality in, and empower women through, projects and programs.
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The World Bank, in coordination with NEDA, compiled sets of guidelines and disseminated them during the April 1,
2003 Network meeting. A consultant was hired to simplify and harmonize the existing guidelines of NEDA, PCW,
and ODA donors. The United Nations Development Programme provided the initial funds, while NEDA led and
managed the initiative.
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The revision of the guidelines was supported by a technical assistance grant from the Asian Development Bank to
NEDA.
Sources: Philippine Plan for Gender-Responsive Development and Framework Plan for Women.
The GAD guidelines of bilateral and multilateral donors are generally based on a strategy that
treats gender, GAD, or gender equality as a crosscutting theme—one that needs to be integrated
or incorporated in various aspects of the agency’s operations, policies, programs, and projects.
The Philippine government and its many donors also promote equality between women and men
through a gender mainstreaming strategy which includes funding initiatives that address women’s
human rights and gender issues or interventions that enable organizations and institutions to
pursue GAD mainstreaming. The Harmonized Gender and Development Guidelines presents
the convergence of GAD frameworks of the Philippines and ODA donors.
Focus
The guidelines focus on (1) the process, (2) strategies, and (3) the development and
management results of integrating gender equality and women’s empowerment concerns, (see
Box 2) in various stages of the project cycle, including (a) project identification and design and
assessment of projects for funding; (b) project implementation; and (c) monitoring and evaluation.
To aid users of the guidelines, a Glossary of Terms is found in Appendix A.
This set of GAD guidelines subscribes to the idea that development involves the expansion
of freedoms and strengthening of capabilities. In this connection, it recognizes that
equality between women and men is a key women’s human right;
participation in development is crucial to the empowerment of women and men;
gender equality means promoting the equal participation of women as agents of
economic, social, and political change; and
achieving equality between women and men may involve the introduction of specific
measures designed to eliminate prevailing gender inequalities and inequities.
Users
The GAD guidelines are designed for the use of those involved in developing, implementing,
managing, and monitoring and evaluating development programs and projects in the Philippines.
These are supposed to help NEDA evaluate or assess projects for funding. The guidelines are also
expected to assist government agencies and local government units (LGUs) not just in designing
but also in implementing, managing, and monitoring and evaluating development interventions.
The guidelines are also useful to ODA donors and their consultants for developing, managing,
and monitoring and evaluating projects. A guide to the administration of the checklists is found
in Appendix B of this volume.
WELFARE: Addressing the material and physical well-being of women and men, girls and boys. Empowerment
here refers to improvement in the physical condition of women and girls.
ACCESS: Ensuring that resources, services, and facilities are made available to women and men. Access is
related to the concept of entitlements that are conferred by the state, market, kinship, and other systems.
Because women’s entitlements are generally more limited, empowerment here means greater access of women
to resources, services, and facilities, and making available to women appropriate and effective means to secure
resources, services, and facilities.
CONSCIENTIZATION: Challenging the existing gender division of labor or questioning the beliefs that women’s
lower socioeconomic position and the traditional gender division of labor are part of the natural order, or is “God-
given;” and acknowledging the equality between women and men. Empowerment means sensitizing women and
men to sexist beliefs and recognizing that women’s subordination is not part of the natural order of things, but is
imposed by a system of discrimination that is socially constructed, one that can be altered.
PARTICIPATION: Addressing the most visible and obvious phenomenon of inequality between women and men
— small proportions of women are found in the legislative assembly or in the management of public organizations
and the private sector. When development is confined to the levels of welfare and access, women are treated as
passive beneficiaries. Empowering women means making them equal with men, who are agents actively involved
in the development process.
CONTROL: Confronting the unequal power relations between women and men. Women’s increased participation
at the decision-making level will lead to their increased development and empowerment when this participation
is used to achieve increased control over the factors of production, ensuring women’s equal access to resources
and the distribution of benefits. Equality of control means a balance of power between women and men, so that
neither is in a position of dominance.
Source: Sara Longwe, Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality Framework (UNICEF 1994 cited in FPW, pp. 6-7)
The harmonized GAD guidelines are compatible with the GAD checklists of ODA donors
and the GAD strategies of Philippine government agencies. These are formulated as minimum
requirements for development projects, including those supported by ODA funds. ODA donors
and government agencies may want to introduce additional requirements to fit their priorities
and policies.
In accordance with Section 5 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations for RA 7192,
government agencies and LGUs are encouraged to prepare and use more detailed checklists
to address relevant issues or factors in their regions and sectors. These expanded checklists,
however, should observe the core requirements contained in the harmonized GAD guidelines.
The GAD guidelines for the identification and design of development projects and programs
require project proponents and evaluators to consider ten core elements of a gender-responsive
project or program:
The first three requirements are related to the project identification stage, while the other
seven are pertinent to the project design phase.
PROJECT IDENTIFICATION
The initial phase of the project cycle involves generating information that reflects a high
priority in the use of the country’s resources to achieve an important development objective. It is
the process of searching for viable development initiatives aimed at responding to specific issues
and problems.
GAD Requirements
The GAD focus areas at this stage of the project or program cycle are:
Participation of women and men. Since development programs and projects address the
needs of specific constituencies, the proposed female and male beneficiaries must be
involved at the earliest stage of the project. This will help ensure that their concerns and
interests are taken into account in all phases of the project cycle. Major participation
concerns are summarized in Box 3.
Has the project consulted men and women on the problem or issue?
Has the project conducted consultations at the central agency, regional, or community
levels?
Have records of the consultations with different parties at various levels been kept?
Are these records sex-disaggregated?
Collection of sex-disaggregated data and gender-related information, and gender analysis of the
development problem and the target population or organization. Documenting the involvement
of men and women in project preparatory activities (identification and design) requires
classifying participation data by sex of the participants. Sex-disaggregated data and
gender-related information are also necessary inputs to a comprehensive analysis of the
situation that includes the gender dimension of the development problem or situation
and the existing gender issues. This applies to macro and micro projects or programs.
The success of the development intervention and the achievement of its goals and
objectives are likely to be constrained by a variety of factors, many of which can be
avoided or addressed early on before they adversely affect project success. A gender
analysis of the development problem can identify gender issues arising from:
• practical gender needs, or those related to welfare and access concerns (see Appendix
A for a discussion of key gender analysis concepts);
• strategic gender needs, or those that correspond with the upper three levels of
empowerment and gender equality; and/or
• gender gaps or inequalities and inequities in gender relations, gender division of
labor, access and control of resources, and involvement in leadership and decision
making. Gender gaps originate and are maintained in a society by systems of gender
discrimination through cultural norms and traditions, institutions or rules, laws,
and religious beliefs.
General gender analysis questions are provided in Box 4. These can be restated to fit
the project situation. However, the basic question that all development programs and
projects should respond to is: What are the gender issues that the project needs to address
in view of its goals and objectives? In addition, they should ask: Which women’s human
rights are promoted by the programs and projects?
It must be noted that the same questions may be posed for sector or macro situation
analysis using aggregate statistics (labor force, employment, credit distribution,
education and training, health and nutrition, and the like).
Identification of gender issues and women’s special needs that must be addressed. Gender analysis
helps proponents identify gender issues and women’s special needs that programs
or projects should address. The problem of providing pregnant mothers with proper
nutrition is part of women’s special needs, but this problem is compounded by a gender
issue: Women usually have a small share of the available food within the household.
A related issue pertains to the control women actually have over the domestic budget,
which includes food. These issues have to be reflected on in the summary GAD checklist
for project identification (see Box 5).
The GAD checklist for project identification contains 3 of the 10 requirements for a gender-
responsive project design (see Box 5). Project proponents and evaluators of the project proposal
must ascertain whether or not each of the requirements has been met and to what degree these
have been complied with. There are three possible responses to the question “Has the required
activity been done?” These are no, partly, and fully.
1. Put a check in the appropriate column (2a to 2c) under “Response” to signify the degree in
which a project proponent has complied with the GAD element: under column 2a if nothing
has been done; under column 2b if an element, item, or question has been partly complied
with; and under column 2c if an element, item, or question has been fully complied with.
2. A partial and a full yes may be distinguished as follows.
a. For Element 1.0, a “partly yes” to Item 1.1 means meeting only with male officials and only
a woman or a few women, who also happen to be officials in the proponent or partner
agency or organization; or with male and female officials and some male beneficiaries. In
contrast, full compliance involves meeting with female and male officials and consulting
with other stakeholders, including women and men that could be affected positively or
negatively by the proposed project. A “partly yes” to Item 1.2, on the other hand, means
inputs or suggestions may have been sought from woman and man beneficiaries but are
not considered at all in designing project activities and facilities.
b. For Element 2.0, “partly yes” means some information has been classified by sex but may
not help identify key gender issues that a planned project must address. In contrast, a
full “yes” implies that qualitative and quantitative data are cited in the analysis of the
development issue or project.
c. For Element 3.0, a “partly yes” to Item 3.1 means a superficial or partial analysis has been
done by focusing on only one or two of the concerns (gender roles, needs, perspectives, or
access to and control of resources) while a “partly yes” to Item 3.2 means that an analysis
of either constraints or opportunities, instead of both, or an analysis of constraints and
opportunities only by women or by men, has been done.
3. Enter the appropriate score for an element or item under column 3.
a. To ascertain the score for a GAD element, a three-point rating scale is provided: “0”
when the proponent has not accomplished any of the activities or questions listed under
an element or requirement; a score that is less than the stated maximum when compliance
is only partial; and “2” (for the element or requirement), or the maximum score for an
item or question, when the proponent has done all the required activities.
b. The scores for “partly yes” differ by element. For instance, the score for “partly yes” for
sex-disaggregated data in project identification and planning (Element 2.0) is “1.” For
elements that have two or more items or questions (such as Elements 1.0 and 3.0), the
rating for a “partial yes” is the sum of the scores of the items or questions that falls short
of the maximum “2.0.”
c. Because Elements 1.0 and 3.0 have been broken down into two items each, the maximum
point (full “yes”) for each item is pegged at “1.0” and that for “partly yes” is “0.5.” The
score for the element will be a positive number that is lower than “2.0,” the maximum
score for the element.
4. For an element (column 1) that has more than one item or question, add the score for the items
and enter the sum in the thickly bordered cell for the element.
5. Add the scores in the thickly bordered cells under column 3 to come up with the GAD score
for the project identification stage.
6. Under the last column, indicate the key gender issues identified (for proponents) or comments
on the proponent’s compliance with the requirement (for evaluators).
* For elements with multiple questions, the possible responses and their corresponding scores are as follows: no, with a score of “0”;
yes, with a score of “2”; and partly yes. The score for “partly yes” to an item or question varies per element, while the total score
for “partly yes” to an element may be any positive score lower than “2.”
GAD Requirements
Articulation of a woman’s human right or a gender equality goal, purpose, or objective. A gender
equality objective may be incorporated as part of project objectives or organizational
goals to ensure that the project will address gender issues and the constraints that have
been identified in the situation analysis (“Issues” column in Box 5). Following the PPGD,
the GAD objective may be gender equality in the control of resources, as it enables
women to gain increased access to resources and, consequently, improved welfare for
themselves and their children. Welfare and access goals are important, but it is crucial to
recognize that equality of participation and control is the necessary condition if progress
toward gender equality in welfare and access provisions is to be achieved.
Inclusion of gender equality and women’s rights outputs and outcomes. The outputs and
outcomes may be institutional or organizational changes, particularly in programs or
projects that seek to mainstream GAD. Outputs may also relate to improvements in
the situation or status of women and men. The PPGD gender equality and women’s
empowerment framework is a good guide for formulating outputs and outcomes (Box 2).
For instance, the output may be improved access of women to resources distributed by
the project while the outcome may be more women-led enterprises that are sustainable,
highly valued, and within nontraditional areas for women.
Support for gender-responsive activities or interventions. Gender-responsive projects and
programs address relevant gender issues and achieve their gender equality goals,
objectives, or purposes by:
Review of the final project design using a gender analysis. After the project design has been
completed, a gender analysis must be conducted to ensure that the activities and
strategies are congruent with the gender equality goals and the results that the project is
supposed to attain, and that the project will not create gender inequalities or adversely
affect women and girls. Some questions to be addressed are:
Inclusion of monitoring targets and indicators. The inclusion of GAD activities, outputs, and
outcomes calls for the commitment of project resources to eradicate gender discrimination
or improve women’s situation and status. To ensure this, projects need to set targets and
monitor project progress and accomplishments. This means:
setting realistic time-bound quantitative and qualitative targets that signify concrete
results of the project’s commitment to gender equality and GAD goals;
choosing gender equality and women’s empowerment indicators that will measure
the GAD results at output and outcome levels; and
requiring the collection of sex-disaggregated data and gender-related
information to support the project’s GAD monitoring.
Congruence of the GAD agenda of the project with that of the Philippine government. Many
government departments, bureaus, and offices have GAD strategies and action plans that,
with PCW, promote the government’s GAD agenda. Several agencies have developed
their GAD strategies or action plans. Because programs and projects are finite, the
sustainability of GAD-related initiatives partly depends on how well the change agenda
has been harmonized with PCW programs and incorporated in the GAD strategy of
the implementing government agency or unit. In situations where a proposed project
or program is lodged in an agency that has no GAD structure, mechanism, or strategy,
the project may consider its initiatives as opportunities for promoting GAD within the
agency or unit. Specifically, the following questions may be asked:
Has the project design considered the GAD initiatives and structures of the partner
Philippine government agency? Or, has the project involved GAD focal points in
the design of its gender equality strategies? Or, does the project have a strategy or
plan for coordinating with PCW? Or, will the project build on the agency/PCW/
government’s commitment to the empowerment of women?
Does the project have an exit plan that will ensure the sustainability of GAD efforts
and benefits?
Are other groups involved in addressing gender issues in the sector? Will it build
on the initiatives or actions of other organizations in the area?
The project logical framework analysis (LFA or logframe) or a similar tool must reflect GAD
concerns. Thus, project design must be assessed in line with the various elements of the logical
framework analysis: project goals or objectives, outcomes and outputs (particularly in terms of
results), and monitoring targets and indicators. To ensure that all this happens, Box 5a provides
examples of key questions to be asked in preparing a logical framework analysis.
Important
Objectively verifiable
Narrative summary Means of verification assumptions
indicators
or risk factors
Overall Objective or What measures can verify ■■ Are the data for What are the
Long-term Goal achievement of the gender- verifying the goal important external
■■ Are women or girls specified conscious goal within a given classified by sex factors necessary
as among the clients, targets, time frame and specific location? and analyzed in in sustaining the
or beneficiaries who will terms of gender? gender-conscious
gain in terms of improved ■■ What gender goal?
status or material condition analysis tools will
(life outcome) or enhanced be used?
participation in the long-term
benefits of the project?
OR
■■ Do gender relations in
any way influence the
project goal, including the
distribution of benefits?
Project Purpose (or Specific ■■ What measures can verify ■■ Are the data for What are the
Objectives or Outcomes) the achievement of gender- verifying the important external
■■ Does the project have gender- responsive objectives or project purpose sex- factors necessary
responsive objectives? of objectives in connection disaggregated and in sustaining the
■■ Does the project enable with women and men, analyzed in terms gender-responsive
women and men, girls and girls and boys? of gender? objective(s)?
boys, to utilize their enhanced OR ■■ What gender
capacities or the resources ■■ How will utilization of analysis tools will
they received from the the goods and services by be used?
project? women and men, girls and
boys, affect their activities,
practices, and behavior?
Outputs What measures can verify that ■■ Are the data for What are the
■■ Is the distribution of goods project deliverables (enhanced verifying project important external
and services equally or capacities, health services, outputs classified factors necessary in
equitably accessible to women etc.) are accessible to women by sex and analyzed achieving project
and men, girls and boys? and men, girls and boys, and in terms of gender? outputs, particularly
■■ Do the project deliverables different types of women/girls? ■■ What gender in connection
address gender issues that analysis tools will with marginalized
are directly relevant to the be used? women?
project?
Activities Inputs: ■■ Are the data for What are the
■■ Are gender issues clarified ■■ What resources do project verifying project important external
in the implementation of the beneficiaries contribute to activities sex- factors necessary
project? the project? disaggregated and in achieving the
■■ Are project activities designed ■■ Is the contribution of analyzed in terms activities and
to enable women and men, women as well as men of gender? especially ensuring
girls and boys, to participate accounted for? ■■ What gender the continued
in the activities or share in the analysis tools will involvement of
■■ Are external resources
benefits? be used? man and woman
accounting for women’s
participants in the
■■ Do the project activities build access to and control over
project?
the capacity of the staff to resources?
conduct gender analysis and ■■ Has the project allocated
monitor or review project a budget for building
progress vis-à-vis gender capacity of the project staff
concerns or issues? to implement the project in
a gender-responsive way?
* The questions are enhanced versions of the questions used by the International Service for National Agriculture Resource (ISNAR),
2000, after the questions have been aligned with the NEDA logical framework analysis methodology.
Box 6 includes the other seven core requirements for a gender-responsive project; sector-
specific guide questions are provided in Part II of these harmonized guidelines. The instructions
below serve as a guide for project designers and evaluators.
1. Put a check in the appropriate column (2a to 2c) under “Response” to signify the degree to
which a project proponent has complied with the GAD element: under column 2a if nothing
has been done; under column 2b if an element, item, or question has been partly complied
with; and under column 2c if an element, item, or question has been fully complied with.
2. A partial and a full yes may be distinguished as follows.
a. For Element 4.0, “partly yes” means having a gender equality statement incorporated in
any of the following levels: goal, purpose, or output. A full “yes” requires the integration
of gender equality in at least two of the three levels.
b. For Element 5.0, “partly yes” means having gender equality strategies or activities, but no
stated gender issues that will match the activities, while a full “yes” requires an identified
gender issue and activities that seek to address this issue.
c. For Element 6.0, a “partly yes” to Item 6.1 means women or girls comprise less than a third
of the project’s indirect or direct beneficiaries; to Item 6.2, it means the project focuses
on affecting socioeconomic status with no consideration to women’s empowerment; and
to Item 6.3 means mitigating strategies deal only with minimizing negative impact on
welfare, with no regard for status. A full “yes” to an item under Element 6.0 means women
or girls constitute at least a third of the project beneficiaries (Item 6.1), the project will
impact on both material condition and status (Item 6.2), and the project seeks to minimize
negative impact on women’s status as well as welfare (Item 6.3).
d. For Element 7.0, “partly yes” means the project monitoring plan includes indicators that
are sex-disaggregated, with no qualitative indicator of empowerment or status change.
e. For Element 8.0, “partly yes” means the project requires the collection of some sex-
disaggregated data or information, but not all the information that will track the gender-
differentiated effects of the project. A full “yes” means all sex-disaggregated data and
qualitative information will be collected to help monitor the GAD outcomes and outputs.
f. For Element 9.0, “partly yes” means there is a budget for GAD-related activities but not
sufficient to ensure that the project will address relevant gender issues (Item 9.1), or to
build GAD capacities among project staff or the project agency, or to tap external GAD
expertise (Item 9.2).
g. For Element 10.0, a “partly yes” to Item 10.1 means there is a mention of the agency’s GAD
plan but no direct connection is made to incorporate the project’s GAD efforts into the
plan; to Item 10.2 means there is a mention of other GAD initiatives in the project coverage
but no indication of how the project will build on these initiatives; and to Item 10.3 means
the project has a sustainability plan for its GAD efforts but no mention is made of how
these may be institutionalized within the implementing agency or its partners.
* The possible responses and their corresponding scores are as follows: no (“0”), yes (“2”), and partly yes. For
elements with multiple items or questions, the score for “partly yes” to an item or question varies per element with
the total score for “partly yes” to an element will be a positive number that is lower than “2.0.”
Several GAD-related issues need to be considered when formulating the investment plan.
In selecting and screening programs and projects, the following should be done:
Inclusion of gender-responsive priority capital forming and technical assistance projects
as provided for by RA 7192
Use of gender-responsive prioritization criteria, such as:
promotion of gender equality and women’s empowerment in the areas of access to
and control of resources and benefits among women and men;
strengthening of women and men’s participation in their own organizations and in
development activities; and
utilization of structures and mechanisms for integrating GAD concerns.
In connection with financing programs and projects, at least the following should be considered:
(a) conferring priority to gender-responsive projects, as provided for by the Implementing Rules
and Regulations of RA 7192; and (b) monitoring the utilization and mobilization of domestic and
foreign resources for gender-responsive projects and programs.
* As evident from the scores in Boxes 5 and 6 and the sector-specific checklists, the summary score for “partly yes” to an element or
requirement may be any positive number lower than “2.0.”
As with the general checklist, the guidelines for a sector or subsector aim to ensure that the
project:
is consistent with the sector thrusts and its implementation is within the mandate of
the proponent or implementing agency, the objectives and thrusts of the PPGD, and the
priorities of the PPGD medium-term plans;
includes gender analysis to identify the gender issues it needs to consider, and to
ascertain its likely gender impact;
specifies relevant gender equality and women’s empowerment objectives, outcomes,
and outputs;
includes activities or strategies intended to address the identified gender issues or needs,
or enable the project to achieve gender equality results;
commits human and financial resources (such as hiring a GAD specialist, providing
project personnel and partners with GAD training during project implementation, and
developing a gender database) to achieve its gender equality and women’s empowerment
goals;
has a gender-sensitive monitoring and evaluation system that specifies gender equality
indicators and targets, and the collection of sex-disaggregated and gender information;
and
coordinates its efforts with those of PCW, the local implementing agency, and other
groups working to address the gender issues in the sector.
It must be noted that in identifying and addressing gender issues, project designers and
evaluators must be sensitive to the different socioeconomic variations among women. Some
women may experience different forms of exclusion because of their resource position, ethnicity,
or disability. Gender-related norms and attitudes also differ among the Philippine ethnolinguistic
groups and indigenous peoples. The differences among women, as between women and men,
should be considered in program or project design, implementation, and monitoring and
evaluation.
In connection with project management, two sets of concerns must be addressed. The first
pertains to GAD mainstreaming, such as (1) support of project leadership; (2) staff commitment
and technical competence in implementing the project’s GAD strategy and willingness to tap
external GAD expertise in developing internal GAD capacity; and (3) enforcement of procedures
and processes that promote gender equality and women’s empowerment.
The second set of concerns seeks to ensure post-project sustainability of GAD initiatives
and results by (1) involving regular agency personnel in the implementation of gender equality
activities; (2) developing the capacity of agency officials and personnel for undertaking GAD
initiatives; and (3) incorporating the project’s GAD strategies in the agency’s GAD plans.
Apart from checking on project management, the progress and performance of projects are
periodically assessed as part of project monitoring. Meanwhile, project evaluation generally takes
place at the end of the project, although a midterm evaluation is generally conducted in projects
that run for three years or more. Monitoring and evaluation aim to ascertain the project’s success
in achieving its targets and goals, assess practices and processes, and cull important lessons from
the experiences and problems encountered by the project. A menu of sample GAD monitoring
indicators is provided in Appendix C. Like the sector-specific GAD checklists, checklists for
project implementation and management, and project monitoring and evaluation are found in
separate pullouts.
Benefits: Income, food, social status, and other results of human activities and development efforts.
Gender: A shortcut of the phrase, “social relations of gender,” which seeks to make evident and to
explain the global asymmetry that appears in male–female relations in terms of power sharing,
decision making, division of labor, and return to labor both within the household and in society.
It directs our attention to all the attributes acquired in the process of socialization: notions of self;
group definitions; sense of appropriate roles, values, and behaviors; and expected interactions
in relationships between women and men. In the Philippines, as in most societies, women as a
group have less access to resources, opportunities, and decision making. These asymmetries and
inequalities limit their ability to develop and exercise their full capabilities for their own benefit
and for that of society as a whole.
Gender analysis: An examination of a problem or situation in order to identify gender issues within
the problem/context of a project, and the obstacles to the attainment of gender equality or similar
goals. Gender issues may be addressed in all aspects of the program, project, or organization. This
commitment is reflected in the incorporation of GAD goals as well as in the choice of intervention
strategy.
Gender discrimination: Differential treatment given to individuals on the basis of their gender.
This generally involves systemic and structural bias against women in the distribution of income,
access to resources, and participation in decision making.
Gender needs and interests: May be classified into practical and strategic, in the context of women’s
empowerment.
○○ Practical gender needs: Those that do not challenge the unequal structure of gender
relations, division of labor, or traditional balance of power, but relate to the sphere
in which women have primary responsibilities. These differ from “women’s special
needs,” but may sometimes arise from them. Some examples are need for income to
send children to school, weeding tools for agricultural work, and potable water.
Gender roles: Those roles a society or culture defines or constructs as female or male. An example
is childrearing, which is classified as a female gender role. It is not a female sex role, as child-
rearing can be done by men as well as by women. Gender roles may be generally classified into:
○○ Reproduction, which covers activities carried out to reproduce labor and to care for and
maintain the household. Examples are childcare, food preparation, and other activities
that generate goods and services for immediate household consumption.
○○ Community management, which pertains to roles or activities that produce results for the
community’s collective consumption, use, or benefit. Examples are mobilizing resources
to secure basic services for the community, taking on leadership roles, and participating
in projects and organizations.
○○ Leisure, which refers to activities that do not pertain to productive or reproductive work,
but are instead related to rest and recreation.
Resources: Anything that people need to carry out their activities. More specifically, it may be
understood as anything that produces a stream of income and other benefits.
Sex roles: Occupation or biological function for which a necessary qualification is to belong to one
particular sex category. An example is pregnancy as a female sex role, since only members of the
female sex may bear children.
3.2 Agency’s integration of the project • Review documentation/reports on the GAD strategy and efforts
GAD efforts in its GAD action plans of the project, and compare these with the agency’s GAD plans
4.0 GAD implementation processes and procedures
4.1 Incorporation of a discussion of GAD • Review a sample of project documents, reports, and
concerns in project documents; publications for GAD contents or messages
requirement for subproject proposals • Review project criteria and instructions for subprojects
regarding GAD objectives and gender
analysis
4.2 Presence of an operational GAD • Check GAD strategy of the project against accomplishment
strategy; effectiveness in integrating reports
GAD • Interview GAD focal persons/consultants and other staff
4.3 Budget for activities that will build • Review the project budget allocations for GAD
capacities for doing GAD tasks • Check actual expenditures on GAD capacity building and
(gender analysis, monitoring, etc.) activities
4.4 Involvement of women and men in • Visit a sample of project sites; hold FGDs or interviews with
various phases of the subprojects key woman and man informants regarding how the project had
involved women and men
INFRASTRUCTURE
■■ Access of women/men to infrastructure/facility
–– Rate of utilization of the infrastructure or facility, by sex of users
–– Proportion of women to total users of the facility
–– Proportion of female-headed households to total households using the facility
–– Percentage change in the number of women/female-headed households using the
facility
■■ Access to employment generated by the infrastructure project
–– Number of woman/man workers employed by the project during the project’s
construction phase
–– Number of woman/man workers employed by the project/organization for the
operation and maintenance (O&M) of the infrastructure/facility
–– Proportion of women to total workers employed during the construction phase, by
type of job
–– Proportion of women to total workers employed for O&M of the facility
■■ Effect on time use of the beneficiary population (women and men, girls and boys)
–– Travel time to/from market
–– Travel time to/from water source
–– Percent of time for productive activities
–– Percent of time for reproductive activities
–– Percent of time for leisure
■■ Participation in users’ organizations
–– Proportion of women to total members of the users’ organization
–– Percentage change in the number of woman members of the users’ organization
–– Proportion of women to total leaders of the users’ organization
■■ Participation in training and similar project activities
–– Proportion of women to total participants in the O&M training
–– Proportion of women to total participants in the leadership training
■■ Effect on females/males of involuntary resettlement resulting from the project
–– Number of women/men who lost their livelihood
–– Travel time of women/men to market
–– Travel time of women/men to workplace
–– Travel time of girls/boys to school
–– Travel time to nearest health facilities
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