Report on:
Gender Mainstreaming in
Results Based Management
– Sida Consultation and Coordination Forum
– Bangkok May 9 and 10, 2012
Table of Contents
1.0 Summary of the Report ........................................................................................................................... 3
2.0 Brief Summary of Day 1 ........................................................................................................................... 6
3.0 Brief Summary of Day 2 ......................................................................................................................... 12
4.0 Analysis of the Workshop ...................................................................................................................... 15
5.0 The Way Forward .................................................................................................................................. 18
6.0 Recommendations for Future Workshops ............................................................................................ 19
Appendix...................................................................................................................................................... 20
Appendix A – Workshop Agenda ................................................................................................................. 21
Appendix B – List of Participants ................................................................................................................. 25
Appendix C – Case Studies .......................................................................................................................... 33
Appendix D – Evaluation of Workshop……………………………………………………………………………………………………37
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1.0 Summary of the Report
Sweden’s Embassy in Bangkok includes a Section for Regional Development Cooperation and bilateral
support to Burma. The regional strategy focuses on environment/climate change and democracy and
human rights with gender equality as an integral part of all projects and programmes. The Embassy’s
partners in carrying out programming include intergovernmental organizations, institutes, the UN, the
Asian Development Bank, the World Bank and many international, regional and national NGOs.
To increase capacity among staff and partners for mainstreaming gender equality in regional work, a
regional workshop in Bangkok was planned. The overall objective was: “To strengthen partner’s capacity
to integrate gender equality and results based management into programming and follow-up.” The
expected result of the workshop was that partners would be better able to mainstream gender equality
into their work. Synergies were also sought between environment/climate change and human rights.
The workshop was planned jointly by the Development Cooperation Section in Bangkok (who manage
the regional program), Sida’s Department of International Programmes and Thematic Support and the
Department of Programme Co-operation from HQ’s (who brought Sida gender policy and RBM
knowledge), and a Bangkok based consultancy team (which contributed knowledge on RBM and
mainstreaming gender). The workshop was co-facilitated by the Stockholm team under the leadership of
the Bangkok Embassy team. The two day workshop took place in Bangkok on May 9 and 10, 2012.
The workshop was attended by 33 representatives from 26 partner organizations working in
environment and climate change; 16 representatives from 11 partner organizations working in human
rights (including 5 representatives from 2 organizations working in Burma). In addition to these 49
participants, 9 Swedish Embassy staff, 2 Finnish Embassy Staff, 2 facilitation consultants and 2 film
personnel took part for a total of 64 people (see Appendix B).
The workshop was designed to include a mixture of content presentations and interactive working
sessions. Prior to the workshop, participants were asked to identify challenges with gender
mainstreaming in their organization and identify one issue or challenge on which they would like to
focus during the workshop.
The first day “Setting the Scene and Understanding the Basics” (Section 2) included presentation of
Sweden’s three thematic priorities and an introduction to gender mainstreaming. Participants from
environment/climate change and human rights were mixed together in groups to identify and discuss
challenges with implementation of gender mainstreaming. The first day included short panel
presentations on gender mainstreaming in environment/climate change and human rights followed by
discussions of two mini case studies (1 in each area) on implementing gender mainstreaming in regional
organizations. (see Appendix C).
The second day “Developing Responses” (Section 3) began with presentations by the Sida team and the
facilitators on implementing RBM after which participants were placed in groups focused on either
environment / climate change or human rights (including one group specifically focused on Burma).
Partner representatives were asked to develop action plans (using the gender equality template included
in Section 3) which includes results and indicators. This was intended to be “a take away” which
representatives would be able to discuss with their organizations after the workshop and during followup meetings with Swedish Embassy representatives.
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Section 4, Analysis of the Workshop, highlights several thematic areas that emerged during the 2-day
workshop as follows:
1) The need to balance an integrated approach to gender equality through mainstreaming with
targeted initiatives that can highlight challenges and take advantage of emerging opportunities;
2) The need to use a rights based approach to gender equality whether one is working on human
rights or environmental issues;
3) The need to build effective partnerships with key stakeholders working towards gender
equality and environmental sustainability;
4) The need for Sida’s development partners to take ownership in order to ensure sustainability
with respect to gender equality;
5) The need to address the needs of qualitative, and well as quantitative, elements of the
performance story in monitoring and evaluation and reporting on gender equality; and,
6) The conviction emerged that gender needs to be included in all aspects of performance
measurement and not just in gender specific indicators and outcomes. This was said to be
problematic in some organizations because there was little understanding by senior
management of gender equality’s importance to overall project objectives and outcomes. This
last point speaks to the need to have gender expertise at senior managerial levels and to the
importance of adequate budget resources being put in place to ensure that gender equality
outcomes are achievable by the organization.
In summary, seven recommendations emerged for promoting more appropriate gender equality as
follows:
1)
Align project gender equity initiatives with overall project outcomes;
2)
Collaborate with existing gender focal points within organizations to ensure that project initiatives
are supportive of the overall agenda and to determine how organizations can best achieve their own
gender equity goals;
3)
Advocate, as part of any institutional and operational strengthening, for greater recruitment and
training of gender experts, rather than marginalizing focal points who have little expertise;
4)
Promote equal access by women and men to both training and mentoring opportunities;
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Ensure that both women and men participate in project planning, monitoring, evaluation, and
decision-making;
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Promote an appropriate high level gender profile within the project management and advisory team;
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Use gender training and awareness materials and tools throughout the project cycle.
In Section 5, in following up the workshop, the Embassy of Sweden and Sida will identify partners’ needs
on capacity-building for mainstreaming a gender perspective into the organizations and programmes.
This could be done by collaborating with existing gender focal points within partner organizations to
ensure that gender is effectively integrated both within the organization as well as within the
programme. Partners shall also review their results frameworks in order to make sure that these include
results, outcomes and indicators regarding gender issues. In addition, partners will be requested to
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prioritize a select number of gender-related inputs and outputs in relation to their expected results and
see that these inputs and outputs have indicators and are budgeted for.
Finally, in Section 6, six overall recommendations about how best to manage future workshops are
included. The Appendices include the Agenda, Participant list, example Exercises from the workshop,
and Evaluation of Workshop . Workshop presentations are available on the Embassy of Sweden website.
The workshop was filmed including selected interviews with some participants. Some sessions and
interviews were recorded and led to the preparation of a 6.5 minute summary video which is also being
placed on the Embassy’s website.
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2.0 Brief Summary of Day 1
Gender Mainstreaming in Results Based Management
Setting the Scene and Understanding the Basics
Morning
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The opening comments by Ambassador Klas Molin and Head of Regional
Cooperation Anna Maria Oltorp introduced the overall objective of the workshop
to strengthen partners capacity to integrate gender equality and results based
management into programming. The workshop also brings together the two main
sectors to help build cross sectoral linkages and synergies.
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The Stockholm Team presented an overview of Sweden’s 3 thematic priorities – 1.
Democracy/Human Rights, 2. Environment/Climate Change & 3. Gender Equality
(see Presentation 1)
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Sida’s Policy areas: 1. Women’s political participation and influence; 2. Women’s
economic empowerment; 3. Sexual and reproductive health and rights; and 4.
Women’s security and gender based violence
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Key point: Gender is about power and is also smart economics!
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Introduction to gender mainstreaming and how it is an analytical tool which can be
used to help achieve improved gender results (see Presentation 2)
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What follows below are participant’s responses to the 3 questions which were sent
to them prior to the workshop. Briefly, the questions asked participants (in mixed
groups including environment and human rights representatives) to:
1. Describe how gender mainstreaming is integrated into their work;
2. Describe opportunities and challenges they are facing mainstreaming gender
equality; and
3. Identify 1 gender mainstreaming challenge for their organization on which each
person wants to focus.
Responses to the 3 Questions sent to Participants prior to the Workshop (May 9, 2012 morning)
1. How are gender equality and gender mainstreaming issues integrated into your work and the
work of your organization?
There were a wide range of responses to this question ranging from no gender mainstreaming to a
strong emphasis. Many organizations now have gender mainstreaming policies but often they are not
well implemented. In summary, key examples of integration of gender mainstreaming include:
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Gender analysis with gender capacity strengthening and gender impact assessment
Holistic approach -policy-strategy-action plan (including capacity, money and human resources)
Gender networks and platform building on gender issues
National action plans for gender equality, gender focal points, and gender guidelines
Gender friendly organizational culture (with equal numbers of men and women)
Gender championing for shattering the glass ceiling (identified supportive champions)
Gender integration workshops and gender sensitivity and awareness seminars
Outreach and media focus and overall gender advocacy strategy
Gathering of evidence-based knowledge and data and sharing of knowledge
Integrating gender across the organizational structure and throughout programming
2. What are the opportunities and challenges mainstreaming gender equality in your organization?
Although several opportunities were identified many more challenges were described by the groups.
Opportunities Summary:
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Examples of gender policies in place in many organizations (which can be used as models)
Donors like and appreciate gender targeted activities and help support gender initiatives
There are now good examples and best practices which can be used to push forward
Champions for gender equality and gender mainstreaming now exist in many organizations
Gender has evolved from WAD (Women and Development) and GAD (Gender and
Development) and is now more possible to implement
Education and awareness raising on gender and gender analysis have strengthened capacity
Development of gender indicators and manuals and technical assistance on indicators available
Challenges Summary:
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Resources simply insufficient to cover programming, human resources, technical assistance etc.
Translating gender knowledge into good policy, programming and action is challenging
Policies on paper but not implemented, enforced or impact assessments conducted
Insufficient high level organizational support for importance of gender mainstreaming
Lack of accountability for results in gender mainstreaming and gender equality
Tokenism - Gender often seen as cosmetic or window dressing and watered down in practice
Lack of answers on how to ensure impact and change mindsets and deeply entrenched values
Methods or pathways to achieve empowerment are not clear within many organizations
Improved methods of challenging cultural and traditional norms are necessary
Lack of tools and training on RBM and creating gender indicators and measuring progress
3. Please bring a challenge to the workshop that you would like to work on in terms of gender
mainstreaming for your organization.
A large variety of challenges were identified by individuals trying to mainstream gender in their
organizations. Most of the challenges focused on the following areas:
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Increasing limited capacity for gender mainstreaming within organizations and communities
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How to move gender up as an organizational priority rather than it being just an ‘add-on’
How to translate gender policy into real practice and actions within their organizations
How to put in place a framework or system through which gender results can be measured
Integrating gender into planning and design of organizational strategies, programs and projects
By the end of the first morning of May 9, the facilitation and resource team had presented Sida’s
relevant policies and provided background on gender mainstreaming.
In addition, participants (in mixed groups from environment and human rights organizations) had shared
what they are doing on gender mainstreaming with each other and identified challenges and
opportunities and a key challenge on which they focused on day 2 (when each person developed an
action plan as “a take home” benefit from the workshop).
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Afternoon
After lunch, an expert group of 4 panelists shared several ideas on gender
mainstreaming as background for participants (see Presentation 3-6).
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Presentation 1: Climate Justice and Gender Justice by Kate Lappin, Executive
Director, APWLD (Asia Pacific Forum for Women’s Law Development) (see
Presentation 3)
Presentation 2: ADB-Gender Equality and Climate Change by Imrana Jalal, Senior
Social Development Specialist (Gender) Poverty Reduction, Gender and Social
Development Division, Regional and Sustainable Development Department ADB
(Asian Development Bank) (see Presentation 4)
Presentation 3: Understanding that gender is about women and men, girls and
boys by James Lang, Programme Coordinator, P4P (Partners for Prevention) (see
Presentation 5)
Presentation 4: Gender equality, human rights and environmental and climate
change programming: commonalities, synergies and best practices by Ali Raza
Rizvi, IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) (see Presentation 6)
A few key points were:
 Gender focal points need to be experts (with high level management support)
 Focus needs to move beyond awareness to focus on structural change
 Build women’s capacity and then they will make demands for their rights
 Project approval based on meeting a standard of effective gender
mainstreaming leading to a significant increase in gender mainstreaming
 Stories from the ground captured using methods such as making films etc.
 Underlying causes must be understood – awareness alone is not sufficient
 Need to understand why violence happens; power dimensions are central
Following the panel, two mini case studies were discussed which highlighted the
challenges of putting gender mainstreaming in place in a regional organization. The
long list of necessary actions needed to implement gender mainstreaming include:
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A gender analysis carried out at the outset
Putting staff in place who have high level management support and ‘buy-in’
Development of a capacity development plan
Strategy to link with other partners who can assist your organization
Identify regional organizations and bodies which can assist you
Approach usually needs change in the overall mindset of the organization
Demonstrate the real benefits of gender mainstreaming
Mini Case Studies on Gender Mainstreaming in Environment & Human Rights (May 9, 2012)
Case 1 (See Appendix C)
A mini case study on the challenge of implementing gender mainstreaming at RECOFTC (The Regional
Center for People and Forests) was discussed by 4 groups.
RECOFTC is an Asia Pacific international organization working to serve Asia (and its 73 countries). It has a
vision of local communities actively managing forests in Asia and the Pacific to ensure optimal social,
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economic and environmental benefits”. RECOFTC’s core work in community forestry involves helping
countries develop and implement effective policies, legislation and programs to set up community
forestry in which local people are at the center of decision making. However, gender has not been
mentioned explicitly nor is it mainstreamed through RECOFTC materials or in their programming.
1. Therefore what would you do to integrate gender mainstreaming issues throughout all parts of a
regional organization such as RECOFTC?
2. What do these forests represent in terms of resources for men and women? Do men and
women use them differently?
3. Who has access and control over these resources and who makes decisions about them?
4. Are there regional declarations or protocols that would be of use, and if so, how can they best be
utilized?
The key lessons learned from the discussion were:
1. It is essential that a gender officer in the organization have responsibility for gender mainstreaming;
2. Sufficient financial support and training in gender is necessary for the organization and its partners;
3. Gender related indicators of progress need to be developed and integrated with other indicators;
4. Ownership for the importance of gender and gender mainstreaming is essential for governments and
communities (which are both often male controlled);
5. As in many sectors, men’s and women’s roles differ - collecting forest resources, protecting, using etc.;
6. Women need to be agents of change, not victims, and push for their own empowerment;
7. A completed gender analysis needs to be completed by the organization (and by many others as well);
8. Links to, and with, international and regional gender and human rights conventions should be made.
Case 2:
A second mini case study used UNIAP (United Nations Inter Agency Project against Trafficking) which is
the regional secretariat for COMMIT (Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative against Trafficking) to
explore how gender can be mainstreamed with governments and community stakeholders at the
regional, national and community levels.
UNIAP recognizes that gender affects all aspects of the trafficking process, not only the factors which
contribute to trafficking vulnerability, but also the nature of policies and programs developed to deal
with the problem. Within the human trafficking sector, gender issues do not only pertain to the needs of
women – they also focus on the vulnerability of men, who have often been left out of the human
trafficking discourse.
UNIAP’s regional work, from high-level forums and workshops with senior officials to community-based
initiatives, seeks to address the needs of under-served victim populations. This is very important to
gender, since gender is very much implicated in victim identification with mainly women and girls being
identified as “vulnerable trafficking victims”. Indeed, this last point is a key weakness in addressing
gender-based vulnerability to trafficking. Also, many gender-based misconceptions and biases prevent
authorities from identifying victims of trafficking and providing them with appropriate care and services.
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Therefore, what would you do to overcome these challenges and integrate gender
mainstreaming issues throughout all parts of a regional human rights organization like UNIAP?
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2.
What aspects would you include in a gender analysis i.e. vulnerability, decision making etc.?
3.
What can we do regionally to address issues related to human trafficking including integrating a
gender lens?
4.
Are there regional declarations or protocols or regional bodies which can be accessed to address
gender mainstreaming?
Key lessons learned identified by 4 groups were:
1. A gender analysis focused on vulnerability (who is vulnerable and why?) needs to be carried out first;
2. Adequate resources for gender mainstreaming need to be allocated by governments & organizations;
3. Misconceptions and stereotypes re gender in human trafficking need to be surfaced and addressed;
4. Human trafficking is not only about women and girls but also includes men and boys as well;
5. Victim rights and victim identification need to be at the heart of responses to human rights violations;
6. Gender indicators (disaggregated by gender) need to be developed and linked with other indicators;
7. Increased advocacy efforts are needed especially at the level of senior officials in governments;
8. Links are beneficial to international and regional gender and human rights and anti-trafficking
covenants.
By the end of the afternoon, the challenges to putting gender mainstreaming in place were clear. This
set the stage to develop responses to these challenges (including those identified prior to the workshop).
The focus of day 2 was planned to be on developing responses to these challenges integrating the use of
Results Based Management.
End of Day 1
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3.0 Brief Summary of Day 2
Gender Mainstreaming in Results Based Management
Developing Responses
Morning
and
Afternoon
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Day 2 opened with a brief summary of day 1 by the facilitators and a restatement
that the goals for Day 2 were on Developing Responses to gender mainstreaming
using the Results Based Management approach
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The first presentation by Sida headquarters in Sweden focused on Sida’s approach
to RBM and Gender Mainstreaming (See Presentation 7)
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The second presentation by the facilitators was a Refresher on Monitoring and
Evaluation. The results chain was summarized and Outcome Mapping and
reporting using performance stories were introduced (See Presentation 8)
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Following this, the presenters together responded to several questions and
comments made by participants. This provided useful background for the next
session in which the knowledge was to be applied
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For Day 2, participants were rearranged into new groups at tables arranged by
theme – 1. Environment and climate change, 2. Human rights (including 3. Burma
program). This was to facilitate discussion of the Action Plans which were to be
specific to each organization and theme. Each individual was asked to complete a
template for his or her organization focused on his/her identified gender
mainstreaming challenge. Having the organizations grouped with others working
on the similar themes was intended to facilitate this process
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The template was designed to focus on the challenge each person had identified.
It included the expected result (in relation to gender equality) which the
organization was trying to achieve at both the outcome and the output level. The
template also includes quantitative and qualitative indicators at each level, risks,
boundary partners and future support needed. (Two examples of Action Plan
templates completed by 2 of the groups are attached on the next two pages)
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Examples of other frameworks were also handed out to assist the groups and
individuals to fill out their Action Plan Templates including indicators etc.
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After feed back of one example per group, the workshop moved towards closure.
Appreciative remarks from participants and a brief summary by the Stockholm
team were followed by AnnaMaria Oltorp’s concluding remarks. Finally,
participants were asked to complete workshop evaluation forms.
Many of the above points are explored in more detail in the next section - 4.0 Analysis of the Workshop.
Please also find below 2 examples of Action Plan Matrices which were the takeaway for participants to
use with their own organizations to apply the ideas discussed in the workshop.
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Example # 1: Action Plan Matrix with Results and Indicators to Address the Challenge you surfaced for your Organization
(To take away with you and refine with your organization)
Challenge being
addressed)
Expected Result (in relation
to gender equality)
Risks
Indicators
Future
Quantitative
Qualitative
Boundary Partners
Future Support
Needed
Number of
people using
gender
indicators
incorporated
into their
workplans
Partners
highlight
gender
issues
knowledge
in their work
planning
and
reporting
Organization –
Board and Senior
Management
Continuous
resources (money
and human
resources)
Number of
males and
females
with built
capacity
Gender
sensitive
language
used in
reporting
and design
Lack of capacity in gender
mainstreaming and gender equality
for the organization and its partners
OUTCOME LEVEL:
Change in behavior and
practice of organization’s
staff and partners towards
importance of gender
equality
Participant
tendency to
‘forget’ about
gender when it is
not followed up
Limited resources
(HR and finance)
Lack of capacity of
trainers
Partners – CSOs,
CBOs,
Government
Ministries,
Donors, and
Academics
Support for
gender network
(community of
practice)
OUTPUT LEVEL:
Built capacity of staff and
partner organizations on
gender analysis and
mainstreaming
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Example #2: Action Plan Matrix with Results and Indicators to Address the Challenge you surfaced for your Organization
(To take away with you and refine with your organization)
Challenge being
addressed)
Expected Result (in relation
to gender equality)
Risks
Indicators
Quantitative
Qualitative
Number of
reports
which
include
gender
results
Reports
demonstrate
improved
understanding
of gender by
partners
Number of
partners
who
participate
in training
Demonstrated
increased
gender capacity
of partners
integrated into
programming
Future
Boundary Partners
Future Support
Needed
Lack of Gender Results Reporting by
Partners which demonstrates
Outcome level changes re gender
OUTCOME LEVEL:
Increased level of gender
results contained in reports
by partners
Staff turnover
Resistance due to
amount of time
and money that is
needed to do this
properly
Lack of financial
resources
Networked
partners in
target
countries
Gender Analysis
capacity building
with partners on an
ongoing basis
Support in creating
SMART and
measurable
indicators
OUTPUT LEVEL:
All participants understand
how to integrate gender
results into reports and how
to create appropriate (sex
disaggregated) indicators to
track progress
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4.0 Analysis of the Workshop
Several thematic areas emerged during the 2 day workshop and were discussed in some detail
particularly on the second day. The main themes are each discussed below:
4.1 Balancing Integrated and Targeted Initiatives for Gender Equality
As the workshop demonstrated, gender issues are best addressed in an integrated manner: i.e., through
the development of a suite of gender tools, including a gender supplement to the baseline analysis tool,
a separate gender logframe, and, a gender database etc. What is needed is an approach that, not only
contributes to the increased visibility of gender issues, but also one that deals with the risks that gender
will be marginalized as an optional extra, rather than as a core element of strengthening development
responses to human rights and environmental issues. This requires a delicate balancing act. For
example, while it is critical to ensure that gender remains visible, compartmentalizing gender can work
against efforts to promote gender-responsive approaches as core obligations of human rights and
environmental partners, which are integral to an overall effective response to development objectives in
both areas.
Thus the design of development programmes need to ensure that gender is structurally integrated into
all aspects of projects and explicit and visible throughout design, implementation, and monitoring and
evaluation. Gender needs to be more explicitly embedded into all aspects of project design, rather than
only included by creating separate gender outcomes, indicators and tools. In order to ensure that
gender issues are adequately addressed and resourced, gender needs to be integrated into the core
project framework, including the framing of project outcomes, indicators, strategies, targets, activities,
risk management strategy and in the budget allocations. This means that, not only gender experts or
focal points need to be involved, but the entire development partner organization needs to be engaged,
since gender needs to be addressed throughout the project cycle for the best results in meeting gender
targets and overall outcomes. This is a fundamental tenant of Sida’s development assistance, namely,
that gender should be at the center of the development agenda.
Within the groups (and during plenary discussions), however, many participants (as well as the
facilitators) suggested that consideration needs to be given to including specific gender initiatives in
priority areas aimed directly at promoting gender equity and addressing barriers with respect to human
rights or environment. Gender-sensitive approaches need to be integrated into all programming (i.e.,
gender does need to be only mainstreamed) but also specific, targeted initiatives, designed to deal with
‘gaps’ or ‘opportunities’, will also help strengthen gender equality. Such initiatives could include, for
example: development of laws, standards, and procedures, and training and capacity building for gender
equality in human rights and environment.
4.2 Rights Based Approach to Gender Equality
A rights-based approach implies more than simply normative adherence to international human rights
standards. It recognizes that those involved in development are duty bearers (either primary or
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secondary) and have the obligation to ensure that victims have access to redress, and that they are
treated with dignity and have their fundamental rights respected and the right to development balanced
with the needs of the environment so that results are sustainable and gender balanced.
The rights based approach acknowledges that there is an obligation to support and promote human
rights and environmental sustainability for example in a gender sensitive manner throughout the project
cycle and beyond.
4.3 Building Effective Partnerships for Gender Equality and Environmental Sustainability
Building effective partnerships for gender equality and environmental sustainability is often a key
strategy to meeting these needs. The workshop highlighted the cross-over between human rights and
the environment and how gender is involved in achieving outcomes in both areas.
An overarching challenge that was expressed time and again was the need (in many organizations
represented) for institutional change at the level of organizational mandates, senior management,
organizational culture, and procedures to ensure that programmes are accessible to women and men,
and girls and boys, whether they are in the human rights or environmental sustainability arenas.
Throughout project design and implementation greater attention needs to be placed on identifying
barriers that gender places on individuals and strategies designed to overcome them.
4.4 Ownership and Sustainability
A key challenge to gender integration is ensuring that the gender strategy is owned and understood by
project partners. In particular, the success of proposed reforms will depend on the ownership and
commitment of project partners. This will require the active engagement of key counterparts in the
development, implementation and monitoring of gender outcomes. Thus, merely having gender focal
points (especially focal points that are not real experts) dealing with gender equality is not enough. Often
such counterparts are not very powerful within organizations and have an uphill struggle with senior
management to ensure that there are adequate resources for gender initiatives.
In addition, in the workshop, we learned that inputs need to be sustainable (i.e. gender training for subgranted CBOs is not sufficient. You need dedicated well trained support staff). Overall, internal capacity
building in gender is essential. This can be done using the regional tools and resources developed by
Sida with partners as discussed during the workshop. Most have been shared with partners or are
available on the Sida website. Plans also need to be achievable since some plans on gender can be
overly ambitious especially if they are not fully supported by senior management and have sufficient
time and budget allocated.
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4.5 Monitoring and Evaluation and Gender Equality
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Given how important gender approaches are to an appropriate development response to both
human rights and environmental sustainability programming, it is essential that effective systems are
in place to measure progress towards the achievement of project results. Recent research on
monitoring and evaluation has focused on ensuring inclusion of the views of program end
beneficiaries as well as expert views. It is valuable to have both perspectives since this usually
provides a good balance through which to view the results of the project or initiative. Thus, while
involving beneficiaries (and several levels within partner organizations) in monitoring and evaluation
may be time consuming, it is essential that the variety of perspectives (carried out in a gender
sensitive manner) are incorporated into each project’s M&E framework. The M&E framework design
should also frame project outcome statements and indicators from a rights-based and gendersensitive perspective.
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Incorporate both qualitative and quantitative indicators, against which progress towards gender
equality, can be measured.
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Promote gender disaggregated data collection within the project’s M&E system.
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Ensure that any measures aimed at building the M&E capacity includes a focus on strengthening the
collection and analysis of sex-disaggregated data.
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Develop specific M&E tools for capturing the views of end beneficiaries and key partners.
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Develop monitoring tools that allow for the systematic capturing and sharing of effective strategies
for promoting more victim-sensitive and gender-responsive approaches to human rights and
environmental sustainability, and that permit regular identification of opportunities and constraints.
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Strengthen the capacity of the entire M & E system to capture gender equality results.
4.6 Summary
In summary, it is important to promote more appropriate gender equality through the following:
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Align project gender equity initiatives with overall project outcomes.
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Collaborate with existing gender focal points within partner organizations to ensure that project
initiatives support the overall agenda, and to determine how the organization can best achieve its
own gender equity goals.
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Advocate, as part of any institutional and operational strengthening, for greater recruitment and
training of gender experts, rather than marginalizing focal points who have little expertise.
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Promote equal access by women and men to both training and mentoring opportunities.
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Ensure that both women and men participate in project planning, decision-making, and monitoring
and evaluation. Promote an appropriate gender profile within the project management and advisory
team.
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Use all available gender training and awareness materials.
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5.0
The Way Forward
In following up the workshop, the Embassy of Sweden and Sida will identify partners’ needs on capacitybuilding for mainstreaming a gender perspective into the organizations and programmes. All information
gathered from points below will be utilized to design the services when it comes to support on genderrelated issues in the future.

If partners’ organizations/ programmes already have the gender expertise or a gender advisor to
strengthen the capacity on gender mainstreaming, his/her ToR should be presented to the Embassy
of Sweden in Bangkok. We will collaborate with existing gender focal points within partner
organizations to ensure that gender is effectively integrated both within the organization as well as
within the programme.

Partners shall review their results frameworks in order to make sure that these include results,
outcomes and indicators regarding gender issues. However, we understand that when there are
several donors and collaborating partners involved, it will, of course, take time to change the results
framework. It may also need endorsement by the board etc. It will need consultations within the
organisation, with partners, and maybe a gender consultancy. Thus a main deliverable at this stage
is a plan of how partners are going about these changes. This report from the workshop could be a
supporting document for organizations in their review process.

Partners will be requested to prioritize a select number of gender-related inputs and outputs in
relation to their expected results and see that these inputs and outputs have indicators and are
budgeted for.
Note: As an gender mainstreaming approach with partners’ ownership is found to achieve more
sustainable gender outcomes than programmes with donor driven, the support that the Embassy
may provide is only meant to assist the partners in their own work to strengthen gender equality in their
work and they have an own responsibility to focus on this. It is important that partners look within their
organizations to see what own resources they need in order that the strengths can be built on.
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6.0 Recommendations for Future Workshops
Recommendation #1: Workshop Venue
A square room with good sight lines and round tables (for 6 or 7 people each) and one head table is the
most appropriate lay out for an interactive workshop.
Recommendation #2: Workshop Approach
The mixture of content and interactive sessions is appropriate for this type of gender mainstreaming and
RBM workshop and should be replicated by Sida in future similar workshops.
Recommendation #3: Number of Participants
To encourage maximum interaction, future workshops should be limited to 35-40 participants if possible.
Recommendation #4: Similar Senior Management Workshop
In order to help ‘buy-in’ senior management to the process, and help support gender focal points within
organizations, a similar workshop to this one (but perhaps 1 to 1.5 days) should be delivered for the
senior management of partner organizations.
Recommendation #5: Conducting a Gender Analysis
Similar workshops should include a session on conducting a gender analysis (or managing someone who
is carrying out a gender analysis).
Recommendation #6: Action Plans
Participants should fill out their Action Plans in the workshops on computers which will make their
feedback to the larger group easier to see and quicker and will also allow their immediate product
(Action Plan) to be printed and circulated to all participants during the workshop.
Recommendation #7: Take Away
As planned, the workshop ‘take away’ on gender mainstreaming and RBM can, and should be, used as
part of the follow-up process by Swedish Embassy officers with the regional partners.
Recommendation #8: Delivery of Similar Workshops
To address the need for more capacity building in gender mainstreaming and RBM in Asia, additional
similar workshops using this model and approach should be considered for replication in Asia and in
other geographic locations. The model of Swedish based content experts working with the Embassy in
the region and with an external facilitation team with RBM and gender expertise worked well and should
be considered for future workshops.
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APPENDICES
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Appendix A – GENDER MAINSTREAMING IN RESULTS BASED
MANAGEMENT
Sida Consultation and Coordination Forum, Bangkok 9th – 10th May, 2012
Overall Objective: To strengthen partner’s capacity to integrate gender equality and results based
management into programming and follow-up
Day 1: Setting the Scene and Understanding the Basics
Time
8:30 – 9:00
Topic
Speakers
Registration
Opening Session
9:00 -9:15
Welcome and opening remarks
Ambassador H.E Klas
Molin and Head of
Regional Development
Cooperation Section
AnnaMaria Oltorp
9:15 – 9:30
Introduction of Participants
Facilitators Michael
Miner and Melinda
MacDonald
9:30 – 10:45
Introduction to gender equality including Sweden’s
three thematic priorities, introduction to gender
mainstreaming and links to Sweden’s new
contribution management system
Paulos Berglöf. Karin
Isaksson and Paul Dover
10:45 – 11:00
Coffee/Tea Break
11:00 – 12:45
Participant Perspectives – Brief responses from
participants from partner organizations to the
Partners comments (3
minutes each plus Q & A)
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discussion questions on gender mainstreaming sent
to them prior to the workshop will be discussed in
small groups. Experts will be asked to sit with
specified small groups.
Report back from each group followed by discussion.
12:45 – 13:45
Lunch
13:45 – 15:15
Panel Discussion – 10 Minutes per Speaker – Q & A
Session after presentations
-
Presentation - Climate Justice- Gender Justice
-
Presentation – ADB-Gender Equality and
Climate Change
-
in small pre set groups.
Facilitated by
Michael/Melinda
Kate Lappin, Executive
Director, APWLD (Asia
Pacific Forum for
Women’s Law
Development)
Presentation – Understanding that gender is
about women and men, girls and boys.
-
Presentation – Gender equality, human rights
and environmental and climate change
programming: commonalities, synergies and
best practices
-
Facilitated discussion with floor
Imrana Jalal, Senior Social
Development Specialist
(Gender) Poverty
Reduction, Gender and
Social Development
Division, Regional and
Sustainable Development
Department ADB (Asian
Development Bank)
James Lang, Programme
Coordinator, P4P
(Partners for Prevention)
Ali Raza Rizvi, IUCN
(International Union for
Conservation of Nature)
Discussion moderated by
Paul Dover
15:15 – 15:30
Coffee/Tea break
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15:30 – 17:15
Interactive Group Exercise
Case studies on human rights and environment re
mainstreaming of gender using the pre-selected
guiding questions. Concluding observations in
plenary.
Facilitated by Michael and
Melinda
17:15 – 18:30
Optional video available or free time.
18:30
COCKTAIL RECEPTION AT LANDMARK HOTEL, CONSERVATORY ROOM, 7TH
FLOOR, HOSTED BY SWEDEN
Day 2: Developing Responses
09:00 – 09:45
Results Based Management and Gender Mainstreaming
Sida ’s approach to Results Based Management (RBM) and
mainstreaming gender equality in RBM including comments
on development of sex disaggregated baselines and
Sida presentation
integration of gender processes and results indicators in
– Paulos Berglöf
Logic Frameworks (LFA’s) with corresponding budgets.
and Paul Dover
09:45-10.30
Refresher on Monitoring and Evaluation
Highlight Methods for M&E (Background on M&E
applications) - Overview RBM as the main approach to M &
E. Introduce Outcome Mapping, most significant change,
importance of sharing performance stories to highlight
gender and concept of boundary partners (whom you are
trying to influence).
10:30 – 10:45
Review of Sida’s Perspective
10:45-11:00
Coffee/Tea Break
11:00 – 12:30
Exercise(s) in Small groups to respond to:
1. Identify gaps/challenges to mainstreaming gender
equality in RBM format
2. Identify Performance Stories & Most Significant
Change to augment RBM
Michael &
Melinda
Paul
Facilitated by
Michael and
Melinda
3. Develop take home action plans including
quantitative and qualitative indicators for
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mainstreaming gender equality
12:30-13:30
13:30 – 14:30
Lunch break
Presentation by small group representatives in Plenary
1. Gaps and challenges
2. Performance Story
3. Action Plan
Group Reports
Facilitated by
Michael and
Melinda
14:30 – 14:45
Coffee break
14:45 -16:00 -
Discussions on how best to institutionalize action plans and
find ways to build alliances with boundary and strategic
partners which can help organizations achieve their gender
mainstreaming goals. Preparation for follow up with the
Embassy subsequent to Workshop.
Facilitated by
Michael and
Melinda and
Swedish experts
16:00 - 16:20
Concluding Remarks by Sweden
AnnaMaria Oltorp
and Karin Isaksson
16:20 – 16:30
Evaluation of 2 Day Forum
Michael and
Melinda
Swedish Resource Team from Stockholm: Paulos Berglöf, Programme Manager and Policy Advisor on
Gender, Department for Programme Cooperation, Sida, Paul Dover, Policy Specialist for Gender,
Department for International Programmes and Policy Support, Sida, Karin Isaksson, Lead Policy
Specialist for Environment and Climate Change, Department for International Programmes and Policy
Support, Sida, Eva Stephansson, Advisor, Sida Helpdesk for Environment and Climate Change, Swedish
University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU
Swedish Local Team: Anna Maria Oltorp, Head of Development Cooperation Section, Embassy of
Sweden, Bangkok, Christine Lundberg, Senior Programme Manager Human Rights and Democracy,
Development Cooperation Section, Embassy Of Sweden and Maria Lyth, Intern, Embassy of Sweden, and
(Orawan Raweekoon, National Programme Officer, Human Rights and Democracy, Development
Cooperation Section, Embassy of Sweden – on duty trip)
Program Facilitators: Michael Miner and Melinda MacDonald
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Appendix B – List of Participants
Name
Position
Environment and Climate Change
Organization
Address
Email
Phone number
1
Orapan
Nabangchang
Senior Economist
South Bridge Court, No 22 Cross
Street #02-55, Singapore
onabangchang@idrc.org.sg
081-611-7266
2
Director
Policy Coordination
Officer
Mekong River Commission
Secretariat
South Bridge Court, No 22 Cross
Street #02-55, Singapore
184 Fangoum Road, P.O. Box:
6101, Vientiane, Lao PDR
hfrancisco@idrc.org.sg
3
Herminia A
Francisco
Hue Nguyen Nhu
Economy and Enviroment
Program for Southeast
Asia (EEPSEA)
EEPSEA
4
Somrudee Nicro
Senior Director
Thailand Environment
Institute (TEI)
somrudee@tei.or.th
5
Anuradha Kafle
Communications
Research Officer
SANDEE Secretariat
ICIMOD
6
Ewa Wredle
Swedish University of
Agricultural Sciences (SLU
7
Douong Nguyen
Khang
Nong Lam University, Ho
Chi Minh City
Linh Trung Ward, Thu Duc
District, Ho Chi Minh City,
Vietnam
duongnguyenkhang@gmail.
com
8
Priya
Shyamsundar
Ritu Verma
International
coordinator
MEKARN, Researcher
SLU
International
coordinator
MEKARN, Researcher
SLU
Program Director
16/151 Muang Thong Thani
Bond St, Bangpood, Pakkred
Nonthaburi 11120, Thailand
Khumaltar
Lalitpur, Kathmandu
Nepal
Dept of Animal Nutrition and
Management, PO Box 7024,
75507 Uppsala, Sweden
SANDEE Secretariat
ICIMOD
International Centre for
Integrated Mountain
Development
Food and Agriculture
Organization of the UN,
Thailand
32/25 Sukhumvit Soi 67, Bangkok,
Thailand
GPO Box 3226, Khumaltar,
Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal
priyas@sandeeonline.org
rverma@icimod.org
977-1-5003222
39 Phra Atit Road, Bangkok,
Thailand
AlmaLinda.Abubakar@fao.o
rg
08-99698718
9
10
Alma Linda
Abubabkar
Division Head,
Gender and
Governance
Programme
Development Officer
hue@mrcmekong.org
Tel: +856-21 263
263 Mobile
phone: +856-20
56717995
Tel: 662 503 3333
Ext 501
anuradhak@sandeeonline.o
rg
Tel: 977 1
5003222 ext. 404
ewa.wredle@slu.se
46(0)18672699
846804519
25
11
Name
Dipa Bagai
Position
Capacity Developmet
Team Leader
Organization
UNDP-APRC, Thailand
12
Satwant Kaur
Regional Information
Officer
UNEP/ROAP
13
Rhoda Lynn
Gregorio
Program
Management Officer,
Gender Focal Point
Cities Development
Initiative for Asia (CDIA) /
Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer
International
Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
14
Marjo Busto
Programme
Coordinator
Pesticide Action Network
Asia and the Pacific (PAN
AP)
15
Julia Fraser
Senior Financial
Analyst
World Bank Country
Thailand
16
Imrana Jalal
17
Sununtar
Seboonsarng
18
Albert Salamanca
Senior Social
Development
Specialist (Gender
and Development)
Principal Natural
Resources and
Agriculture
Economist
Research Fellow
Address
3rd Floor, UN Service Building
Rajdamnern Nok Avenue,
Bangkok, 10200 Thailand
2nd Flr , UN Building ,
Rajdamnern Nok Avenue,
Bangkok 10200
Suite 202-203 Hanston Building,
Emerald Avenue
Ortigas Center, Pasig City
1600 Metro Manila,
Philippines
Email
dipa.bagai@undp.org
Phone number
089-200-4926
satwant.kaur@unep.org
083-908-6000
rhoda.gregorio@giz.de
Tel: +63-2-6312342 Mobile
phone: +63-939937-1272
Philippine Office: 2nd Floor IBON
Center, 114 Timog Ave, Quezon
City 1103
Regional Office: PO Box 1170,
10850 Penang, Malaysia
marjo.busto@panap.net
Tel: +63-24130975
Tel +6046570271 /
6560381 / Fax
+604-6583960
Tel: +66 (0)2 686
8380
30th Floor Siam Tower 989 Rama
I Road, Pathumwan
Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Regional and Sustainable Development Department
Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines
jfraser@worldbank.org
ijalal@adb.org
Asian Development Bank,
Philippines
#6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong
City, Philippines
ssetboonsarng@adb.org
Stockholm Environment
Institute Country:
Thailand
Stockholm Environment Institute
- Asia
15th Floor, Witthyakit Building
254 Chulalongkorn University
Soi Chula 64, Phyathai Road
Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330
Thailand
albert.salamanca@seiinternational.org
Tel (632) 6325339
6326325672
26
19
Name
Rebeca Andong
Position
Program Officer
Organization
Wetlands Alliance /CORIN
Asia Foundation
Address
Asian Institute of Technology
P.O. Box 4 Klong Luang
Pathumthani 12120 Thailand
Asian Institute of Technology
P.O. Box 4 Klong Luang
Pathumthani 12120 Thailand
Asian Institute of Technology
P.O. Box 4 Klong Luang
Pathumthani 12120 Thailand
Mangroves for the Future
Regional Secretariat, IUCN Asia
Regional Office , 63 Sukhumvit
Soi 39 ,Bangkok, Thailand
Email
becky.a@corin-asia.org
Phone number
T/F: +66 2524
5481
20
Karabi Baruah
Consultant
Wetlands Alliance
kabaruah@gmail.com
T/F: +66 2524
5481
21
Jagriti Shankar
Project
Officer/APMAS
Center
Knowledge
Management Officer
APMAS Center
jagriti@ait.asia
T/F: +66 2524
5481
22
Janalezza
Morvenna
Esteban
jana@mangrovesforthefutur
e.org
02 662 4029#108
23
Ali Raza Rizvi
Head of Climate
change and resilience
programme, Asia
International Union for
Conservation of Nature
082/01 Fa Ngum Road ,
Watt Chan
Vientaine, Lao PDR
ali.raza@iucn.org
24
Bhawana
Upadhyay
Gender Focal point
RECOFTC – The Center for
People and Forests
P.O. Box 1111, Kasetsart Post
Office, Bangkok 10903 Thailand
bhawana.upadhyay@recoftc
.org
Tel: +66 (0)2 940
5700
Ext.(1218) Fax:
+66 (0)2 561 4880
25
Craig Hobbs
CEO and MD
The Media Alliance
craig.hobbs@mediaalliance.
asia
Tel: 02 668 3635
Mobile phone: 08
2 686 4540
Preston Thomas
Consultant of project
“Research
Cooperation for
Livestock-Based
Sustainable
Agriculture in the
Lower Mekong
Basin”
Nong Lam University, Ho
Chi Minh City
24/1 Soi 22 Thanon Ratchavithi,
Khet Dusit, Suan Chitlada,
Samsen
Noi, 10300 Bangkok, Thailand
Linh Trung Ward, Thu Duc
District, Ho Chi Minh City,
Vietnam
26
preston@lrrd.org
Tel/Fax: 84 38
8974 001;
Mangroves for the Future
Ban
27
Name
Lilita Pacudan
Position
Capacity Building
Specialist
Organization
ADB GMS Environment
Operations Center
28
Pallavi
Mohapatra
IT Associate
AIT-UNEP Regional
Resource Centre for Asia
and the Pacific
29
Shammi
Shrestha
Associate Program
Officer
30
Ilse Pukinskis
31
32
27
Address
23rd Floor, The Offices at Central
World, 999/9 Rama 1 Road,
Patumwan, Bangkok 10330,
Thailand
AIT-UNEP Regional Resource
Centre for Asia and the Pacific
9th Fl. (Suite 901), One Pacific
Place (Between Soi 4 and 6)
140 Sukhumvit Road, Klong Toey,
Bangkok 10110 Thailand
Email
lilita@gms-eoc.org
Phone number
Tel: 662-207-4423
M: 087-816-2749
Pallavi.mohapatra@rrcap.un
ep.org
Mobile phone:
0873369790
AIT-UNEP RRC.AP
P.O Box 4, Klong Luang,
Pathumthani 12120, Thailand
Shammi.Shrestha@rrcap.un
ep.org
Communications
Fellow
CGIAR Challenge Program
on Water and Food in Lao
PDR
Naga House , House no.87, Unit
7, Mixay Village ,Chantabouly
District, Vientiane, Lao PDR
ipukinsk@gmail.com
Tel: 02 – 2549663 Mobile
phone:
0858498526
2078398434
Samonn Mith
Research Associate/
Project Coordinator
35,Street 71, Sangkat Beng Keng
Kang 1, Phnom Penh , Cambodia
s.mith@cgiar.org
Helene Carlsson
Rex
Senior Social
Development
Specialist
CGIAR Challenge Program
on Water and Food in
cambodia
World Bank
Patou Xay , Nehru Road ,
Vientiane , Lao PDR
hcarlsson@worldbank.org
Unit 3B Thakolsuk Place
#115 Terddamri Rd.
Dusit Bangkok 10300
Unit 3B Thakolsuk Place
#115 Terddamri Rd.
Dusit, Bangkok 10300
gayathry@seapa.org
Tel: +66 2
2435579
wisnu@seapa.org
Tel: +66 2
2435579
85599845576
85,621,450,010
Human Rights and Democracy
33
Gayathry
Venkiteswaran
Director
Southeast Asian Press
Alliance (SEAPA)
34
Wisnu T
Hanggoro
Programme Manager
Southeast Asian Press
Alliance (SEAPA)
28
35
Name
James Lang
Position
Programme
Coordinator
Organization
Partners for Prevention
36
Kate Lappin
Regional Coordinator
37
Misun Woo
Programme Officer
38
Sor.Rattanamane
e Polkla
Assistant of Thai
Desk
Asia Pacific Forum on
Women Law and
Development (APWLD)
Asia Pacific Forum on
Women Law and
Development (APWLD)
Asian Human Rights
Commission (AHRC)
39
Kai Shing Wong
Executive Director
Asian Human Rights
Commission
40
Sayeed Ahmad
Forum Asia
41
Yuyun
Wahyuningrum
Country Programme
Manager
Senior Advisor on
ASEAN and Human
Rights
42
Suraina Pasha
43
Ang Bee Huat
44
Burma
Programmes
Phatcharaphorn
Morpan
Address
3rd Floor, UN Service Building
Rajadamnern Nok Avenue
Bangkok 10200 Thailand
189/3 Changklan Road, A.
Muang, Chiangmai 50100
Thailand
189/3 Changklan Road, A. Muang
Chiangmai 50100, Thailand
Email
james.lang@one.un.org
Phone number
Tel: +66 2 304
9100 x 2763
kate@apwld.org
Tel: 66 53 284
527
misun@apwld.org
Tel: 66 53 284
527
1838/37 Soi Jaraslarp, Sirinthron
Road, Bangplad, Bangkok,
Thailand
Unit 701A Westley Square,48 Hoi
Yuen Road , Kowloon, Hongkong
S.A.R.
66/2 Pan Road , Silom , Bangkrak
, Bangkok 10500, Thailand
Jiwasraya Building, Lobby Floor,
Jl. RP Soeroso 41 Menteng
Godangdia Jakarta
10350,Indonesia
sor.rattana@ahrc.asia
Mobile phone:
Thailand: +66 81
772 5843
Tel: Hong Kong:
+852 2698 6339
Wahyuningrum@gmail.com
622,170,733,505
Level3, No 175 Pitt Street ,
Sydney, NSW2000, Australia
48 Jalan Kemuja , Bangsar Utama,
59000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
surainapasha@asiapacificfor
um.net
sean@seacem.com
0061(2)92949755
wongkaishing@ahrc.asia
sayeed@forum-asia.org
6,626,379,126
Regional Training
Manager
Executive Director
Indonesia's NGO Coalition
for International Human
Rights Advocacy –Human
Rights Working Group
(HRWG)
Asia Pacific Forum (APF)
Australia
SEACeM
Program Assistant
Vahu Development
Suit 1105, 42 Tower, Sukhumvit
Soi 42, Bangkok 10110
phatcharaphornm@hotmail.
com
0066(0)83567972
2
0066(0)80819195
6
45
Sue Jansen
Program Coordinator
Vahu Development
Suit 1105, 42 Tower, Sukhumvit
Soi 42, Bangkok 10110
sue.jansen711@gmail.com
46
Niza Concepcion
Regional Advisor on
Communication
Diakonia-Asia
29/37 Moo Ban Sri Suk Tung
Hotel Road, Chiang Mai, Thailand
niza.concepcion@asia.diako
nia.se
-22842764
53,300,099
29
47
Name
Nang San Kham
Position
Programme Officer
Organization
Diakonia-Asia, Myanmar
Address
No. 477/479, 6th & 7th Floors,
Aye Yeikthar 2nd Land, New
University Avenue
Road, Bahan Township, Yangon,
Myanmar.
Square Gutenberg 11-2,1000
Brussels, Belgium
Square Gutenberg 11-2,1000
Brussels, Belgium
62, Moo 14, Banmai Langmoo, T.
Suthep, A. Muang, ChiangMai
50200, Thailand
Email
nskhamster@gmail.com
48
Victor Biak Lian
Operation Director
Euro-Burma
49
Thuzar Thant
Management Trainee
Euro-Burma
50
Aung Latt Waje
Project Coordinator
Euro-Burma
CMO-projects@euroburma.be
006653-328-416
51
Sida
Paul Dover
52
Eva Stephansson
53
Paulos Berglöf
54
Karin Isaksson
Policy Specialist for
Gender, Dept. t for
International
Programmes and
Policy Support, Sida
Advisor, Sida
Helpdesk for
Environment and
Climate Change
Programme
Manager/Policy
Advisor on Gender,
Department for
Programme
Cooperation, Sida
Lead Policy Specialist
for Environment and
Climate Change,
Department for
International
Programmes and
Policy Support, Sida
Sida
Sida, 105 25 Stockholm, Sweden
Paul.Dover@sida.se
Tel: +46-8-698
5740
Swedish University of
Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
Box 7012,75007 , Uppsala,
Sweden
eva.stephansson@slu.se
Tel:+ 46-76262660
Department for
Programme Co-operation
Sida
Department for Programme Cooperation
Swedish International
Development
Co-operation Agency (Sida)
Paulos.berglof@sida.se
Tel: +46 (0)8 698
5791
Swedish International
Development Cooperation
Agency, Sida
105 25 Stockholm
Sweden
Visiting address: Valhallavägen
199, Stockholm
karin.isaksson@sida.se
Tel: +46-8-698
5323
Cell: +46-70-219
6339
vblian@hotmail.com
Phone number
95-1-557355
815300702
thuzarthant@gmail.com
30
Name
Position
Other Embassies in Bangkok
Organization
Address
Email
Phone number
55
Kati Veijonen
Counsellor
Embassy of Finland
kati.veijonen@formin.fi
56
Bhuripan
Kalnaovkul
Programme Officer
Embassy of Finland
Amarin Tower, 16th Floor, 500,
Ploenchit Road, Bangkok,
Thailand
Amarin Tower, 16th Floor, 500
Ploenchit Road, Bangkok,
Thailand
Tel: 02-2078700,
Mobile phone:
081-9335675
Tel: +66
22078700, Mobile
phone: +66
22078743
No.2 Nui Truc, Hanoi, Vietnam
carol.backman@foreign.min
istry.se
erik.wallin@foreign.ministry
.se
84(0)437260400
melinda.macdonald2@gmail
.com
miner.michael2@gmail.com
66 81 7538146
ah.abid@gmail.com
66 84 671 9735
bhuripan.kalnaovkul@formi
n.fi
The Embassy of Sweden (outside
Bangkok)
57
Carol Backman
First Secretary
58
Erik Wallin
First Secretary
60
61
Facilitators
Melinda
MacDonald
Michael Miner
Film Maker
Ahmed Abid
Embassy of Sweden,
Vietnam
Embassy of Sweden,
Cambodia
Consultant
IBA Development
Consultant
IBA Development
Film Maker
Move Media
Communications
P.O box 68, Phnom Penh,
Cambodia
085-523-861-700
66 81 732 0822
The Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok
61
AnnaMaria
Oltorp
62
Stuart Ward
Counsellor / Head of
Regional
Development
Cooperation Section
Information and
Communication
Officer
Embassy of Sweden in
Bangkok
140 , One Pacific Place , 11 Flrs.
Sukhumvit , Bangkok 10110,
Thailand
annamaria.oltorp@foreign.
ministry.se
Embassy of Sweden in
Bangkok
140 , One Pacific Place , 11 Flrs.
Sukhumvit , Bangkok 10110
stuart.ward@foreihn.ministr
y.se
31
63
Name
Ola Möller
Position
First Secretary
Organization
Embassy of Sweden in
Bangkok
Address
140, One Pacific Place , 11 Flrs.
Sukhumvit , Bangkok 10110
Email
ola.moller@foreign.ministry
.se
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Ulrika Akesson
First Secretary
Embassy of Sweden in
Bangkok
140, One Pacific Place , 11 Flrs.
Sukhumvit , Bangkok 10110
ulrika.akesson@foreign.mini
stry.se
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Renee Ankarfjard
First Secretary
Embassy of Sweden in
Bangkok
140, One Pacific Place , 11 Flrs.
Sukhumvit , Bangkok 10110
renee.ankarfjard@foreign.m
inistry.se
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Christine
Lundberg
First Secretary
Embassy of Sweden in
Bangkok
140, One Pacific Place , 11 Flrs.
Sukhumvit , Bangkok 10110,
Thailand
christine.lundberg@foreign.
ministry.se
Phone number
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Appendix C – Case Studies
Gender Mainstreaming at RECOFTC
Drawing on the experience of one of Sida’s partners, RECOFTC (The Center for People and Forests), this
mini case study highlights the problem of introducing gender mainstreaming. The Center for People and
Forests is an Asia Pacific international organization working to serve Asia (and its 73 countries). It is
headquartered in Bangkok and has “a vision of local communities actively managing forests in Asia and
the Pacific to ensure optimal social, economic and environmental benefits”.
The organization uses a pro-poor and rights based approach to building capacity for community forestry
in Asia and the Pacific. To achieve its objectives, RECOFTC forms partnerships with governments,
universities, local NGOs and intergovernmental bodies to help local people gain secure and strong rights
to forests.
RECOFTC lists its thematic areas as ‘expanding and maintaining community forests’, ‘people, forests and
climate change’ (includes both mitigation (REDD+) and adaptation), ‘transforming conflict’ and
‘enhancing livelihoods and markets’.
RECOFTC’s core work in community forestry involves helping countries develop and implement effective
policies, legislation and programs to set up community forestry in which local people are at the center of
decision making. Historically, few countries have considered the needs, aspirations, skills and knowledge
of local people. To quote RECOFTC “Throughout the region, countries are increasingly realizing that to
make sustainable forestry a reality, local people must be at the center of forest management.” Finally,
in terms of rights, RECOFTC helps local people to establish, exercise and defend their rights at the local,
national and regional level. RECOFTC also works to create an ‘enabling environment” receptive to
change. Specifically, the main tasks of RECOFTC are:
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Facilitate and influence national and regional policy dialogues
Advise national community forestry program planning and development
Assist the development of supportive institutions, systems, partnerships, and funding opportunities
Provide technical support, including training, for establishing community forestry sites
Support grassroots, national and regional community forestry networks
Advocate and raise awareness for community forestry throughout the region
Provide training and tools for community forestry.
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But as you will notice, gender has not been mentioned explicitly nor is it mainstreamed through
RECOFTC materials or in their programming. This is the challenge that confronted RECOFTC in late 2011
in response to questions about gender mainstreaming from Sida. A new gender officer was hired to
address the challenge of mainstreaming gender in RECOFTC program portfolios and in its organizational
processes and functions.
It was not that staff members were against gender mainstreaming or unaware of gender issues but due
partly to a lack of expertise on gender analysis, program planning processes were not viewed from a
gender rights perspective. Hence, integration of gender elements was lacking.
5. Therefore what would you do to integrate gender mainstreaming issues throughout all parts of a
regional organization such as RECOFTC?
6. What do these forests represent in terms of resources for men and women? Do men and
women use them differently?
7. Who has access and control over these resources and who makes decisions about them?
8. Are there regional declarations or protocols that would be of use, and if so, how can they best be
utilized?
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Gender Mainstreaming at UNIAP
Drawing on the experience of one of Sida’s partners, this mini-case surfaces issues related to introducing
gender mainstreaming. UNIAP (UN Inter-Agency Project against Trafficking) is a counter-human
trafficking global leader in integrating a human rights-based approach to all counter-trafficking research
and programming, having launched its Ethics and Human Rights in Counter-Trafficking initiative in 2008,
and having globally disseminated the Guide to Ethics and Human Rights in Counter-Trafficking Research
and Programming in September 2008. Through this initiative, UNIAP aims to promote application of
rights-based counter-trafficking methods in the Mekong sub-region, and globally, addressing all groups
and persons involved, including men, communities, and trafficked persons still in the harm environment.
UNIAP is the regional secretariat for the COMMIT (Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative against
Trafficking) Process. COMMIT has provided the potential for important breakthroughs in rights-based
approaches to anti-human trafficking in a number of ways including:
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The MOU contains a commitment by all countries to use the UN definition of trafficking which
encompasses trafficking in all persons and all its forms. This is significant given that all national plans,
anti-trafficking laws and MOUs developed prior to the COMMIT Process focused solely on women and
children, facilitating the perpetuation of myths and stereotypes about trafficking; and,
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The MOU also places the rights of victims at the heart of the regional anti-trafficking response. In
particular, while tougher law enforcement and better access to rights for victims had previously been
seen as potentially contradictory, it is being increasingly recognized that these must actually go hand-inhand and victim identification processes need to be improved.
UNIAP recognizes that gender affects all aspects of the trafficking process, not only the factors which
contribute to trafficking vulnerability, but also the nature of policies and programs developed to deal
with the problem. Within the human trafficking sector, gender issues do not only pertain to the needs of
women – they also focus on the vulnerability of men, who have often been left out of the human
trafficking discourse.
UNIAP’s regional work, from high-level forums and workshops with senior officials to community-based
initiatives, seeks to address the needs of under-served victim populations. This is very important to
gender, since gender is very much implicated in victim identification with mainly women and girls being
identified as “vulnerable trafficking victims”. Indeed, this last point is a key weakness in addressing
gender-based vulnerability to trafficking. Also, many gender-based misconceptions and biases prevent
authorities from identifying victims of trafficking and providing them with appropriate care and services.
For example, the misconception that:
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Most foreign women in the sex trade are voluntary prostitutes, or that men who are exploited,
are ignorant migrants and not ‘victims’ per se; or,
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Trafficking victims are ‘criminals’ who are violating labor and immigration laws often due to the
gender-based misconceptions outlined above (i.e., only women and girls can be trafficked).
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1.
Therefore, what would you do to overcome these challenges and integrate gender
mainstreaming issues throughout all parts of a regional human rights organization like UNIAP?
2.
What aspects would you include in a gender analysis i.e. vulnerability, decision making etc.?
3.
What can we do regionally to address issues related to human trafficking including integrating a
gender lens?
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Are there regional declarations or protocols or regional bodies which can be accessed to address
gender mainstreaming?
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Appendix D – Evaluation of Workshop
In evaluating the workshop, the oral comments at the end of the workshop, and the 30 evaluation forms
completed, indicate that the workshop was successful in achieving its stated goals. Some participants
had to leave early so did not receive or complete the evaluation forms. But the 30 participants who
responded included a representative sample from both groups - environment/climate change and
human rights. In total, 30 respondents completed the evaluation - 13 – environment, 11 human rights,
2 gender and 4 who noted they were both environment and gender.
With respect to answers to the specific questions, a summary follows below:
Question 1: Was the venue comfortable and appropriate for the event?
1. The venue was comfortable and appropriate for the event
Strongly disagree
Disagree
No opinion
Agree
Strongly agree –
1 (3%)
3 (9%)
1 (3%)
15 (30%)
10 (33%)
Although the hotel was appropriate, perceptions of the actual meeting room were less positive than
responses to any other question including all questions related to the content of the workshop. It was
clear to all that the long, narrow configuration of the room was not appropriate to delivery of an
interactive workshop. Organizers did the best they could but the room was simply the wrong shape.
Questions 2 – 5 on the content, facilitation and participant interactions with each other were all
answered very positively (over 93% positive on all 4 questions).
2. The Gender Mainstreaming in Results Based Management workshop generated and provided useful
information and discussion for future program planning
Strongly disagree
Disagree
No opinion
1 (3%)
Agree
13 (43%)
Strongly agree
16 53%)
3. There were enough opportunities to express my views
Strongly disagree
Disagree
No opinion
Agree
2 (6%)
15 (50%)
Strongly agree
13 43%)
4. The presenters and facilitators were easy to understand and facilitated the sessions well
Strongly disagree
Disagree
No opinion
Agree
1 (3%)
14 (46%)
Strongly agree
15 50%)
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5. There were enough opportunities for interaction with other participants
Strongly disagree
Disagree
No opinion
Agree
15 (50%)
Strongly agree
15 50%)
Question 6: Were any sessions particularly good? If so, please indicate which sessions you found most
useful.
1.
16 participants highlighted RBM and Gender Mainstreaming and Refresher on Monitoring and
Evaluation as particularly good – This was over half of the 30. Representative comment:
“Mainstreaming gender equality in results based management. The case studies are excellent. Great
exercise!”
2.
7 participants mentioned group exercises or working in small groups as good. Representative
comment: ”The small group discussions were very practical and I gained insights from the experience
shared by participants coming from different organizations”
Other sessions mentioned as particularly good but by only a few respondents were: Sida’s policy session,
case studies, Outcome Mapping and Outcome Matrix exercise.
Question 7: Were any sessions not relevant?
12 participants noted no or all sessions were relevant. No session was mentioned as not relevant by
multiple participants. Representative comment – “None – all relevant".
Question 8: Any suggestions for sessions that weren’t included that you think should have been?
3 participants suggested that there should be a separate session on gender analysis followed by
participants discussing how to implement gender equality in their organization.
3 participants mentioned that having fewer participants would be better
2 participants mentioned that this type of workshop should be conducted for senior management as well
2 participants mentioned that the room had difficult sight lines
2 participants mentioned it was a good workshop with excellent organization and interaction
Question 9: Any other comments or suggestions for Sida? a) Format
5 participants mentioned good mixture of participants and lecture/ exercises
2 participants mentioned more needed to be said about climate change and environment
2 participants mentioned – each group should fill out the matrix on a computer and project their
completed matrix on the screen to the large group
Example comment - Follow-up plan – “This exercise got us started, the assignment on gender
mainstreaming in results based management – we will apply this framework in our work and want to
have future communication with Sida and other partners.”
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Question 9: b) What are my take home messages?
8 participants mentioned gaining better understanding of gender mainstreaming
8 participants mentioned gaining better understanding of M&E, RBM, Outcome Mapping etc.
3 participants mentioned that Sida is serious, open and willing to support GM/RBM etc.
Representative comment: “Thank you – excellent workshop. I will take home all the knowledge and
documents from this workshop to my Director, Gender Focal Point and Donor Liaison Manager and will
work with them to integrate gender and RBM into our work plans.”
This question elicited a wide range of responses. The 20 responses all suggest that the workshop will
lead to back home follow-up for respondents which should be continued in dialogue with the Embassy in
Bangkok. The workshop approach, content (RBM) and process (matrix), including Sida’s demonstrated
commitment to gender, were all noted as positives which will help reinforce the take home message.
Finally, in summary, participants were interested in this content and participated actively in the
interactive exercises. But clearly there remains a need for additional knowledge both in gender
mainstreaming and in RBM. Many participants were also interested in Outcome Mapping and using
performance stories as part of their reporting to ensure that stories which demonstrate success are well
reported.
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