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POLICY FRAMEWORKvisioN15. To create an enabling environment in WFP forpromoting gender equality and theempowerment of women reflected in policies,programmes and actions that support partnercountries in addressing food and nutritionchallenges.PriNCiPlEs16. Gender equality is not merely socially desirable: itis critical to the reduction of poverty and hunger 14and therefore linked to the achievement of WFP’sStrategic Objectives. WFP will continue to seekopportunities to promote gender equality andthe empowerment of women to fulfil its mandatein food and nutrition security.WFP-supported adult literacy programmefor indigenous women in Bolivia.17. This gender policy builds on previous genderpolicies, and is guided by:• the WFP Strategic Plan (2008–2011), whichemphasizes WFP’s role in supportingcountries in addressing hunger andundernutrition;• the principles of the United Nations policyand strategy on gender mainstreaming, 15Resolution 2006/36 of the Economic andSocial Council and other norms andstandards; 16• the core values of humanity, impartiality,neutrality and respect in WFP’s humanitarianprinciples; 17• the principle of “do no harm”, which is thecommitment to prevent actions that causeharm to any beneficiary: 18 it may includeensuring that distribution sites are safe andtaking care not to overburden women orexpose them to violence, sexual exploitationor abuse; and• the principles of the gender anddevelopment approach, whichencompasses the social, economic, politicaland cultural forces that determine how menand women might benefit from and controlresources and activities; the approachfocuses on gender relations with a view toachieving sustainable improvements in thestatus of women.14 Morrison, A., Raju, D. and Sinha, N. 2008. Gender Equality is Good for the Poor. Poverty in Focus, 13: 16 17.15 United Nations. 2006. United Nations System-Wide Policy on Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women: Focusing on Results and Impact (CEB/2006/2). New York. The mainelements are: i) accountability; ii) results-based management; iii) oversight functions – monitoring and evaluation (M&E), audit and reporting; iv) human and financial resources;v) capacity development; and (vi) coherence, coordination, knowledge and information management.16 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979); Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995); United Nations Security CouncilResolutions 1325 and 1820 on women and peace and security (2000; 2008); The Millennium Declaration (2000); the Declaration of the World Food Summit; five years later(2002); the Secretary-General’s bulletins/directives on sexual exploitation and abuse (2003).17 “Humanitarian Principles” (WFP/EB.A/2004/5-C), p. 8.18 CDA Collaborative Learning Projects. 2004. The Do No Harm Handbook. The Framework for Analyzing the Impact of Assistance on Conflict, p. 19. Cambridge, MA, USA.10
18. The development of this WFP gender policy hasbeen informed by the evaluation of WFP’sgender policy (2003–2007), consultations withpartners and field staff, desk reviews of partners’policies, ECW baseline and follow-up surveys. 19A returnee with his children in a temporary resettlementcamp in Afghanistan.GoAls19. The goals are:• to strengthen and maintain an institutionalenvironment that supports and encouragesgender mainstreaming;• to improve the effectiveness andsustainability of WFP programmesaddressing hunger in partner countries; and• to promote the integration of a genderperspective into the food and nutritionpolicies, programmes and projects ofpartner countries and cooperating partners.ExPECtEd outComEs20. The expected outcomes are:• increased knowledge and skills among WFPstaff for addressing gender in policydevelopment and programming;• improved and sustained gendermainstreaming in WFP programmes andactivities; and• increased capacity in partner countries toincorporate a gender perspective into foodand nutrition policies, plans and projects.21. Targeted actions 20 and gender mainstreaming 21will be applied to achieve the expectedoutcomes. Targeted actions will be carried outin the context of WFP’s field-level programmingon the basis of gender analysis; gender will bemainstreamed at the programme andinstitutional levels. Because women are oftendisadvantaged, these actions will more oftenfavour them. This does not preclude action formen and boys if required.19 WFP. 2007. Gender Focal Point Survey. Desk Review of the ECW Implementation and Views from WFP Gender Focal Points/Teams. Rome.20 Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC). 2006. Gender Handbook in Humanitarian Action. New York. See p. 3: Targeted actions “should compensate for the consequences ofgender-based inequality such as the long-term deprivation of rights to education or health care. This is important as in many situations women and girls are moredisadvantaged than men and boys […] but there are a number of situations where boys or men will be targeted for action, for example when boys are the target of recruitmentfor armed conflict”.21 United Nations. 1999. (A/52/3/Rev.1), p. 24: “Mainstreaming a gender perspective is the process of assessing the implications for women and men of any planned action […] inall areas and at all levels. It is a strategy for making women’s as well as men’s concerns and experiences an integral dimension of […] policies and programmes […] so thatwomen and men benefit equally and inequality is not perpetuated. The ultimate goal is to achieve gender equality.”11
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