Presentation of Tara Daniel, Women's Environment and Development (WEDO), at the session 2 of the GCF Watch international webinar series "Gender, indigenous peoples and REDD+ within the GCF".

1. Gender in the GCF
TARA DANIEL
THE WOMEN’S ENVIRONMENT & DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (WEDO)

2. Gender in the GCF
Key Documents and Materials
• Governing Instrument
• Gender Policy and Gender Action Plan
• Gender Assessment and Gender
Action Plan Template
• Gender Mainstreaming Toolkit
Opportunities for advancing gender-
responsive climate action in the GCF
extend beyond following gender
documentation.

3. Gender from the Start
“The Fund will strive to maximize the
impact of its funding for adaptation
and mitigation, and seek a balance
between the two, while promoting
environmental, social, economic and
development co-benefits and taking a
gender-sensitive approach.”
• First climate fund with “gender” in its founding documents
• Governing Instrument, Objectives and Principles, paragraph 3:

4. Gender Policy (updated 2019)

5. Gender Policy Objectives (Excerpts)
The Gender Policy commits GCF to:
• (a) Enhance gender equality within its governing structure and day-to-
day operations; and
• (b) Promote the goals of gender equality and women’s empowerment
through its decisions on the allocation of funds, operations and overall
impact as outlined in the Gender Action Plan.
This Gender Policy moves beyond a narrow understanding of gender to
consider, respect and value the contribution of both women and men.

6. Mainstreaming Gender Toolkit
2017 publication presented as “A practical
manual to support the integration of gender
equality in climate change interventions and
climate finance”
• Readiness Support
• Gender Analysis
• Gender Assessment
• Gender-Responsive Results Framework
• Project Implementation and M&E
• Project Appraisal to Ensure Gender
Mainstreaming in the GCF Project Cycle

7. Gender Documentation Guidance
Gender Assessment Template
Guidance on Gender analysis/assessment questions:
• legal status of women?
• commonly held beliefs, perceptions, and stereotypes?
• division of labour among women and men?
• participation in the formal/informal economy?
Gender Action Plan Template
Description and Examples of
• Activities
• Indicators and Targets
• Timeline
• Responsibilities
• Costs

8. Gender in the GCF
Feminist and women’s rights voices must have a say in the development and
implementation of projects/programmes and policies:
• shifting paradigms
• calling out false solutions
• responding to needs
• centering the voices and experiences of women, grassroots, local communities
and indigenous peoples
GCF Issue Areas with Strong Overlap with Gender
• Information disclosure
• GCF support to adaptation
• Incremental and full-cost methodology
• Project-specific assessment approach

9. Gender in the GCF
Feminist and women’s rights voices must have a say in the development and
implementation of projects/programmes and policies:
• shifting paradigms
• calling out false solutions
• responding to needs
• centering the voices and experiences of women, grassroots, local communities
and indigenous peoples
GCF Issue Areas with Strong Overlap with Gender
• Information disclosure
• GCF support to adaptation
• Incremental and full-cost methodology
• Project-specific assessment approach
ALL OF THEM