Advancing Gender Equality Programming Guidance Note

This guidance note serves as a resource for implementing partners to align their proposals with gender equality programming. It outlines the importance of integrating gender analysis into humanitarian operations, as emphasized by the OCHA Policy Instruction on Gender Equality and the NHF Vision Paper 2022. The document details the necessity of collecting and analyzing sex, age, and disability disaggregated data to inform project design and implementation. It emphasizes the need for partners to assess the implications of their interventions on all genders and to involve women and girls in decision-making processes. The note also highlights the requirement of using the Gender and Age Marker (GAM) during proposal design to ensure effective targeting. Additionally, it encourages capacity development for women and girls, prioritization of GBV prevention, and the establishment of gender-responsive reporting frameworks. The guidance includes examples of gender-responsive indicators that partners can adapt for their projects, ensuring a comprehensive approach to gender equality in humanitarian efforts.