Transcript Bernie Ward - World Bank

Improving the Development
Outcomes of Extractive
Industries:
A guide to improving impacts on
women in poverty and their
families
Bernie Ward
Consultant, Lima, Peru
[email protected]
Tel: (511) 495 4858
Cel: (511) 9990 71325
Gender Equality in communities
impacted by project
If no
action
is
taken
Before the
project
starts
Using the
Extractive
Industries
Guide for
Improving
Practice
GOOD ENOUGH
No Political
Will in
company or
community or
partners
Many competing
priorities – gender
equality is not in the
top 5, but is in top 10.
Using all the
best practices
outlined
during this
event
EXCELLENT
Gender is set as a
priority goal by either the
company, community or
partners and additional
funds are set aside for
this goal.
Who is this guide for?
• Extractive Industry companies and the
governments, donors, investors and civil
society who oversee or partner their
activities
• Stronger on mining than oil and gas
• This version: Peru
• Gender experts as a tool to support them
persuade companies to take those initial
steps.
Actions to improve the
impact on women
Three Elements to the Guide:
• Element 1: Understand the situation and
perspectives of women
• Element 2: Design and implement your
company’s operations in a gendersensitive way
• Element 3: Appoint a Gender
Champion and a suitably qualified team
Element 1:
Understand the situation and perspectives
of women
What are the issues that need to be understood better?
• Private & public domain: division of labour, decisionmaking, income, role, organisations, rights and trends.
• Specific risks, opportunities and sensitive issues
Data-gathering & Consultations
• Making the Invisible Visible: disaggregation of data,
representative samples, sensitive issues
• Gender-sensitive Techniques: surveys, interviews,
workshops, participative Analysis of the data collected
by men and women
• What you count, counts : indicators and targets
Element 2:
Design and implement the
company’s operations in a
gender-sensitive way
• How to design community
programs that are gender-sensitive
• Women and Land Compensation
• Women and Employment
Element 3:
Appoint a Gender Champion
and a suitably qualified team
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Training
Links to womens organisations
Gender-specific indicators and targets
Advise on tools & processes
Internal communications on progress
Convening power to promote women´s
interests.
Bernie Ward
Consultant
Lima, Peru
[email protected]
Tel: (511) 495 4858
Cel: (511) 9990 71325