Transcript Cross-cutting Issues - MFAT design workshop February 2015

Cross-Cutting Issues
What are Cross-Cutting Issues?
A key development issue integrated across the Aid Programme
• Gender equality
• Human rights
• Environment (including climate change)
The 3 cross-cutting issues are Cabinet Mandated
Policy: “ensure equitable sustainable development … we (must)
consider the gender, environmental and human rights implications of
what we do.”
Mandatory: all Activities (including Partnership Fund)
Tools and Guidance: Activity Managers; Development Managers,
web-site, Guidance and Knowledge Notes (Gender and Human
Rights)
Environmental Considerations
• Pollution prevention, waste minimisation
• Enhancing critical habitats, protecting threatened species,
reducing the risks of invasive species
• Promoting sustainable use of natural resources
• Increasing resilience to climate change and natural hazards
• Ensuring equality and non-discrimination in participation
and access – including women
• Strengthening implementation of laws and regulations
Sector Priorities and the
Environment 2012-2015
Strategic environmental priorities include addressing climate
change impacts, biodiversity loss, waste management,
environmental monitoring.
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Energy – clean, efficient, affordable
Tourism – natural and cultural assets
Fisheries – sustainable harvesting, ecosystem protection
Infrastructure – strengthening structures
Climate resilience – water security, climate information
Human Rights and Development
The key concept is human beings are born equal in dignity and rights
Human rights law developed to stop discrimination against those
defined as inferior.
As human rights understanding evolves more “types” of people are
identified as worthy of protection
International Standards
Accountability is formalised in the United Nations system and in
treaty law and national law.
Human rights treaties outline civil, political, social, economic and
cultural rights – see page 10 of the Human Rights Guideline
Rights-holders and Duty-bearers
Treaties identify “everyone” as a rights-holder, including people
subject to exclusion and discrimination
Governments are the main duty-bearers with responsibilities to
improve human rights in their countries
Concept and Design
Provision of services to “the poor” without an empowering element is
a welfare approach (not wrong, just different)
Participation can be empowering
Information can be empowering
Three Principles for Human
Rights in Development
1. Equality and Non-discrimination: Everyone is entitled to their
rights without discrimination of any kind
2. Participation and Inclusion: Everyone is entitled to meaningful
participation in public affairs directly or through freely chosen
representatives
3. Accountability and Rule of Law: States are answerable for the
observance of human rights
Finding Info
• Go to
http://pacific.ohchr.org/docs/HR_Pacific_v7_July_25.pdf for
basic data on human rights on 16 Pacific countries including
Australia and New Zealand.
• Go to
http://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/upr/pages/uprmain.aspx)
for information about the rest of the world.
• Go to http://www.hrw.org/
Gender Equality and
Women’s Empowerment
• Economic, cultural and political barriers to women’s
participation in Activity and how they are addressed
• Gender analysis: evidenced based analysis of gender relations
e.g. violence, value chain, reproductive health, division of
labour, decision-making, economic activities, access to
resources, natural resource management etc.
• Actions or inputs to ensure gender equity in outcomes,
participation, benefits, revenue, decision-making inclusion of
women, including in the distribution of benefits and revenues
• Sex disaggregated data
Gender: basic definitions
Sex:
The biological makeup; an individual's reproductive
anatomy
Gender:
Socially constructed roles and responsibilities of women
and men that are learned (and therefore unlearned) –
sometimes described in terms of masculinity and
femininity.
Gender Mainstreaming:
Integrating gender equality and women’s empowerment
into development policies, programmes and activities
Definitions: Equality and Equity
Gender Equality: Men and women have the same right, status,
opportunities and resources to realise their potential, contribute to
development, and benefit equally from the results.
Gender Equity: Ensuring fairness between men and women
through measures to compensate for political, economic, cultural or
historical disadvantages that prevent equality of outcome.
Cross-Cutting Issues in
Activity Design
Where relevant and significant, cross cutting issues
should be included in:
• the context/problem analysis
• throughout the results framework, including indicators and
in the M & E plan
• Risk analysis and matrix, including the risk of NOT
addressing a specific issue
• Assessment of available resources and competencies to
deliver on the goals and outcomes.
• throughout the results framework, including indicators and
in the M & E plan
Support and Advice
Advisers:
Environment: Andrea Stewart
Human Rights: Sally Jackman
Gender Equality: Mike Sansom
Tools: (available on NZAid website)
Human Rights Guidelines
Gender Analysis Guidelines
Gender Knowledge Notes:
- Agriculture
- Tourism
- Humanitarian Responses, DRR, DRM
- Economic and Private Sector Development