INEE Guidance Note on Gender: Gender Equality in

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INEE Guidance Note on Gender: Gender Equality in and through Education [Date and location] ‹#› This document is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. It is attributed to the Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE). Objectives By the end of the training, participants will be able to: Explain key gender equity principles and strategies that may be applied in education in emergencies (EiE) programs; Identify gender-equitable EiE programmatic responses across the INEE Minimum Standards (INEE MS) domains; Conduct an EiE appraisal to identify how gender is reflected in existing or future EiE programs; and Describe short- and long-term actions to enhance gender equity in EiE programming. Self-Assessment and Pair Share: Gender-Equitable EiE Practices Directions: Individually answer statements with “yes” or “no.” After answering, share and discuss your responses with a partner. If time allows, discuss further: Are your answers and related experiences similar or different? What is the same or different? Activity: Defining Key Gender Terms and Concepts Directions: Form the same pairs or small groups from the self-assessment. Use handout 2 in pairs to match terms with their definitions. Rationale for Gender Equitable EiE Programming Crises impact girls, boys, women, and men differently because of their differing status and roles in society. These factors can affect their access to the resources and services they need to recover and be resilient Gender inequalities exist before the crisis Integrating gender considerations into all humanitarian action helps ensure more inclusive, effective, efficient, and empowering responses + → Key Principles of Gender Equality Programming for EiE Gender affects everyone. Gender dynamics affect education. Gender-responsive education is protective. Crises present opportunities for transformative change. Promoting gender equality contributes to peaceful and sustainable recovery. Data is disaggregated by sex. Male and female learners are involved in working toward gender equality. Male and female community members are involved in working toward gender equality. Gender is a cross-sectoral issue. Everyone should champion gender equality in education. Common Arguments related to Key Principles for Gender Equality Programming for EiE 1. “Gender experts only talk about women and girls. Men and boys are just as disadvantaged.” 2. “It’s too difficult to consider the needs of different learners in emergencies, and everyone is vulnerable and marginalized in an emergency.” 3. “Gender-based violence isn’t a problem the education sector needs to deal with, especially during crises, because schools protect children.” 4. “Gender is too complex for children to understand