Designing for Gender Integration

Presented by: Michelle Gamber, AAAS Fellow, Gender Advisor, FFP,  USAID;  Lindsey Jones, Global Gender Advisor, ACDI/VOCA;  Kavita Sethuraman, Senior MCHN Advisor, Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance

Three speakers provided recommendations for integrating gender in program design and implementation. Kavita Sethuraman provided an overview of the recommendations from FFP Occasional Paper 7, Gender Integration in USAID Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Affairs Office of Food for Peace Operations.  Michelle Gamber gave an update on gender integration efforts within the Office of Food For Peace and their own process and vision of how they see partners proceeding.  Lindsey Jones introduced ACDI/VOCA’s new Gender Analysis, Assessment and Audit Manual and Toolkit. She explained the process of collecting, testing and compiling the tools and information for the manual. She also spoke about some of the successes and challenges ACDI/VOCA has experienced in conducting gender analyses and assessments over the past four years. After the speakers, a short activity provided participants with a chance to put some of the recommendations to use.