Southern Africa Regional Workshop: Gender Equality & GBV Programming for Cluster / Sector Actors in Humanitarian Action: 23 - 25 September 2008, Johannesburg, South Africa
OCHA ROSA and OCHA Headquarters under the auspices of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Sub-working group on Gender and Humanitarian Action hosted a regional workshop on Gender Equality and Gender-based Violence Programming GBV) for Cluster/Sectors Actors in Humanitarian Action.
The primary purpose of the workshop was to roll out the Inter-agency Standing Committee’s Gender Handbook, Women, Girls, Boys and Men: Different Needs – Equal Opportunities. Participants were introduced to a schematic overview of gender equality programming, as well as the Framework for Gender Equality Programming – “ADAPT and ACT Collectively” – and worked in country teams to apply knowledge gained to develop country-specific gender action plans.
Additionally, participants were provided with an overview of human rights and protection issues in humanitarian settings, GBV programming models, the IASC GBV Guidelines, and issues related to the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) by humanitarian workers, using the training video “To Serve with Pride”.
Twenty-two UN, NGO and Government representatives from Comoros, DRC, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, as well as several regional colleagues, participated in the workshop. This workshop served as the third and final pilot regional workshop. The first pilot regional workshop was held in Nairobi, Kenya, in November 2007, and the second in Bangkok, Thailand, in July 2008.
For the full workshop report click here. For additional resources on mainstreaming gender into humanitarian programmes, visit the Humanitarian Reform Gender website.