Gender at UNICEF

Anju Malhotra

Principal Adviser, Gender and Rights

UNICEF 101 Orientation to NY Missions- Oct 10, 2013

Gender and Rights as Foundational Principles

Strengths

Normative: rights-based perspective

Cross-cutting across all

areas of work

Challenges

Too Large, Difficult to

operationalize

No sectoral home

Last 5 Years: Key Points of Evolution

• Policy implementation not strong enough

• Board & organizational concern

2008 Gender Evaluation

• Part of management response

• SPAP 2010-2012 to mainstream gender

2010 Gender Policy •Annual reporting

to Board; 2012 decision for next Action Plan

• Principal Adviser position at D1 to boost stature

2012 June Board Meeting

Gender and Rights Role and Function

• Set gender policy, strategy, and

direction for UNICEF

• Monitor progress on gender and report to the board annually

• Represent UNICEF on gender in external relations

Historical

• Guide and support program design and implementation-for sectors and countries

• Support achievement of results on gender equality and women’s and girls empowerment

Evolving

UNICEF

UNICEF Executive Board – 2011 Annual Session – Informal Consultation

Moving from Gender Mainstreaming to Gender

Results

Input Output Outcome Impact

Working Backwards

Gender Mainstreaming Gender Results

Working backwards from results to define

strategies, expertise, resources

Results Strategies Expert ise

& Resources

Focus of Next Gender Action Plan

Gender Equality Women's &

Girls Empowerment

Results

Substance

Resources

Expertise

Gender equity in survival; maternal mortality

Maternal & adolescent nutrition

HIV reduction in adolescent boys & girls; gender equity

in care

Ending child marriage,

FGM/C; GBV; child labour

Gender equity in quality & secondary education

Water & sanitation in

home; WASH MHM in schools

Gender equitable

resource & policy

environment

New Strategic

Plan provides

substantive

framework for

results

Global Technical Consultation on Gender

Bangkok, Nov 6-8

Highlight cross-sectoral synergies and

eff iciencies

Priorit ize gender issues

and barriers

Resources, expert ise and accountability for

effect iveness

Gender in the equity agenda

Gender Action Plan 2014-2017

Gender Action Plan - Timeframe

June 2013

• Board Report on Gender

Sep 2013

• Strategic Plan at Sep Board meeting

Feb-April 2014

• SP and GAP f inalized

Current Evolving

HPV and Adolescent

Health

Child Marriage

Girl’s Education & Innovation

Child Mortality

Sex Differences

Gender Data and Evidence

Gender and WASH

Gender and Concrete Programmatic Initiatives

United Nations Children’s Fund

3 United Nations Plaza

New York, NY 10017, USA

Tel: 212-326-7000

www.unicef.org

© United Nations Children’s Fund

October 2013

Cover photo © UNICEF/INDA2011-00197/Halle’n

For more information, please contact Anju Malhotra Principal Adviser, Gender and Rights 212-326-7018; anjumalhotra@unicef.org