The Environment and Gender Index (EGI)

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1 The Environment and Gender Index (EGI)

2 Moving Beyond Lip Service We have to move beyond the lip service of gender mainstreaming, into concrete actions...it is important to place welldefined, convention-specific strategies on gender with achievable indicators and objectives and to support governments in their efforts to implement and comply with the gender provisions of the Conventions. Christiana Figueres, UNFCCC Executive Secretary

3 We Need a Data Revolution Too often, development efforts have been hampered by a lack of the most basic data about the social and economic circumstances in which people live... Stronger monitoring and evaluation at all levels, and in all processes of development (from planning to implementation) will help guide decision making, update priorities and ensure accountability March 2013 communiqué, the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda in Bali, Indonesia

4 The Purpose of the EGI Monitor implementation of global agreements Promote transparency and accountability Expand access to environmental information Increase aid effectiveness Demonstrate that measurement is possible

5 Core Questions Are governments integrating gender in their environmental efforts? Are the conditions favorable for women to be actively involved in environmental decision-making? But our main task became. Searching for Data Filling data gaps Identifying proxies

6 Methodology Expert Panel of 33 members Existing high quality data sets Creating new data sets to fill data gaps Developing a composite index Country list A methodological framework Index-ready data Weighting scheme

7 The EGI Framework

8 72 Countries Worldwide OECD 8 Eurasia 8 Asia 13 Latin America and Caribbean 7 Africa 20 MENA 8

9 EGI Country Rankings

10 Regional Performance Region/Group Highest performer Lowest performer Top category for region/group Latin America and the Caribbean Panama Dominican Republic Livelihood and Genderbased Education & Assets Eurasia Romania Tajikistan Livelihood Asia Mongolia Pakistan Ecosystem and Genderbased Education & Assets Middle East and North Africa Lebanon Yemen Livelihood Africa South Africa DRC Ecosystem OECD Countries Iceland Italy Livelihood and Genderbased Education & Assets

11 Iceland Rank: 1 Score: 84 OECD Regional rank: 1 (out of 16 countries) Income level rank: 1 (out of 16 countries) Category Overall score (normalized values) Regional rank (out of 16 countries) Income level rank (out of 16 countries) 1 Livelihood Ecosystem Gender-based rights and participation Governance Gender-based education and assets Country-reported activities GDP per capita PPP (USD) $42,658 Women working in the informal sector n/a Women agriculture holders n/a Women engaged in vulnerable employment Female graduates in Science 63% Female Internet users 96% Global Environment Facility (GEF) projects n/a Legal quotas for women in policymaking positions Female headed households (rural) n/a Female mobile phone subscribers 78% 6% No

12 Examples of Country Performance

13 Examples of Country Performance

14 GDP per captia for 2012 in USD EGI and GDP Per Capita Compared $ EGI Comparison to GDP Per Capita $ $ $ $ $ $ EGI Score R² = 0,5431

15 New Dataset: Country-Reported Activities on Gender and Environment Top Three Performers on Country-reported Activities Overall UNFCCC UNCCD CBD CEDAW 1 India India India Tanzania Morocco 2 Kenya Ghana S. Africa Mexico Yemen 3 Ghana Malawi Kenya Kenya Ghana

16 New Dataset: Women Delegates to COPs

17 New Dataset: Gender-Responsive Projects Before and After Gender Policy

18 New Dataset: Women Ministers of Environment and Environment-Related Ministries

19 Gender Policies Seem to be Working Overall Findings Gender Data in the Environmental Sector Accountability between International Agreements and National Action Gender Parity in Environmental Decision-making

20 Next Steps for EGI Country level analysis Refine methodology Increase country coverage Build momentum for data collection by international organizations and governments Create new datasets

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