Secondary Sources for gender related needs analysis for the humanitarian programming cycle 2014-2015 Key to table: Gaza Global Needs assessments Draft/ongoing Multi- sectoral Title Geographic scope and objective Date EU ECHO Thematic Policy Document (6) Gender: Different Needs, Adapted Assistance http://ec.europa.eu/echo/files/polici es/sectoral/gender_thematic_policy_d ocument_en.pdf Global July UNIFEM Author Hammami Rema Oxfam (Birzeit University - Institute of Women s Studies) Kvinna till Kvina Towards gender equality in humanitarian response: Addressing the needs of women & men in Gaza http://www.unwomen.org/~/media/ Headquarters/Media/Publications/U NIFEM/Addressingtheneedsofwomen andmeningazaa.pdf Study "Understanding Gender in Area C". Inequalities facing Women living in Area C of the occupied Palestinian territories West Bank http://www.worldwewant2015.org/e s/node/293118 Gaza This guidebook aims to provide actors in Gaza with guidance on gender analysis, planning and actions to ensure that the needs, contributions and capacities of women, girls, boys and men are considered in all aspects of humanitarian response. West Bank (Area C) currently underway with expected completion in early 2015 West Bank (Area C) This paper seeks to analyze three phenomena that all demonstrate the manifestations of inequalities that exist in the lives of Palestinian women living in Area C of the West Bank: early marriage, lack of political participation and challenges in addressing violence against women (VAW). The analysis considers why the nature of Area C further complicates the possibility to reverse these three challenges. In providing a detailed look at the underlying causes, the actual impact of living in Area C on the lives of women can be better understood 2010 2012 1
UN Women Riyada Consulting and training NRC Authored by Eleonora Lotti Research on the Situation of Women and Girls in the Access Restricted Area in the Gaza Strip The effects of overcrowding in the Gaza Strip Gaza (ARAs) December - July 2014 Gaza The report examines the effects of overcrowding on health and hygiene including on people with disabilities and chronic diseases, and reproductive health, Domestic violence and sexual abuse, Obstructed patterns of marriage amongst young men (delayed marriages) and women (early marriage) and Social life for young women and men a. VPP (OCHA) - Limited on gender related constraints in accessing health and education services - Limited data collected from female key informants July 2014 Not publish ed DRAFT 2014 Not publish ed FOOD SECURITY Title Geographic scope and objective Date WFP WFP Gender Policy- Promoting Global 2009 Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women http://one.wfp.org/eb/docs/2009/wf p194044~2.pdf OXFAM ITALIA Household economy assessment Gaza June (HEA) Livelihood Baseline Report: Occupied Palestinian Territory: Gaza Strip, http://www.oxfamitalia.org/wp- content/uploads//07/gaza_book _LOW_final.pdf YWCA of Palestine, Bir Zeit University, and Christian Aid. Author: Samia Al- Botmeh Barriers to Female Labour Market Participation and Entrepreneurship in the Occupied Palestinian Territory http://globalministries.org/news/me e/pdfs/ywca- Barriers- to- Female- Labor- Market- Participation.pdf opt The study aims to examine the characteristics of Palestinian women s labour market participation and entrepreneurship while focusing on the underlying factors shaping women s work experience with a view towards suggesting policies to enhance the position of women in the labour market. World Bank, Care Checkpoints and Barriers: opt 2010 2
International, Birzeit Women s Studies Institute Searching for Livelihoods in the West Bank and Gaza Gender Dimensions of Economic Collapse http://www.globalexchange.org/sites /default/files/uncheckpointreport.pdf This report assesses the impact of the movement and access regime in the period 2000 07 on the economy and the working lives of Palestinians, exploring the gender dimension of restrictions on labor force participation. The study captures what the deteriorating situation has meant for Palestinian females and males of all ages in terms of their economic engagement, their ability to seek alternate livelihoods, their coping strategies, their social and human investments (for example, education, marriage), and their future aspirations. It highlights that in response to male retreat from the labor market, women have had to step into the public sphere and employ strategies to prevent family destitution and aid dependence. Survival strategies have included searching for jobs in the formal sector (public sector and services), delaying their exit from the public sector (traditionally women would have left jobs after marriage), home production of food and other goods, selling or bartering food coupons, borrowing from neighbors, and volunteering with charitable organizations. The study points out that most of this work is not captured in labour force surveys as often women themselves do not regard what they do as work and standard questionnaires miss it and therefore it remains hidden from view and difficult to assess. UN Women- opt Who Answers to Gazan Women? An Economic Security and Rights Research http://www.unwomen.org/en/digital - library/publications/2011/11/who- answers- to- gazan- women- an- economic- security- and- rights- research Gaza Research that sheds light on coping strategies of Gazan women to compensate for the loss of household income as a result of the combined impacts of Israeli siege, internal political strife, military destruction and ongoing economic blockade. It focuses on women s economic activity in the three main areas in which they are predominantly engaged (public sector employment, agriculture and self- employment in the informal sector) and shows how crucial their economic contributions 2011 3
a. Sefsec (WFP, PCBS) b. PMTS c. Food consumption d. Poverty survey (UNRWA) e. Household Economy assessment (HEA Oxfam) are in maintaining Gazan households' survival. - In sefsec, gender related data collection and analysis focuses on female headed households. - In HEA, limited data collected from female key informants PROTECTION Title Geographic scope and objective Date EU HUMANITARIAN PROTECTION DG Global 2009 ECHO's funding guidelines http://ec.europa.eu/echo/files/polici es/sectoral/prot_funding_guidelines. pdf UNHCR UNHCR s Handbook for the protection of women and girls, Lists challenges that may arise in mainstreaming gender in 8 areas of action, points to social and cultural factors that can give rise to challenges, Global and makes suggestions for mainstreaming measures or targeted action for addressing challenges. a. Demolitions data base (OCHA) b. PoC data base (OCHA) c. MRM database (UNICEF) - Proposals made for including a gender specific question in the tool and database - PoC data base currently under revision and will be examined from a gender perspective once available - MRM database to be examined once available GBV Title Geographic scope and Date objective Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics: Violence against Women survey, 2011 http://82.213.38.42/portals/_pcbs/pressr elease/el3onfnewenglish.pdf opt 2011 Ministry of National strategy to combat violence opt 2009 Women s affairs against women (2011-2019) http://www.unwomen.org/~/media/head quarters/media/stories/en/palestinianaut Bisan Center for Research and Development Supported by MDG Fund horitynationalstrategytocombatpdf.pdf Gender based violence in the occupied Palestinian territories http://www.mdgfund.org/sites/default/fil es/gen_%20study_opt_gender%20viole opt 2011 4
Authors: Eileen Kuttab, Najmolmolouk Ibrahim; Raja Bargouti, Amal Siam Fatima Dana, Institute for Women s Studies, Birzeit UniversityPenny johnson nce%20situation.pdf Violence, Gender- Based Violence and Protection: A Dangerous Decade (in A Dangerous Decade: The 2nd Gender Profile of the Occupied West Bank and Gaza (2000 2010)) opt 2010 Miftah Supports UNFPA by Institute of Women s Studies, Birzeit University Solidaridad International (WATC) http://sites.birzeit.edu/wsi/images/stories /Profile_II_- _PJ violence Oct_2010_ed2.pdf Violence against women in Palestinian society http://www.miftah.org/publications.cfm The Impacts of Israeli Mobility Restrictions and Violence on Gender Relations in Palestinian Society: 2000-2007 http://www.ldf.ps/documentsshow.aspx?a TT_ID=1497 Gaps and challenges in the service system provided to survivors of Gender based violence in the Gaza Strip a. Mapping of GBV interventions in palestine (UNFPA) b. GBVIMS for refugees (UNRWA) opt opt 2008 Gaza (ARA s) 2014 Scope of gender data generated: - Mapping of GBV provided preliminary data on types of interventions by different partners - GBV IMS to be examined once available SHELTER Title Geographic scope and objective Date NRC with funding Realities from the Ground: Women s Gaza Novem from DFID and housing, land and property rights in A country report which is part of a ber NORAD the Gaza Strip research project that aims to provide legal, policy and practice recommen- http://www.nrc.no/?did=9685689 dations for the humanitarian community, based on 20 country cases studies. In addition, the report is aimed at drawing on lessons from NRC experience that can help improve their assistance to displaced women in conflict and post- conflict situations. This country report is part of the 5
IDMC Under Fire: Israel s enforcement of Access Restricted Areas in the Gaza Strip http://www.internal- displacement.org/publications/2014/ under- fire- israels- enforcement- of- access- restricted- areas- in- gaza- strip c. Mapping of GBV interventions in palestine (UNFPA) d. GBVIMS for refugees (UNRWA) Displaced Women s Housing, Land and Property Rights Project. Other countries featured include Afghanistan, Colombia, Lebanon, Liberia, and South Sudan. A forthcoming global report will draw wider lessons for policy- makers about the barriers faced by displaced women as they seek to access their housing, land and property rights Gaza (ARA s) The research provided an in- depth description of impact of living in ARAs on the livelihoods, food security, health and education and protection and legal rights. The research was informed by specific experiences of FGDs participants and case studies highlighted experiences of four farmers including one female farmer and two fishermen and one fisherwomen. A review of these case studies demonstrates that men are particularly at risk of physical injury, harassment and detention by Israeli soldiers. While women s concerns relate to the limited work opportunities available to them including those offered through cash for work schemes. - Mapping of GBV provided preliminary data on types of interventions by different partners - GBV IMS to be examined once available HEALTH Title Geographic scope and objective Date Inter- agency Gender Equality in and through global 2010 Network for education: INEE pocket guide to Education in gender Emergencies (INEE) http://toolkit.ineesite.org/toolkit/ine Ecms/uploads/1009/INEE_Pocket_Gu ide_to_gender_en.pdf لجانن االعمل االصحي للمرا أةة االصحيیة وواالاحتيیاجاتت االوااقع عن تقريیر (Qalqilya) West Bank 2012 Health work وومقدمو االنساء ترااهھھھا قلقيیليیة كما في االفلسطيینيیة committees, االخدماتت االصحيیة رراامم الله Report on the reality and health needs of Palestinian women in Qalqilya as seen by women and health service providers, Ramallah 2012) 6
EDUCATION Title Geographic scope and objective Date Eileen Kuttab Education under occupation: a gender perspective (in A Dangerous Decade: opt 2010 The 2nd Gender Profile of the Occupied West Bank and Gaza (2000 2010)) http://sites.birzeit.edu/wsi/images/s tories/inst_pics/education_en.pdf School vulnerability matrix (UNICEF) - The school vulnerability matrix provides a detailed database of school physical conditions, attacks on schools and students and demolitions. All data presented is sex and age disaggregated and assigned a score to indicate vulnerability. There is scope to develop the matrix data so that linkages between school vulnerability and school drop out rates is captured. WASH Title Geographic scope and objective Date UNICEF UNICEF s Work in Water, Sanitation Global 2012 and Hygiene (WASH) in Humanitarian Action http://www.unicef.org/wash/files/u NICEF_WASH_Humanitarian_final.pdf Wateraid Menstrual Hygiene in Emergencies Global 2012 http://www.wateraid.org/~/media/f iles/global/mhm%20files/module6_ HR.pdf Water surveys: a. Water quality (WASH cluster) b. Water availability c. Price of water d. sanitation There are various data bases used by WASH with the main indicators identified in the water quality database of approximately 818 communities in West Bank (2,190,255 people) and 46 communities in Gaza (1,431,113), agreed by WASH cluster partners. The baseline figures were collected by the Palestinian Hydrology Group and UNICEF in 2009, Data has been correlated with OCHA datasets of the VPP in Area C which includes water pricing per community. The database was updated in 2011/2012 and planned for updating in 2014. There is no gender specific data, although performance on the various 7
indicators has direct implications for gender equality including time use, safety, health and hygiene. 8