Gender Sector Approach

  • A Advocacy Campaign/Project

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

Mercy Corps implements gender integration across all programs by engaging in active dialogue on gender issues and building capacity to design and implement impactful, gender-sensitive programming. Mercy Corps believes that efforts to create secure, productive and just communities result in more lasting, transformational change when everyone is engaged. Mercy Corps’ approach to gender includes the following key elements: enhancing global gender integration; engaging and influencing the global arena; involving women, men, girls and boys in gender mainstreaming; and developing gender integrated programs.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)

Global

Activity URL

https://www.mercycorps.org/sites/default/files/2019-11/Gender_Approach.pdf

Government Affiliation
Non-governmental program
Years

Not applicable or unknown

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation
Unknown
Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response
Unknown
Geographic Scope
Global / regional
Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  
Unknown
Areas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Attainment
  • Primary completion
  • Secondary completion
Other
  • Transition from school to work
Skills
  • Other academic performance-related
Cross-cutting areas
  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Emergencies and protracted crises
  • Empowerment
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs
  • Violence (at home, in relationships)
Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls (both in school and out of school), Mothers, Other community members - female, Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Not applicable or unknown

School Level

Not applicable or unknown

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

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Program Approaches Back to Top
Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization
  • Community mobilization
  • General awareness-raising/community engagement
Life skills education
  • Gender, rights and power
Mentoring/psychosocial support
  • Adult (non-teacher) mentors
School-related gender-based violence
  • Anti-violence policies and codes of conduct
Women's empowerment programs
  • Advocacy/action
  • Empowerment training
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals

Not applicable or unknown

Cross-cutting goals
  • Changed social norms
  • Improved critical consciousness
  • Increased advocacy/civic engagement
  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms