This guide provides step-by-step guidance and recommendations on how to identify and address gender-related issues that negatively affect vulnerable boys and girls in the local program context. It is intended to be a practical tool for staff involved in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of care and support programs for vulnerable children. It provides directions and recommendations for programs to identify and address gender-related issues that negatively affect vulnerable boys and girls in the local program context.
The guide will help program staff to
- conduct a gender analysis to identify the gender norms and behaviors that harm vulnerable boys, girls and their caregivers;
- carry out a planning process to design the strategies, objectives and activities that address issues raised in the gender analysis; and
- identify appropriate indicators, methods and tools to monitor and evaluate gender-related outcomes and impact of interventions and activities for vulnerable children.
The guide was developed by Elizabeth Doggett and Tanya Medrano and draws on the experience of many experts across the fields of gender and programing for children infected and affected by HIV and AIDS. For more information on this publication, please contact Elizabeth Doggett (edoggett@fhi360.org) or Tanya Medrano (tmedrano@fhi360.org).