Building a Safer World: Integrating GBV Prevention and Response into USAID Energy and Infrastructure Projects
Advancing the Agenda of Gender Equality (ADVANTAGE)
Toolkit –
This toolkit supports the U.S. Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence Globally. It provides guidance and resources for USAID technical and program officers to integrate gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and response into energy and infrastructure projects as required by Automated Directives System (ADS) 205.3.4.
This toolkit assists USAID technical and program teams to identify how GBV impacts:
Overall project outcomes defined in the project logical framework
Key gender gaps that could be addressed through the project
Any potential differential effects (including unintended or negative consequences) on women, men, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) persons, and other marginalized and vulnerable groups.
The Toolkit provides:
The United States government definition of GBV
Explanation for why GBV matters to energy and infrastructure projects, key best practices, and how to work with stakeholders
Operational guidance for why and how to integrate GBV prevention and response in six subsectors of USAID’s energy and infrastructure portfolio: energy, transportation, building, water, sanitation and hygiene, urban development, and construction
USAID’s approach to measuring GBV in the energy and infrastructure sectors, reporting guidance, assessing and learning, and resources for GBV monitoring and evaluation
There are five Parts of the toolkit
Introduction (what is GBV and programming for GBV prevention and response)
How GBV relates to energy and infrastructure
How to integrate GBV prevention and response into energy and infrastructure projects
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Conclusion and Resources (Illustrative Gender Analysis Questions for Project Design, , Safety Audit Tool, Community Mapping Tool, Reference Documents, Glossary of Technical Terms, Reference List of USAID-Department of State GBV Strategy Foreign Assistance Indicators, Summary of USAID’s GBV Work in the Energy and Infrastructure Sector, Illustrative GBV Integration Strategies and Indicators for Energy and Infrastructure Projects by Subsector, and References.)
O’Neil, Daniel, Danielle Renzi, Alyssa McDermott, and Anelia Atanassova. 2015. Building a Safer World: Toolkit for Integrating GBV Prevention and Response into USAID Energy and Infrastructure Projects. Washington, D.C.: United States Agency for International Development. https://www.usaid.gov/pbaad997
Advancing the Agenda of Gender Equality (ADVANTAGE)
This publication is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). It was prepared by Daniel O’Neil, Danielle Renzi, Alyssa McDermott, and Anelia Atanassova of Cardno Emerging Markets, in collaboration with EnCompass LLC for USAID’s Advancing the Agenda of Gender Equality (ADVANTAGE) IDIQ under the terms of Contract No. AID-OAA-I-14-00051 / AID-OAA-TO-14-0042. The contents are the sole responsibility of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.