Outcome NGA_D_4.2

Humanitarian response planning, frameworks and programming in North East Nigeria (and other conflict affected areas), are gender inclusive and responsive.

During the reporting year, gender was mainstreamed in at least 9 humanitarian plans and frameworks, and programming documents that guide the humanitarian action response to the conflict in the Northeast of Nigeria. The 2021 Humanitarian Needs Overview which guided the development of the 2022 Humanitarian Response Plan included a dedicated section on gender issues. UN Women contributed technical inputs to the production of both the Overview and the Plan. In collaboration with the GenCap, UN Women also contributed to the development of 9 Sector-Specific Gender Mainstreaming Guidance notes for the 2022 Humanitarian Planning Cycle Process. The notes guided sectors on integrating and mainstreaming gender considerations into sector strategies and projects design, implementation, and monitoring. The guidance notes highlighted the need for a gendered contextual analysis in sector strategies, that presented an understanding of the gendered and diversity impact of the Boko Haram insurgency on affected populations. UN Women equally highlighted the need to have the data disaggregated by sex, age, and disability. UN Women also worked collaboratively with other UN agencies to develop briefing notes that highlighted the gendered impact of the Northeast crisis for high-level advocacy led by UN Executives to Nigeria. In addition, Gender specific technical inputs were also provided to the development of the Humanitarian Country Team Strategy on centrality of protection, and the baseline assessment of gender equality programming in emergencies. Additional technical inputs were provided by UN women for the development of the 2021 Yobe state Multi-Sector Needs Analysis (MSNA)-including review of the data collection tools and the production of the MSNA report-, and the development of a baseline assessment and a roadmap for the deployment of a GenCap to Nigeria. UN Women also cconducted an assessment on barrier to GBV services for women within the humanitarian and COVID-19 pandemic in Yobe state which informed the development of Gender-based violence referral pathways and service mapping in Yobe state aimed at providing accurate information to women on available services. The contribution of UN Women to engendering the humanitarian action frameworks also included interventions for enhancing the gender capacity of humanitarian actors. Through coordination efforts, UN Women trained 109 humanitarian staff (drawnfrom UN agencies, international organizations, local organizations, Government) on Gender in Humanitarian Action (GiHA). The enhanced skill has contributed to increased commitment towards gender- mainstreaming in planning, delivery and monitoring of humanitarian response including increased use of gender analysis in projects, humanitarian response plan. Similarly, within the reporting period, 120 (60 males, 60 females) stakeholders from Government, international organizations trained GBV, prevention, gender/norms that drives GBV and serves barriers to survivors accessing services, GBV case management and Psychosocial support. The training increased stakeholder understanding of GBV and GBV response and strengthen the skills and capacity of service providers (health workers, case workers, psychosocial support providers) to provide quality, survivor centered comprehensive care. UN Women also provided technical support to the development of a roadmap for GenCap capacity in the Northeast humanitarian response.

Humanitarian response planning, frameworks and programming in North East Nigeria (and other conflict affected areas), are gender inclusive and responsive.

Through the developement of key gender products inclduing the sector monitoring giudes, HCT gender strategy, increasing prioritization is visible including the pronoucement of HC on the need to centralized gender in the 2023 HRP