1. IFAD’s Gender and Targeting Webinar Series
Purpose of the webinar series
Webinar programme for series 1
29 April – Livelihoods and gender analysis
20 May – Targeting and gender strategies
17 June – Monitoring and impact indicators
2 July – Gender marker

2. Gender markers
Structure
I. Context of gender markers
II. Definition of IFAD g marker*
III. Use of gender markers*
IV. Next steps
* Opportunity for contributions
Links
Short paper on IFAD gender marker
Inter-Agency Standing Committee
https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/top
ics/gender/page/iasc-gender-marker
UNDP Gender Equality Marker Guidance
Note (focus on financial tracking)
http://www.undg.org/docs/13191/Item%20
6%20-
%20Draft%20UNDG%20Gender%20Equa
lity%20Guidance%20Note.pdf

3. 1. Context of gender marker
Rural livelihoods
Project design + indicators
Gender strategyTargeting strategy
Project implementation + M&E
Project impact
Gender analysisSocio-economic analysis
Target group profile

4. Context of IFAD gender marker
Quality control: internal and
external
Many features of project assessed at
design, implementation and
completion, including
• poverty focus
• gender
• innovation, learning, scaling up
• risks and sustainability
Six point system, from highly
unsatisfactory to highly satisfactory
Results tracked and reported
annually:
• Annual Review of Portfolio
Performance (ARPP)
• Report on IFAD's Development
Effectiveness (RIDE) including
annual report on gender
• Annual Report on Results and
Impact of IFAD Operations
(ARRI)

5. II. Definition of IFAD gender marker
Score G description
1 Highly
unsatisfactory
Gender blind
2 Unsatisfactory Gender neutral
3 Moderately
unsatisfactory
Gender aware
4 Moderately
satisfactory
Partial GMS
5 Satisfactory Full GMS
6 Highly satisfactory Gender
transformative
Link to gender checklist and PMU performance checklist
Alignment with
other markers
0
1
2 (or 2a)
3 (or 2b)
IASC
UNDP
UNICEF
ADB
OECD

6. Gender markers in project cycle
Identification
Design
Implementation and
monitoring
Completion
I. Poverty, gender and
livelihoods analysis
II. Targeting
and gender
strategies and
mechanisms
III. Operational measures,
indicators, monitoring
IV. Evaluation
and impact
assessment
GM 1: Quality
assurance
GM 2: Project status
report
GM 3: Project
completion/
Evaluation
GM 4: Financial
resource tracking

7. Reporting: for example, status of ongoing project performance by region, 2013
Capacity building: Training, gender network, communication
Recognition: Gender awards for best performing project per region
III. Use of gender marker
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Asia and
Pacific
East and
Southern
Africa
Latin
America and
Caribbean
Near East,
North Africa
and Europe
West and
Central
Africa
More than satisfactory
(score = 5-6)
Satisfactory (score = 4)
Less than satisfactory
(scores = 1-3)

8. G marker: financial resource tracking
Percentage of total loan value
Score
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
Not relevant
Gender aware (score = 3)
Partial g mainstreaming (score = 4)
Gender mainstreaming (score = 5)
Gender transformative (score = 6)
Distribution of total loan value by score
• 35 loans approved 2012-2013
• Design of each component/sub component analysed from gender
perspective
• G marker score assigned to reflect degree to which gender issues
addressed
• Excluded components where not relevant to consider a gender
dimension

9. Analysis of loan finance by theme
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Not relevant
Gender aware (score = 3)
Partial g mainstreaming (score = 4)
Gender mainstreaming (score = 5)
Gender transformative (score = 6)
Overall
Community-driven and
human development
Livestock
Small and micro
enterprise development
Percentage of total component value

10. IV. Next steps
Strengths
 Scoring already an integral part of the IFAD system
 Scores used widely for tracking overall performance at project design,
implementation and completion
 Extended use to gender awards
Next steps
 Strengthen use in financial resource tracking
 Follow individual project performance from design through to
completion
 Learn from successes and where to focus implementation
support

11. V. Conclusion
Webinar programme for series 2
• Household methodologies
• Gender and thematic areas: rural finance, land,
livestock, nutrition, climate change, youth,
value chains
Recap
I. Context of gender markers
II. Definition of IFAD g marker
III. Use of gender markers
IV. Next steps