GIZ Egypt Portfolio-wide Gender Analysis (GIZ PwGA)

Rights, Resources, Representation

Description

Upon the launch of the BMZ Feminist Develop Policy (March 2023) with the strategic objective of overcoming discriminatory structures for women and girls and other marginalized group and aim to ensure that all people can participate equally in social, economic, civic, and political life and exercise their human rights, the PwGA assignment was commissioned. It presents an analysis on how to integrate the principles of the FDP including the European Union Action Plan for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in EU External Action 2021-2025 for Egypt (EU GAP III) and how to adapt it to the Egyptian context.

The PwGA focuses on adopting a gender-transformative, intersectional, holistic, post-colonial and anti-racist, cross-project and portfolio-wide approach that validates local know-how and stakeholder participation to advance the FDP in development cooperation practice. The analysis covers the full range of the GIZ Egypt Portfolio and assesses in addition the portfolio of the KfW Development Bank and the policy dialogue on gender by the German Embassy Development Cooperation Department and BMZ. The analysis also sets forward overarching gender portfolio-wide and sector-specific targets for the German Development Actors’ gender portfolio through Strategic Portfolio-wide and Sector-Specific Gender Frameworks, a Gender Action Plan, and Communication Manual.

Services

Kick-Off Meeting with Portfolio Team and Country Gender Focal Points (GFPs) & Inception Report

  • Utilisation-focused and results-based approach
  • Primary Qualitative Data Collection: Inception Interviews (KIIs and In-depth: 12 respondents)
  • Comprehensive Desk Review (BMZ FDP, GIZ’ work on gender, facts sheets about GIZ Egypt projects & Clusters, PWGAs)
  • Methodology Development (Gender Transformative Change Approach | Gender Transformative Practice)

Country gender stakeholder map

  • GIZ Attributes of Mapping: Dependency (Donors), Influence (German Development Actors), Responsibility (Government, EU, Development Actors, UN), Tension Groups, Diverse Perspectives (CSOs, CBO, NGOs, Private Sector, Science and Academic Community)
  • Sampling qualitative data collection and development research tools

Portfolio-wide Gender Analysis (Draft + Final)

  • Data Collection (Primary Quantitative: GIZ Portfolio Instrument Survey | Primary Qualitative: KIIs, in-depth and FDG: 40 respondents)
  • Stakeholder Engagement: MoSS, NCW, EU, KfW, GIZ, CSOs, UN Women, UNFPA etc.)
  • Country Context Analysis (gender normative change (meta, macro, meso, and ,micro level | gender and situational analysis | intersectional analysis)
  • Analysis on internal gender capacity and awareness among GIZ staff and gender approaches by German Development Actors (inc. KfW Development Bank, German Embassy Development Cooperation Department)
  • Analysis on FDP Action Areas: FDP Rights, Resources, Representation & EU GAP III Areas of Engagement (GBV, SRHR, Social and Economic Empowerment, Leadership & Participation, Green Economy & Digitalisation) | Anchoring feminist and gender approaches | Building alliances (stakeholder engagement) | Leading by example
  • Gender Action Plan (GAP) & Targets as per the FDP Action Areas: Recommendations & Best Practices
  • Strategic Portfolio-wide Gender Framework: Gender-transformative approaches (gender social norms change and behavioural change | life cycle people-centred approach | Socio-Ecological Model (SEM) | Girls Assets Framework) | participatory approaches (consultative | collaborative | stakeholder-led) | Results-Based Management (Theory of Change | Results Chain | Portfolio-wide Gender Results Framework) | Identification of overarching impact gender targets (with indicator at impact, outcome, output level)
  • Communication Manual (Summary of FDP | Communication Guidelines (conflict- and cultural-sensitive communication) | Key messages, recommendations, and concrete wording
  • Gender Sector-Specific Analyses (Sector-specific context and analysis | Sector-Specific Results Frameworks): Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency, Water Supply & Sanitation, Irrigation & Waste Management, Urban Development, Sustainable Economic Development for Employment, Governance & Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR)

Validation Workshops/Debriefing Sessions

  •  GIZ Validation Workshop (Draft PwGA)