Gender & Youth

“It is impossible to integrate gender equality into projects or activities without clearly understanding gender issues within the targeted population” . Portfolio-wide or Sector-Specific gender analyses, gender country profiles, gender impact assessments, gender action plans and gender results frameworks are key to closing the gender data gap, paving the way for Gender Transformative Change (GTC), and integrating gender into development projects. NSCE applies hereby the Socio-Ecological Model (SEM) that understands the needs of individuals within the context of communal and societal relations. SEM acknowledges both positionality (power relations) and intersectionality (age, gender, sex, race, class, ethnicity, religion, etc.). The model recognises that vulnerable populations are not a uniform group, nor can they be treated in isolation. SEM takes first and foremost the connections between these stakeholders into account.