Review of progress: Mainstreaming GEEWG in the H-D-P nexus agenda

In 2019, the Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation (IAHE) Steering Group launched an evaluation on Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and Girls (GEEWG). Key informants indicated that GEEWG is not yet adequately considered within the new nexus processes. Subsequently, the IAHE Management Group commissioned a light Review to analyse the state of gender mainstreaming in the triple nexus, and entry points for helping humanitarian stakeholders to strengthen programming linkages with development and peace-building actors, in support of longer-term gender transformative initiatives. The Review is thus intended to: 1) make suggestions to Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) partners on possible entry points for gender mainstreaming in the triple nexus, and 2) present for consideration further initiatives required to deepen understanding and action to achieve this end.

The Review sought to answer the following questions: • What are the key policy, governance, resource, or other constraints that need to be overcome to achieve greater inclusion of GEEWG considerations in planning and implementing the nexus agenda? • What are some of the immediate and medium-term practical measures that IASC governance can undertake to address these constraints?