Gender Task Team

The impact and experience of emergency situations is profoundly different for girls, women, boys and men. They face different threats and risks, and have different response and coping mechanisms for dealing with the effects of crisis. In such contexts, educational needs change and different barriers for boys and girls often emerge, with girls usually experiencing greater disadvantage. Understanding these dynamics and reflecting them in education policy and programming is critical to ensuring access to safe and quality education for all. The Gender Task Team seeks to provide a forum for actors engaged in Gender and EiE to work collaboratively to raise awareness and understanding, promote visibility, and advance action on gender-responsive EiE. The Task Team focuses on the production of practical resources, strengthened knowledge-sharing, evidence and advocacy, specifically: Practice: Produce, disseminate and promote the use of practical gender resources for EiE practitioners and policy-makers Collaboration: Promote collaborative action and knowledge-sharing across key actors working on gender, education and emergencies. Evidence Building: Identify gaps and priorities for research on Gender and EiE to influence and promote the coordination of research initiatives across key EiE actors. Advocacy: Advocate for greater attention and support for gender-responsive EiE amongst donors and humanitarian agencies.