Gender Community of Practice

The Gender in Humanitarian Action Community of Practice (GIHA COP) in the Philippines brings together gender and sectoral experts from government agencies, international, national and local organizations to support the Philippine Government’s implementation of a more gender-responsive and inclusive humanitarian action, disaster risk reduction and resilience-building. Specifically, the GIHA COP has the following objectives:

1. Advance gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls (GEEWG) within the HCT, working together with key groups such as the Protection Cluster, Gender-based Violence (GBV) sub-cluster, all cluster gender focal points (GFPs) and the subnational GIHA working groups;
2. Ensure the inclusion of the minimum standards for GEEWG in humanitarian responses, particularly the following:
3. Facilitating the equitable input, meaningful participation and active leadership of women, girls, men and boys throughout the programme cycle;
4. Facilitating the collection, analysis and application of sex-, age- and disability- disaggregated data in programme planning and monitoring; and
5. Facilitate inclusive access to services for all including marginalized populations: adolescents; people with disabilities; indigenous peoples; single heads of households; LGBTQI+ individuals; and older men and women;
6. Promote localization of humanitarian action by advancing the involvement of local CSOs in clusters, particularly local women’s rights, women-led, women-focused and other diverse organizations;
7. Support capacity development of government agencies, clusters and member organizations and any requesting entities in gender equality and empowerment of women and girls in humanitarian action and disaster risk reduction;
8. Facilitate resource mobilization on gender-focused initiatives for local organizations, particularly women’s rights, women-led, women-focused and other diverse organizations working in humanitarian action and disaster risk reduction;
9. Actively participate and contribute in coordination meetings such as the Inter-Cluster Coordination Group (ICCG), various technical working group (TWG) meetings, and ad-hoc meetings as required;
10. Serve as a knowledge exchange platform for agencies and organizations in the Philippines.

Learn more about the GIHA COP Philippines’ through its Terms of Reference.

Co-chairs

Lenlen Mesina
gihacopphl@gmail.com and rosalyn.mesina@unwomen.org  

Rhoda Avila
rhoda.avila@oxfam.org.ph

Secretariat

Camille Adle
camillealison.adle@unwomen.org

Jeanette Dulawan
jeanette.dulawan@oxfam.org.ph