Age and Sex Matter 1 The thesis: Collection and intelligent use of - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Age and Sex Matter 1

The thesis: Collection and intelligent use of sex and age disaggregated data leads to more effective and efficient assistance and 2 protection.

Sex Matters 3

Age Matters 4

How Why What And? 5

Education Food Security One Two Three Health • 0-10 days • 2-3 weeks • 8 weeks plus • Flash • Inter Shelter Appeal sector • CAP, analysis Clusters Water & Sanitation 6

Study Method 45 policy documents 38 interviews 300+ studies 7

Data Impartiality Analysis Response 8

Sex matters Tsunami: 4 female for every 1 Direct War Deaths 1990s male death 100% 50% 0% Europe S S Africa L America Male Female 9

Age Matters 10

What happens in my village? Farmland Water Mill Farmland Monastery Water Mill School Monastery Training Center Health Post 11

Can you build a house? 12

Shelter & Camps 13

Getting it right • Women collect water • Women prepare food • Most victims will be women • Target education at women 14

Reality check 1. Collecting & using data is good! But …. 2. Virtually no collection in Phase I & II 3. Education & Shelter do better 4. When collected, little used 5. Where used, demonstrable difference 15

Why? • Evidence doesn’t matter • Donors and cluster leaders not interested • Collecting evidence makes us accountable • Don’t believe it is possible 16

Age and Sex Matter Agencies Donors • Collect • Insist of SADD collection and use • Analysis • Evaluate by SADD • Act • Document 17