UNDP supported the development of institutional capacities for gender with a gender-sensitive communication strategy and gender guidelines for the use of non-sexist language. A checklist for developing project documents was created and a solid online and social presence of gender was promoted by the communications, gender and programme teams. For the current programme cycle, the country office successfully achieved gender parity in its staff (58 percent female and 42 percent male) and senior management (50 percent female, 50 percent male), as well as the appointment of 60 percent female fixed-term employees and 63 percent female permanent employees.220 In addition, gender was integrated into recruitment, selection and induction processes, and the human resources team implemented work-life balance and family-friendly policies.221 However, the global staff survey still highlights issues with work-life balance and workload distribution for female staff.222 Analysis of the gender markers indicates that allocations to outputs with gender equality as the primary objective (GEN3) still only represent 0.3 percent of programme expenditure ($0.2 million), mostly corresponding to projects on social development and resilience under Outcome 1. Approximately two-thirds of programme expenditure, $44.4 million, was assigned to outputs with gender equality as a significant objective (GEN2), mostly under Outcome 2 on sustainable natural resource management (see Figure 15). Meanwhile, $21.8 million was allocated to outputs that were expected to contribute to gender equality in a limited way (GEN1) and $0.3 million to outputs that were not expected to contribute to gender equality (GEN0). However, analysis of trends in expenditure by gender marker between 2019 and 2020 show an improvement, with a 59 percent increase for GEN2 (reaching $19.6 million) and 76 percent increase for GEN3 (to $0.09 million). 223
FIGURE 15. Expenditure by gender marker and outcome (2019-21) Outcome 1 Outcome 2
GEN 0
$0.43 $0.12 $3.24 $0.17
$0.21
Outcome 4
GEN 2
GEN 3
$30.07
$17.33
Outcome 3
GEN 1
$0.14 $0.01 $1.09
$12.19
$0.03
$1.75 million US$
Source: PowerBI/ATLAS. Data as of 21 July 2021.
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UNDP Ecuador Gender Executive Snapshot. http://atlas-snapshot.undp.org/?report=hr_gender_distribution&unit=ecu. As a result, selection criteria with a gender consideration have been implemented, minimum gender knowledge requirement has been incorporated in the Terms of Reference for new employees, and induction courses are conducted for new employees. Since less than half of women responded favourably to the fact that the workload is manageable and have enough time to complete all tasks within working hours (2020 GSS Question 73) and that the workload is distributed fairly in the office (2020 GSS Question 74). Expenditure for 2019-20 is considered since expenditure in 2021 would present a skewed picture when accessed as of 21 July 2021.
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