Integrating Gender Equality into Lebanese Institutions

This project aims to improve the lives of Lebanese and Syrian women and girls by strengthening the capacity of key national and local government institutions and Lebanon Crisis Response Plan (LCRP) implementing partners to support gender-responsible policy making. The project also works to integrate gender into the LCRP to ensure that development and humanitarian efforts consider the experiences needs and contributions of women and girls. Project activities include: (1) providing technical support and capacity building for gender mainstreaming to national institutions ministries municipalities and LCRP implementing partners; and (2) developing in-focus briefs and guidance notes to inform advocacy on particular topics from a gender perspective such as gender-based violence economic inclusion empowerment and voices in decision-making capacities for reconciliation and conflict resolution.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) strengthened institutional mechanisms and policies for improving and promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls; and (2) strengthened capacity of the Lebanon Crisis Response Plan partners particularly civil society organizations including women rights organizations to deliver a more gender-based response to the impact of the crisis through policies strategies programmes and projects.