Welcome Note
Gender equality is a human right and a guiding principle and quality feature of our work.
The emphasis is on creating and expanding equal opportunities for all individuals regardless of their gender, sexual orientation and gender identity. Together with our partners we drive the gender-equality-agenda, build institutional capacities and support individuals in enjoying their rights and unleashing their potentials. Many of GIZ’s projects and internal practices and provisions attest to this and demonstrate how gender-based discrimination and disparities can be overcome in a pursuit to realize gender equality.
Thanks to the GIZ-Gender Strategy, the Safeguards+Gender Management System and well proven and applied approaches to promoting and strengthening gender equality around the world, we are well-positioned and equipped to actively contribute to gender justice in our company and around the world.
Let’s team up and work together to close existing gender gaps and realize equal rights and opportunities, now and for ALL!
Angela Langenkamp
GIZ Gender Strategy
‚Gender reloaded: Vision needs Attitude – Attitude meets Action’
The promotion of gender equality and the elimination of gender-based disadvantages and discrimination through our services and commission management and the promotion of equal opportunities policy within the company are two strategic pillars of our corporate-policy orientation. The GIZ Gender Strategy embodies those two pillars and actively communicates them inside and outside the company. Its implementation is organized around five strategic pillars: political will and accountability, corporate culture, gender knowledge, supporting processes and the promotion of equal opportunities within GIZ.
GIZ’s Gender Strategy is a binding framework for all GIZ managers, employees and workforce members. They bring the strategy to life and translate it into specific action. An extensive internal network including more than 300 gender focal points in Germany and abroad is instrumental in implementing the Gender Strategy.
The Gender Strategy includes a clear presentation of the gender architecture in the company and GIZ’s position on gender diversity and gender justice. Itis binding for subcontractors, too, and it is a source information and guidance for commissioning parties and partners.
The annual monitoring and reporting cycle begins on 1st July and ends on 30th June. The results will be available in a consolidated manner for strategy and annual planning purposes. They will also be included in the Integrated Corporate Report (IUB).
You want to learn more about the strategy, watch our short introductory video or download the strategy itself:
Gender Strategy Full Text (pdf)
Gender Strategy Key Messages (pdf)
Onboarding Video on Gender in GIZ
Gender Award 2024
The Award Winners are:
GG1 – Gender Equality is an important and deliberate objective
1st Place: Supporting Peaceful Coexistence in Yemen – Arabia Felix Brand
1st Place: Supporting Peaceful Coexistence in Yemen – Women Empowerment Output
3rd Place: Women’s Energy Fund – FEM
GG2 – Gender Equality is the main objective of the project
1st Place: Revolutionizing Urban Mobility through Gender Transformative Interventions in India
GM – Gender Mainstreaming inside GIZ
1st Place: From gender approach to practice at GIZ Colombia
2nd Place: Periods@Work – many initiatives, one goal
3rd Place: LGBTIQ+ Inclusion and Mainstreaming: “Do no harm, but do something!”
GIZ Gender Gateway - GIZ internal only
IDA Gender Community - GIZ internal only
News
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- Femicide should be qualified as the most serious crime (2/13/2024) Posted in: Gender Week Blog - The Ministry of Human and Minority Rights and Social Dialogue carried out the “Stop Femicide” campaign with support of the… …
- The Ecuadorian business sector makes a difference in the fight against violence against women! (2/13/2024) Posted in: Gender Week Blog - In an effort to create a safer and more equal environment, the business sector is taking action against this deep-rooted… …
- The Ecuadorian business sector is betting on the prevention of violence against women (1/16/2024) Posted in: Gender Week Blog - Violence against women is, unfortunately, a reality for 7 out of 10 Ecuadorian women, and it is up to all… …
- Unraveling the Ties: How Violence Against Women Impacts Food Security in Ecuador (12/13/2023) Posted in: Gender Week Blog - Violence against women (VAW), in most cases perpetrated by their (former) partners, leaves physical and psychological aftereffects on women and… …