Recognizing and considering intersectionality is a core component of advancing policy and programming that is human rights-based and equitable. A project should strive to ensure understanding of intersectional identities individuals or communities may have, identifying gaps within groups that might face exclusion regarding specific project activities beyond gender, such as: age (young people or elderly), Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, etc.

Colleagues in another project focused on SIDS and waste management (PacWastePlus Project) developed a useful Guide for Pacific Decision Makers on how to Consider Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) Factors, especially in Waste Management Sustainable Financing.

The publication was based on an analysis that indicates key interventions in a roadmap for assisting decision makers in the Pacific during the design, consultation, implementation, and monitoring of a Waste Management Sustainable Financing Scheme to ensure intersectional gender equality and social equity implications are identified and appropriately addressed.

If you are looking for hints on how to mainstream intersectional gender and social equity aspects during different components of your project, and especially in financing waste management, look no further than this resource from SPREP colleagues.