This guidance note provides comprehensive background information, resources, and system-wide guidance to support UN entities and Member States in integrating gender into PCVE efforts. It outlines a human-rights-compliant model for gender mainstreaming in PVE, arguing that such efforts should be inclusive, grounded in whole-of-society approaches, informed by gender-sensitive evidence and oriented toward gender-responsive outcomes.
The note identifies several challenges to effective gender mainstreaming in PCVE, including ensuring age-appropriate programming; navigating ‘do no harm’ and transparency considerations; coordinating across UN mandates; engaging traditional and religious leaders; and addressing gender dynamics in complex, border, transition and protracted conflict settings.
It also provides case studies from a range of contexts - Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Jordan, Tajikistan, the United States, the Horn of Africa, Southeast Asia and Pakistan - to illustrate how gender-responsive PCVE approaches can be operationalized in diverse environments.