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Purpose of Today’s Consultation

Share the context and background of Gender Equality in the OGP
Define our current framing of Feminist Open Government and planned activities
Listen to your priorities and ideas to shape better inclusion, future research and activities

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What to expect after today?

Your feedback informs decisions about the design and priorities for Feminist Open Government
Future consultations in person and online to delve into more specific topics and areas such as methodology and research areas
Open research process helps you find findings as they emerge

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Wrap up

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Using one word, tell us what you are most hoping to get out of today?

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Agenda

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The Agenda:

The Big Picture: Gender Equality and the OGP
Defining Feminist Open Government
Global Reflections and Activities
Discussion on priorities and ideas

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The big picture: OGP’s Gender Strategy

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The Agenda:

The Big Picture: Gender Equality and the OGP
Defining Feminist Open Government
Global Reflections and Activities
Discussion on priorities and ideas

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Feminist Open Government Definition

In order to support gender equity and equality in open government, feminist open government supports initiatives that aims to erase barriers and support the full inclusion of women, men and people of all genders through transparency, participation and accountability.

•Transparency means that equitable efforts are made to ensure that people of all genders understand the workings of their government and have access to meaningful information

•Participation ensuring all people, regardless of sex, age, gender, ethnicity, sexual preference, disability, economic status, and income level can influence the workings of government by engaging with equitable and inclusive public policy processes and public service providers

•Accountability means all people can hold the government to account for its policy and service delivery performance

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A feminist open government challenges the notion that “openness” is a neutral set of concepts, practices, and processes. While the spirit of open government is to use technology, democracy and participatory practices in a way that is broadly inclusive, in practice, if open practices are assumed to be neutral, they privilege certain groups over others due to a broad set of institutional, cultural, financial, social, and personal barriers. A feminist open government is an equitable over government, one that recognizes that groups such as women, and LGBTQ+ and experience open government practices much differently than others.

Operationally

Seeks to both mainstream gender in open government approaches, processes & strategies, while also targeting initiatives at specific outcomes and groups.

Is a complex process, but one that nevertheless is worthwhile.

It is also important to test the hypothesis: more inclusive participation in OGP processes yield better governance and/or different outcomes from more gender blind approaches.

It recognizes that applying gender aware approaches means confronting entrenched power structures and cultural norms, and doing things differently at many levels.

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Based on our working definition of feminist open government, how would you change it (if at all)?

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The Agenda:

The Big Picture: Gender Equality and the OGP
Defining Feminist Open Government
Global Reflections and Activities
Discussion on priorities and ideas

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Consultation Phase

Series of online and in person consultations in 13 countries

Engage women’s rights groups

Engage with thematic communities on broad gender issues

Action Research Phase

Open Call launched in Fall 2018 to provide new resources for action research to women’s rights groups and open government

Informing Commitments Phase

Sharing Phase

Key findings are shared at OGP Summit in Ottawa 2019

Dedicated support to enhance participation of women in summit

The feminist open government research initiative in practice (2018-2020, 24 month project)

Line of Inquiry 1: THE HOW: Mapping existing policies, processes & practices and seeking to understand local context to understand how they can be made more inclusive

Line of Inquiry 2: THE WHAT: Exploring key open government topical areas where a more gender-responsive approach could drive improved policy/process outcomes

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The Agenda:

The Big Picture: Gender Equality and the OGP
Defining Feminist Open Government
Global Reflections and Activities
Discussion on priorities and ideas

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What would it look like in practice to have feminist government (procedures, policies, legal frameworks, etc)?

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What can governments and civil society do to drive more feminist (open) government?�

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Looking ahead to the future priorities of feminist open government, how do we ensure the best possible participation?

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THANK YOU!

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