Gender-based Analysis Plus Quick Guide
The Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces (DND/CAF) has developed a Gender-based Analysis Plus (GBA Plus) Quick Guide, as a job aid when conducting GBA Plus, that plots 12 key questions into 4 quadrants.
The Guide includes intersectionality considerations and references the 5 steps of doing GBA Plus.
Identify the issue or problem
Quadrants I and II include questions to help identify and define an issue or problem, and who is affected. These quadrants correlate with steps 1 to 3 in the GBA Plus process.
Quadrant I: Define the problem
- What is the problem I am trying to solve with the initiative being developed?
- Who has defined the problem or issue?
- Are there other ways the issue might be understood or experienced?
Quadrant II: Identify people, needs and inequalities
- What are the relevant social identity factors of populations affected?
- What inequalities many exist based on how social identity factors intersect with power dynamics on group membership, institutions and systems of power?
- What is included in the research and how does it include consulting with people and individuals with lived experiences associated with the issue?
Identify a solution or options
Quadrants III and IV include questions to develop and implement solutions or options and then evaluate the effect. These quadrants correlate with steps 4 and 5 of the GBA Plus process.
Quadrant III: Develop options
- What options can be explored to address the specific needs of affected populations?
- How can the responses be tailored to meet the expressed needs of members, that are associated with identified relevant social identity factors?
- What solutions can be explored to reduce or eliminate the inequalities identified in the analysis?
Quadrant IV: Implement, monitor and evaluate
- Are the actions from the analysis addressing the issue identified, including the specific needs of affected populations?
- How can people and communities with various social identity factors access, experience, and benefit from the initiative, and have they been engaged with throughout the process?
- In what ways is the initiative contributing towards operational effectiveness and/or culture change?