12 - GBA+ Flashcards
Define GBA+:
GBA+ is an analytical tool that helps us to understand how different parts of the population can be described, which will support a future understanding of how a project could affect people in different ways.
What factors (beyond sex and gender) does the GBA+ consider?
race, ethnicity, age, religion, ability, etc.
True or False: Internationally, gender and gender-based violence has been a requirement of International Finance Corporation’s environmental and social performances standards.
True
What is an example of the GBA+ in practice?
Voisey’s Bay nickel project was directed by a Joint Review Panel to consider gender in the impact assessment.
What are the two key pieces of policy in relation to the GBA+?
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action
- Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Calls to Justice
What are the five ways to apply the GBA+ in an IA?
- Understand GBA+
- Know the community and their experience
- Early meaningful engagement
- Establish a baseline
- Access effects
When establishing a baseline, what kind of data do you use?
Include qualitative and quantitative data, disaggregated by sex, age, ethnicity, indigeneity, ability, or other relevant community factors
What other information sources should be included in the GBA+ IA?
other government statistics, community reports, academic sources
How does federal assessment say to assess effects?
Federal guidance says to rely on the results of earlier steps as the foundation, and apply the knowledge to the assessment of effects.
When considering the GBA+, know that populations are ____________.
non-homogenous
