With the 2019 HPC, the IASC Gender with Age Marker (GAM) replaces the previous IASC Gender
Marker applied to appeal projects since 2009. Its use will be similarly required in the Financial
Tracking System (FTS), and Member States asked to commit to only funding partners who report
to the FTS using the IASC GAM, and subsequently update the marker based on monitoring.

The GAM looks at the extent to which essential programming actions address gender- and
age-related differences in humanitarian response. It was developed in response to requests
to strengthen the original Gender Marker by including age and, most significantly, by adding a
monitoring component.