THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK UPDATED GENDER PLAN OF ACTION 2009-2011 Y.Dejene, Chief Gender Expert, OSUS AfDB
Background Bank Gender Policy – 2001 Gender Plan of Action 2004-2007 Presidents Working Group on Gender The Bank’s MT Strategy (2008-2012) Key Priority Areas: Infrastructure, Governance, Private Sector & Higher Education Special Applicability: Agriculture, Fragile States, MICs and Regional Integration
Overall Goal & Objectives Overall goal : To support economic growth and poverty reduction in RMCs Objective: To promote sustainable and equitable economic empowerment of women and men
Key Focus Areas (i)Support investments which promote women’s economic empowerment: Infrastructure: roads, energy, water and sanitation Agriculture development Private sector (entrepreneurship development) TVET & Higher Education
Key Focus Areas (ii)Supporting RMCs governance and policy reform. Support legal reforms for gender equality Support policy developments for GE Strengthen Network with regional organizations (AU, RECs etc) & Other Partners
Key Focus Areas (iii)Institutional capacity building and knowledge building at the Bank and RMCs: TA to RMCs in Gender Mainstreaming Capacity Building in Gender Statistics Economic Sector Work and Studies
Institutionalizing GM: Progress Gender Climate Change & Sustainable Development Unit (OSUS) Established Mainstreaming GE into Results Framework Gender Experts’ Membership in Country Teams Strengthening Cross-department work Indicators to measure progress
On-going Work Women’s Economic Empowerment Micro-Finance Trust Fund – Focusing on Women (2009) New Agriculture Strategy Developed Governance Strategy Developed Women’s Entrepreneurship Development Workshops (Egypt & Cameroon in 2009 and Nairobi 2010)
On-going Work Institutional Capacity Building of AfDB & RMCs Pilot in Gender Stats (2 countries 2010) Gender Profiles Studies (Gender Assessment of Operations)
On-going Work Supporting RMCs in Governance Multi-National Assessment of the Practice of Gender Responsive Budgets in Four Countries Capacity Strengthening of RMCs in Gender Responsive Budgets
Challenges/Opportunities Strengthening Accountability to Promote Gender Equality in Operations Institutional Capacity within AfDB & RMCs Gender Statistics Coordination between Departments and Sectors Gender Responsive M&E Practices
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