1. THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK UPDATED GENDER PLAN OF ACTION
Y.Dejene,
Chief Gender Expert, OSUS
AfDB

2. Background Bank Gender Policy – 2001 Gender Plan of Action 2004-2007
Presidents Working Group on Gender
The Bank’s MT Strategy ( )
Key Priority Areas: Infrastructure, Governance, Private Sector & Higher Education
Special Applicability: Agriculture, Fragile States, MICs and Regional Integration

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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)

9. On-going Work Institutional Capacity Building of AfDB & RMCs
Pilot in Gender Stats (2 countries 2010)
Gender Profiles
Studies (Gender Assessment of Operations)

10. 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

11. 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

12. THANK YOU!