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THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

UPDATED GENDER PLAN OF ACTION2009-2011

Y.Dejene,Chief Gender Expert, OSUSAfDB

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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On-going Work

• Institutional Capacity Building of AfDB & RMCs

– Pilot in Gender Stats (2 countries 2010)– Gender Profiles – Studies (Gender Assessment of Operations)

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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

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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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• THANK YOU!