Page 1 of 33

The Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Joint Programme (GEWE JP)

MPTF OFFICE GENERIC ANNUAL PROGRAMME1 NARRATIVE PROGRESS REPORT

REPORTING PERIOD: 1 JANUARY – 31 DECEMBER 2015

Programme Title & Project Number

Ethiopia, National programme in 9 regional states

and 2 city administrations , Priority Area(s) /

Strategic Results2

Programme Title: Joint Flagship programme

on Gender Equality and Empowerment of

Women

Programme Number ( if applicable)

MPTF Office Project Reference Number:3

00079235

Ethiopia /Eastern Africa

• Women have increased income for improved livelihoods (Lead: ILO)

• Women and girls have increased access to

opportunities for education, leadership and participation in local decisions making (Lead: UNICEF)

• Federal and Local government institutions have

increased their capacity to implement national and international commitments on gender equality and women’s empowerment (Lead: UN Women)

• Federal and local level institutions and communities have enhanced their capacity to promote and protect

the rights of women and girls. (Lead: UNFPA)

The overall lead of the JP is UN Women and the

operational lead is UNFPA

Participating Organization(s)

UN Women, UNFPA, ILO, UNICEF, UNDP,

UNESCO

Implementing Partners

National counterparts (Ministry of Women Children and Youth Affairs, Regional Bureau of Women, Children and

Youth Affairs, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Justice, Federal Micro and Small Enterprise Development Agency,

and Addis Ababa Bureau off Women, Children and Youth Affairs private Micro Finance Institutions, NGOs

1 The term “programme” is used for programmes, joint programmes and projects. 2 Strategic Results, as formulated in the Strategic UN Planning Framework (e.g. UNDAF) or project document; 3 The MPTF Office Project Reference Number is the same number as the one on the Notification message. It is also referred to

as “Project ID” on the project’s factsheet page the MPTF Office GATEWAY

Page 2 of 33

(Association for Women Sanctuary and Development (AWSAD)

Programme/Project Cost (US$)

total estimated budget*: US$ 35,502,303 Out of which:

1. Participating UN agencies contribution: US$ 5,730,898

2. Funded Budget: US$ 4,783,687.91 (resource mobilized from donors)

3. Unfunded budget: funding gap: 24,987,718

Programme Duration:

July 2012 to June 2016

MPTF /JP Contribution4:

by Agency (if applicable)

Overall Duration (months) July 2012 to June 2016

Agency Contribution

by Agency (if applicable)

Start Date5 (July 01 ,07, 2012)

Government Contribution

(if applicable)

Original End Date6 (Dec 31,

2015)

Other Contributions (donors)

(if applicable)

Current End date7(June 30,

2016)

TOTAL:

Programme Assessment/Review/Mid-Term Eval. Report Submitted By

Assessment/Review - if applicable please attach Yes No Date: dd.mm.yyyy Mid-Term Evaluation Report – if applicable

please attach Yes No Date: dd.mm.yyyy

o Name: o Title: o Participating Organization (Lead):

o Email address:

4 The MPTF or JP Contribution, refers to the amount transferred to the Participating UN Organizations, which is available on the

MPTF Office GATEWAY 5 The start date is the date of the first transfer of the funds from the MPTF Office as Administrative Agent. Transfer date is available

on the MPTF Office GATEWAY 6 As per approval of the original project document by the relevant decision -making body/Steering Committee. 7 If there has been an extension, then the revised, approved end date should be reflected here. If there has been no extension

approved, then the current end date is the same as the original end date. The end date is the same as the operational closure date

which is when all activities for which a Participating Organization is responsible under an approved MPTF / JP have been

completed. As per the MOU, agencies are to notify the MPTF Office when a programme completes its operational activities.

Page 3 of 33

Acronyms

AWSAD Association for Women Sanctuary and Development BBS Basic Business Skill

BDS Business Development Services BoWCA Bureau of Women and Children Affairs CEDAW Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women

CSOs Civil Society Organisations CSW Commission on the Status of Women

EDHS Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey ESDP Education Sector Development Program FEMSEDA Federal Micro and Small Enterprise Development Agencies

FGM/C Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting GBV Gender Based Violence

GER Great Ethiopian Run GTP Growth and Transformation Plan HTP Harmful Traditional Practices

IGA Income Generating Activities ILO International Labor Organization JP GEWE Joint Program on Gender Equality and Women Empowerment

M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MFI Micro Finance Institution

MoU Memorandum of Understanding MoWCA Ministry of Women and Children Affairs MSE Micro and Small Scale Enterprises

REMSEDA Regional Micro and Small Enterprise Development Agencies SACCO Saving and Credit Cooperative

SNNPR Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region SRGBV School Related Gender Based Violence TOT Training of Trainers

TVET Technical and Vocational Education and Training UN WOMEN United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women

UN United Nations UNDAF United Nations Development Assistance Framework UNDP United Nations Development Programme

UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNFPA United Nations Population Fund

UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization VAW Violence against women

Page 4 of 33

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

During the reporting period (January to December 2015), the JP GEWE continued to enhance the capacity

of women and help them increase their livelihood opportunities through the provision of financial and non-financial services. 3,280 disadvantaged women were therefore beneficiaries of financial and business development services. Various interventions were made to strengthen the capacities of financ ia l

institutions, Business Development Service (BDS) providers, cooperatives, associations and other relevant institutions to enable them provide diversified financial products and business development

services to targeted women. Due to the intervention of the JP, coordinating and synergy between the different institutions providing financial and non-financial services is increasingly becoming a culture.

Economically disadvantaged primary and lower secondary level students were financially supported to enable them cover their basic necessities and become competitive in their studies which resulted in improving retention and academic achievements.

The gender leveling tool developed by MoWCA was promoted among the eight federal pro-poor sectors (Agriculture, Education, Health, Water, Labour & Social Affairs, Justice, Trade, Industry and Urban Development) so that experts have a clear understanding of the tool and provide all documents necessary to

measure the level of gender sensitiveness and responsiveness among the sectors. Parts of the tool were also revised after a capacity building training to make it more user friendly. The Sector Coordination Forum lead

by MoWCA was able to ensure that gender was reflected in the Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP II) more strongly. This forum was also actively involved in the preparation process of the 8th CEDAW state report to the CEDAW Committee.

The Joint Programme has continued its efforts to ensure the realization of rights for women and girls with

particular focus on ending VAWG through various interventions at federal and regional level. Strengthening of coordinated and multi-sectoral response to EVAWG has continued throughout the reporting period. Following the commitment made by Ethiopia at the Girls’ Summit in London, in 2015,

a National Girl’s Summit was held where by the National HTPs Council led by the Deputy Prime Ministe r was launched with the aim of overseeing the national level effort to eliminate HTPs among others. This

year also saw the generation of an assessment to map existing rehabilitation and reintegration centers for survivors of violence which looked at their effectiveness and efficiency; and studied the demand for services, gaps in service provision, and barriers to access these services.

I. Purpose

The JP has the following four outcomes that are expected to be implemented in synergy - bringing about

a holistic change in the lives of Ethiopian women while at the same time strengthening the capacity of institutions and service providers to deliver for women.8

JP outcome1: Rural and urban women have increased income for improved food and nutrition security,

and livelihoods (linked to UNDAF Output 12.1 Women and youth have access to financial and non-financial services)

JP Outcome 2: Rural and urban women and girls have increased opportunities for education, leadership and decision making (linked to UNDAF Output 12.1 Increased capacities and opportunities of women youth for participation leadership and decision making)

8 The Outcomes under this section are stated as indicated in the merged JP GEWE + JP RWEE program document.

Page 5 of 33

JP outcome 3: Federal and local government institutions have strengthened their capacity to implement national and international commitments on gender equality (linked to UNDAF output 12.3 Strengthened

institutional capacities for gender mainstreaming) JP Outcome 4: Federal and local level institutions and communities have enhanced their capacity to promote and protect the rights of women and girls (linked to UNDAF Output 13.1 increased institutional

capacity and community level knowledge to promote and protect the rights of women youth and children)

II. Results

i) Narrative reporting on results:

OUTCOME 1: Women have increased income for improved livelihoods.

Output 1.1. Strengthened capacities of financial institutions, BDS providers, Cooperatives,

Associations and other relevant institutions to provide diversified financial products and Business

Development Services to Women

Coordination and synergy between the different institutions providing financial services to rural women

has become a notable phenomenon resulting from JP GEWE initiatives. Institutions such as Micro

Finance Institutions (MFIs), Savings and Credit Cooperatives (SACCOs), and Rural Savings and Credit

Cooperatives (RUSACCOs) are working together to provide Business Development Service (BDS) and

financial support to targeted women as witnessed in the joint filed monitoring visits. These institutions

are working together to sustainably channel credit funds to targeted women entrepreneurs, also ensuring

the timely recovery of the loans so that it revolves and more and more vulnerable women could access

the funds. Increasingly, the JP is working very closely with financial institutions such as MFIs and Saving

and Credit Cooperatives (SACCOs) by way of concluding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on

how to manage and disburse credit funds to beneficiary women. Accordingly, about 80% of the

Regions/City Administrations have forged partnerships with MFIs and SACOOs/RuSACOOs to

sustainably channel the credit funds to the targeted women entrepreneurs, also ensuring the timely

recovery of the loans. Nine institutions including MFIs, SACCOs, RUSACCOS and Woreda Finance and

Women Affairs Offices, MSE, TVET and Development Agents from Agricultural and Livestock Offices

are working closely to effect BDS for Women through this partnership arrangement.

The program has continued to work closely with BDS providers such as Regional and Woreda Micro and

Small Scale Enterprise Development agencies (ReMSEDA) and agriculture and animal science experts

in supporting targeted women in their specific areas of engagement. In line with this, capacity build ing

training and Training of Trainers (ToT) in Basic Business Skill, Gender and BDS provision were

provided to 20 Woreda experts selected from Amhara Region. From each Woreda in the region, two

experts were drawn from Women, Children and Youth Affairs Office and from Micro and Small Scale

Enterprise Development Agency for the purpose of the trainings. In total 40 experts have taken the ToT.

The trainees in turn are providing trainings for trainers and are providing BDS for JP GEWE targeted

women in their respective Woredas.

Output 1.2 Women have improved entrepreneurship skills and access to women friendly, energy

and time saving technologies to initiate and run successful business

The trend of providing women with BDS including trainings on BBS have continued in the reporting period in a more coordinated manner. Also, through the strong coordination and synergy between the

Page 6 of 33

different institutions such as MFIs, SACCOs, and RUSACCOs women are getting better services and courage to engage in profitable business. In addition, a sisterhood consultation among female

beneficiaries in one of the target regions i.e Amhara has developed and was found to be very useful for the beneficiary women in sharing thoughts and experiences among each other.

It is a mandatory requirement for beneficiary women to get BBS and entrepreneurship training before accessing loan. This has helped beneficiary women to get acquainted with business development skills for improved competitiveness and management in target regions including Amhara, Oromia and Tigray.

The revolving fund modality and the BDS training have also helped beneficiaries to effectively manage their business where second round loans were provided to those who have fully repaid their first loans.

During the reporting period, more than 1,702 women in two regions i.e Amhara and Oromia have received trainings before the loan which is contributing much to their success.

During the reporting period, over 3,280 disadvantaged women have received entrepreneurship training and other business development support to help them engage in income generating small business

activities. The training sessions were held for an average of 3 days and focused on business idea generation, income and expense recording, types and processes of animal husbandry, preparation of

animal fodder to mention some. The trainings were facilitated by Woreda women Affairs offices by coordinating its efforts with the pertinent partners such as the MSE, TVET and Agriculture offices.

Output 1.3 Vulnerable women and women in formal and informal businesses have increased

access to financial services

Over 3,280 targeted women have accessed revolving fund support to enable them start and expand their business ventures. The revolving funds were administered to individual women and women organized

in self-help groups and cooperatives and the credit amount disbursed per individual women ranges from Birr 5,000-7,500 (247-370 USD). For women organized in cooperatives as high as Birr 80,000.00 (3,945 USD) had been disbursed, with the loan period ranging from12-36 months.

Output 1.4 Women have improved access to markets for their products/services

OUTCOME 2: Women and girls have increased opportunities for education, leadership and

decision making

Output 2.1. Increased participation of girls and women in secondary and tertiary education in

targeted areas.

In the reporting year a total of 6,854 most vulnerable girls in upper primary and lower secondary levels in Gambella, Oromia, Tigray, Amhara, Somali and SNNPR received targeted support by the JP. The

support included provision of financial grants, school uniform, stationary and menstrual hygiene material as well as tutorial classes. Due to the support, all of the female students improved their

participation in school and have been promoted to next grades.

Training was provided to 99 participants drawn from regional education bureaus, higher learning institutions, teacher education colleges and gender experts from Ministry of Education (MoE) on

gender mainstreaming guideline which has helped educational institutions to mainstream gender in the fourth Education Sector Development Programme (ESDP V). Gender is well integrated in areas of

teacher recruitment, school leadership, access to secondary education and higher education. Targets are set accordingly by the education sector to track achievements and gaps.

30 education module writers were trained on gender responsive pedagogy and a documentary film on female empowerment was produced for advocacy purposes.

Page 7 of 33

The JP also supported the development of a School Related Gender Based Violence (SRGBV) code of conduct and its subsequent adaptation into three regional contexts and languages. Five regions

(Amhara, Oromia, Addis Ababa, Somali and Gambella) collected, documented and reported the magnitude of SRGBV, indicating that most of the violence committed against girls happens on their way to and from school and therefore requires a multi-sectoral response mechanism.

All interventions under this output were implemented in collaboration with regional Bureaus of

Education and Women, Children and Youth Affairs. The supports have improved access, retention and attendance rate of girls, thereby improving girls’ participation in education. Continuous class

attendance and improved achievement are among the criteria applied to let the targeted girls continue benefiting from the support.

With regard to tertiary level related interventions, it was reported by the Ministry of Education that there is a notable improvement in the academic achievements of economically disadvantaged students

supported through the Joint Program. There is also an evidence towards an increasing level of ownership towards the intervention where Universities have started to facilitate IGA opportunities for needy students such as the provision of photo copy and laundry services for students at a reasonable

price to ensure sustainability of support.

Similar to the previous year, the ongoing economic support to economically disadvantaged female university students across the country helped them to procure both academic and personal

items/essentials. This enables them to continue their studies, and above all focus on improving their results. In connection to this, the MoE stated that there is a set minimum attendance and achievement rate that the students must meet prior to being given the financial support.

Universities have been providing life skills trainings at the tertiary level. Tutorial support is also ongoing although challenges have been observed with the provision of this in some institutes (as stated below

under challenges). Furthermore, a tertiary education code of conduct has been developed on gender-based violence.

Output 2.2. Increased numbers of teachers who have knowledge and skills to provide a gender

responsive pedagogy

Output 2.3. Increased number of women and girls obtain basic functional literacy skills

Output 2.4. Women have increased access to professional and leadership development opportunities

Update for this output is provided under Outcome 3. Output 3.2.

Output 2.5.The general public has increased awareness on women’s participation in leadership

OUTCOME 3: Federal and Local government institutions have increased their capacity to

implement national and international commitments on gender equality and women’s

empowerment.

Output 3.1. Coordinated mechanisms and structures at federal and local levels to monitor

performance on gender related commitments

With the support of the JP, Ministry of Women, Children Affairs (MoWCA) was able to conduct various

consultative forums to promote the draft GTP II gender sensitive indicators and collect input from

stakeholders. Participants for the consultative meetings were drawn from the House of Peoples

Representative, Women, Children and Youth affairs standing committee and regional Bureaus of Women,

Children and Youth Affairs leading towards the adoption of Ethiopia’s second GTP that will guide the

development endeavors of the country for the coming 5 years with gender sensitive indicators

Page 8 of 33

mainstreamed throughout the results framework. The national plan when it was adopted during the

reporting year had the promotion of gender and youth empowerment and equity as one of its strategic pillar

apart from gender being mainstreamed in the remaining pillars of the plan. As GTP II was being drafted in

2015, MoWCA requested the CEDAW Committee extension of the 8th CEDAW State Report reporting

deadline to 2016 so as to be able to use the final GTP I Assessment report endorsed by the parliament and

the council of ministers so as to use it as an input to the same. The extension request was duly accepted and

the report development process postponed to 2016. Delegates from MoWCA were also supported to attend

fifty-ninth (59th) session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) where Ethiopia had a

successful side event under the theme ‘Securing land rights for women: Proven strategy for inclusive and

sustainable growth and development in Ethiopia’.

The gender leveling tool developed by MoWCA was promoted among the eight federal pro-poor sectors

(Agriculture, Education, Health, Water, Labour & Social Affairs, Justice, Trade, Industry and Urban

Development) so that experts have a clear understanding of the tool and provide all documents necessary

to measure the level of gender sensitiveness and responsiveness among the sectors. A total of 17 senior

experts from the eight pro-poor sectors participated in the training that took place in February 2015 where

by inputs from the experts helped to review the leveling tool to make it user friendly. After the conclusion

of the training, a task force composed of senior experts of the eight pro-poor sectors were formed. The

leveling tool therefore was put to use by assessing the gender performance of the sectors where all eight

were found to be gender sensitive which is the second level according to the rating. The Ministry took up

the commitment of supporting the sectors to become gender responsive, which is the third and highest rank

according to the leveling tool, in its plan for the coming years. The leveling tool is currently owned by the

government where by it is taken as an effective accountability tool to be used in any oversight activity that

aims to track the achievement of JP GEWE Commitments. In line with this, decision has been made at

federal level to continue to sensitize monitoring and evaluation experts of every sector ministry with a view

to build their capacity on how to use the tool for monitoring and evaluation.

Output 3.2. Enhanced capacities and accountability of federal and local government institutions to

integrate gender into analysis, planning, budgeting and implementation processes

Similar to the previous year, the focus in 2015 was made on improving capacity, coordination and

accountability for implementation. Hence, the JP supported MoWCA to carry out a TOT on gender

mainstreaming tools for 50 experts (27 female, 23 male) drawn from all sectors at federal and regional

level. Similar trainings were provided in Amhara and Oromia regions for 205 (109 female, 96 male)

experts. Sector specific gender audit/analysis was completed for a total of seven sectors, four of which

were started in the previous year.

To support sectors towards the institutionalization of gender mainstreaming, MoWCA conducted

supportive supervision and organized three consultative forums in February and March 2015 for 121

(63 female) sector experts and officials from eight pro-poor sector bureaus in SNNPR, Addis Ababa,

Dire Dawa, Harar, Somali, Gambella, Afar and Benishangul. The process of supportive supervision

involves review of sector plans, reports and systems and consultation with the relevant sectors to address

recommendations.

Page 9 of 33

The quarterly and annual federal sectors’ gender coordination forums were conducted in May and

August 2015. Review forums were also conducted in Amhara, Oromia and Somali. The forums

deliberated on progress on gender equality during GTP I, integrat ion of gender in GTP II, preparation

of the 8th country report on CEDAW (deadline extended to 2016), and good practices on

institutionalization of gender mainstreaming. The federal gender forum of sectors carrie out quarterly,

mid-year and annual meetings and has been instrumental in leveraging integration of gender in nationa l

strategies and sector development plans.

Manuals and standardized checklist have been developed on gender mainstreaming, gender audit, gender

analysis and gender responsive planning and budgeting in all the four regions (Tigray, Oromia, SNNPR

and Afar) and subsequently ToTs on the various areas have been provided to Gender experts who are

working at various levels. The training has enabled the participants to conduct similar trainings to

officials and experts of other Bureaus and line offices for them to effectively institutionalize gender

mainstreaming from their end. The training were also found to be instrumental in assisting the experts

to take account of gender issues while preparing their plan and budget. Moreover, sex disaggregated

data in planning and reporting is also given due emphasis in the aforementioned regions.

A training module on Gender Concepts, Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Auditing, Gender analysis

and Gender responsive M & E have been prepared in English and currently is under a process of

translation in to local vernacular. A sensitization workshop on Adaptation and Implementation of

Gender Mainstreaming was also conducted in SNNPR in the reporting year and a total of 114

participants (89 M/ 25 F) - heads and experts from various regional Bureau, Zonal and Woreda sector

offices have attended the workshop to ensure its consideration in all sector plans, programs and projects.

To this end, all Bureau heads have agreed to assign gender officers in their respective offices. In addition,

training for regional council and standing committee members on GM, gender sensitive plans, and

budget, gender analysis and concepts in relations to their over sight function have been provided which

has resulted in enhancing their knowledge and skills in gender mainstreaming. A total of 109 participants

(75M/34F) from Zonal and special Woreda have attended the training and agreed to give due emphasis

for the issue in their workplace with accountability.

Page 10 of 33

Figure 1. Some of the training modules and manuals produced with the support of the JP

Training has also been provided to bureau experts on systematic data collection, recording, analysis and

reporting in SNNPR. A total of 54 ( 26M/28F) from regional Bureau of Education, Agriculture, Health

and Women and Children Affairs, Zonal and Woreda gender experts have participated in the training.

Training on transformational leadership and decision making was also given in Tigray and SNNPR to a

total of 69 and 61 (41M/20F) participants respectively from regional bureau and flagship Woredas. The

platform was organized with particular focus on newly designated middle level leaders and potentially

engaged women leaders. In light of this, challenges such as lack of skills, attitude, social and input

constraints are categorized as key factors that hinders women to come to a leadership and other decisive

positions.

With a view to ensure that Ethiopia’s GTP II strongly reflects gender, a consultative forum was

organized where all BoWCAs from regions and city administrations were gathered to reflect on the

sectors GTP II plan. This has enabled the final outcome of GTP II to embed strong indicators related to

gender equality and empowerment of women which was identified in the document as both a strategic

pillar and a cross cutting issue. A total of 36 participants (10 female and 26 male) women and youth

mainstreaming and planning heads and senior experts took part in the forum. MoWCA also held

consultative meetings with parliamentarians from gender affairs standing committee, federal sectors

planning directorate heads and experts before the final version of the sector plan towards GTP II is

submitted to the National Plan Commission.

In a nut shell, there seems in fact a good progress in sense of ownership and engagement of governmenta l

institutions in relation to gender mainstreaming in the four regions i.e Amhara, SNNPR, Tigray and

Oromia particularly in sector planning and reporting. Despite some challenges that remain, there have

been a significant progress on institutional and human capacity of the Women Affairs Bureau in

discharging their responsibilities and roles at all levels. Both the regional and Woreda Women Affairs

Page 11 of 33

have made every effort in mainstreaming gender across all sectors’ plans and projects. On the other

hand, awareness is increasingly progressing on women’s empowerment and gender equality both at

regional and local level through the support of the JP GEWE although there still remains a lot to be done

in relation to capacity development particularly at the lower level. As underscored by officials in all the

three regions, the limitation of resources is in fact considered as one of the factor that impaired the efforts

towards enhancing capacity at lower level as desired.

Output 3.3 Knowledge management structures and networks on gender equality and women’s

empowerment established/strengthened at federal and regional levels

The establishment of Gender Resource Center in Tigray and Oromia regions is in progress and the effort

towards this is very commendable so far. The BoWCA in the two regions have already procured and

installed the required furniture, materials and equipment to effectively establish and operate the Center.

In addition, the Bureau in Tigray is currently working in collaboration with Mekelle University to have

a well-established and functioning Gender Resource Centre which will serve as a source of data and

information to all stakeholders including research centers, academia and the media on gender related

issues in the region and to this effect, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between

the two parties to undertake a comprehensive scientific study on gender issues in the region and also to

develop the software part of the Centre. Outcome: 4 Federal and local level institutions and communities have

enhanced their capacity to promote and protect the rights of women and girls

Output 4.1 Coordination mechanisms for prevention and response to VAWG

established /strengthened at federal and local levels. In 2015, the national coordinating body on Violence against Women and Children (VAWC) which is

tasked with ensuring the coordinated and integrated intervention of concerned actors towards addressing VAWC was supported to function effectively. Following the organization of a capacity building training

for members of the technical committee, efforts are underway to assess the implementation of the national strategy and action plan towards informing the revision of the strategy and action plan. Similarly, the coordination structures in Amhara, Afar, and SNNP have been meeting regularly to

facilitate coordinated interventions to prevent and respond to violence. Support is being provided to Somali region towards strengthening the coordination at the regional level and to take the coordination

mechanism further to Zonal level.

The National Girl Summit, which led to the affirmation of commitment to end child marriage and FGM/C by key ministries, donor communities, UN Agencies, faith-based institutions and other stakeholders was also organized in the reporting period with the support of the JP GEWE. During the

summit, the National HTPs Council led by the Deputy Prime Minister was launched. The aim of the Council is overseeing the national level effort to eliminate HTPs and monitor the country’s progress

towards achieving its commitment of ending FGM/C and child marriage by 2025. The Council will strengthen accountability mechanism to ensure each key actor contributes to end HTPs in line with its’ respective mandate. To this end, members of the Council are expected to regularly report to the Council

on achievements and challenges.

Page 12 of 33

In addition, effort is also underway to establish a secretariat to strengthen the coordination function of the National Alliance through financial and technical support. Recruitment of staff is underway to equip

the secretariat office with qualified staff. Similarly, a continued support is also being provided to regional coordination mechanisms and community level engagements through the provision of technical and financial support to undertake bottleneck analysis of anti-HTPs coalitions/networks and put in place

MoU to define their role and governance structure as well as operational plan.

In line with the imperative to generate up-to-date, reliable and concreate data on VAW, a draft TOR to conduct VAW survey had been developed and consensus reached on indicators, scope and methodology

to be used. Agreement, however, was reached at a later stage with the Central Statistics Agency to include a separate module on VAW in the 2016 Demographic and Health Survey for the first time. The preparatory work undertaken by MoWCA, as part of the National Alliance on Ending Child Marriage

and FGM and the resulting outcome document were used to lobby for the inclusion of VAW module in the EDHS 2016 and in providing the necessary information and indicators among the relevant

stakeholders. Inclusion of VAW indicators in the EDHS implies that there will be automatic generation of data on these indicators every five years, which are credible and internationally comparable, thereby providing the necessary information and evidence for programming, policy interventions and to monitor

progress in the area. At this point, CSA has already undertaken field tests of the module and has commenced the data collection process of the EDHS 2016.

The support provided to the MoWCA during the preparation resulted in the inclusion of EVAWG as a priority area in the Second GTP (2015/16-2019/20) of the country. The MoWCA for the first time has

also included indicators on the reduction of different forms of violence in its five-

year sectoral plan (2016-2020). The UNDAF 2016-2020 Pillar 5 on Equality and Empowerment is fully dedicated to

EVAWG in the country and includes indicators on the reduction of different

forms of violence. All these results speak to the continuous robust support provided to the Government of Ethiopia

and other stakeholders in prioritizing EVAWG in the country, while also

recognizing the importance of generating data and evidence to monitor progress in the area.

In order to galvanize support for

translating the commitments Ethiopia made at the London girls summit in 2014

in to action, technical and financial support has been provided to the National Alliance to End Child

Marriage and FGM which is led by the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs in organizing the first National Girls Summit in June 2015. Around 250 participants comprised of Ministers, regiona l

presidents, representatives from all other government institutions (federal and regional), UN agencies, International Development Partners, Civil Society Organizations, Faith based organizations, women and youth organizations, media, community leaders and girls took part in the event.

Figure 2. Preparatory workshop on the Terms of Reference on

VAW survey, Adama, March 26-27, 2015.

Page 13 of 33

The summit was a historic event which reinforced the commitment

made by the government of Ethiopia in eliminating child marriage and FGM by 2025.

During the reporting period, a total of

25 (11 male and 14 Female) members of the National Coordinating Body on VAWC and Child Justice technical

committee were trained for four days on the provision of a holistic and

coordinated efforts for the prevention and response to violence against

women and children through strategic thinking, planning, implementation, monitoring and

evaluation. The training which was organized by Ministry of Justice (MOJ) with the support of the JP, has helped participants to reach to a common understanding on the strategic thinking and joint

efforts required in order to achieve the set vision and mission of the National Coordinating Body. Moreover, the training has allowed participants to identify the joint initiatives of the nationa l coordinating body and to be factored in the different member (sectors)’s internal work plan that

ensures the holistic response and prevention of VAWC by relevant stakeholders such as Ministry of Justice, MoWCA, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education and Ethiopia Police Commission. As a national coordinating body, it was important to achieve common understanding on the strategic

thinking and joint efforts required in order to achieve the set vision and mission and the centrality of the role of the National Coordinating Body. Joint initiatives on EVAW/G by the body were identified,

which were then integrated into individual member's work plan that ensures the holistic response and prevention of VAWC by relevant stakeholders such as Ministry of Justice, MoWCA, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education and Ethiopia Police Commission. Following the training, the MOJ is

also preparing to revise the strategic plan of the National Coordinating body.

Output 4.2: Service Providers have increased capacity to deliver gender responsive

support to survivors of violence (health, psycho-social support, social and economic

reintegration)

During the reporting period, an assessment to map the existing rehabilitation and reintegrat ion centres that provided services to women and girls

who are survivors of violence were undertaken. The assessment, the first of its kind, was

conducted in all the regional states including Dire Dawa and Addis Ababa city administrations. It examined the availability and accessibility of

service centres; assessed their effectiveness and efficiency; and studied the demand for services,

gaps in service provision, and barriers to access these services.

The preliminary findings of the assessment were shared and endorsed during a validation workshop held on November 16, 2015 by relevant stakeholders attending the workshop that are comprised of

Figure 3. National Girl Summit, June 15, 2015

Figure 4: Validation Workshop held on 16 November

2015

Page 14 of 33

CSOs, representatives from the Ministry of Justice (Ghandi One Stop Center), MoWCA, Ministry of Health, ESOG and representatives from the region. Participants were able to provide their inputs to

the report, following which the report has been revised

The findings of the study have already served as an input to the second United Development Assistance

Framework (UNDAF) (2016-2020), which has included an indicator on the establishment of rehabilitation and reintegration centres with clear baseline and target. Similarly the findings from the study report are expected to provide the relevant baseline figures for the sectoral plan (2016-2020) of

MoWCA in which targets for establishment of shelters has also been included. This study is also an essential step which identified places/regions where there is greater demand for comprehensive

services for women and girls who are survivors of violence and it has also provided sets of recommendations on what a comprehensive service provision entails thereby institutionalizing a model that should be adopted by all actors. The assessment is expected to continue to provide

necessary information for all actors involved in the provision of rehabilitation and reintegrat ion services to survivors of violence and contribute to increasing the number of shelters that will provide

services.

Financial and technical support has also been provided to the Dire Dawa Bureau of Women and Children Affairs through the JP-GEWE, whereby materials that enable the One Stop Center and Child Investigation Unit to provide effective rehabilitation and reintegration service for victims of violence,

have been purchased. In the reporting period, 93 women and girls violence survivors have benefited from the psychosocial support provided at the center. The center has also improved its documentat ion

system using the computers provided. Technical and financial support has been extended to the MoJ and Bureaus of Justice (BoJ) for the

provision of comprehensive services (health, legal and psychosocial) to survivors of violence. Such services have been provided in Amhara, SNNP and Somali through referral pathways and through

one-stop centres in Adama, Oromia and Addis Ababa at federal level. 7,289 (861 women and 6,428 children) survivors of sexual violence received service at the One-stop Center in Addis Ababa since its establishment in May 2012. In Somali region, the establishment of special investigation and

prosecution units is being supported in 35 woredas. Similar support is also being provided in the same region towards the establishment of referral pathways in all the nine zones. Also, 974 cases of arranged

child marriage were reported to law enforcement bodies in Amhara region out of which 565 marriages were cancelled while the rest of the cases are still under legal process.

Output 4.3. Law enforcement agencies have enhanced their capabilities (knowledge, skills and

systems) to promote and protect the rights of women and girls.

Close to 50 police officers and public prosecutors (39 female and 10 male) from the special GBV investigation units in the 10 sub cities of Addis Ababa city administration and representatives from

Dire Dawa have been equipped with skills to prevent and respond to cases of violence against women and girls. The three day long training organized by MOJ focused on providing hands-on skills on how

to handle cases of violence perpetrated against women and girls with a specific focus on evidence collection, weighting and institution of criminal charges/claims.

The JP also supported another capacity building training for Officials working at correctional facilit ie s on the provision of appropriate women friendly services in the federal and regional prisons and in responding to the needs of women and the youth (under the age of 18). The two days training held in

April was attended by a total of 45 correctional facility workers from Amhara, SNNPR, Oromia and Tigray regions. The knowledge of participants to protect and respect the rights of women prisoners

Page 15 of 33

and minors living with them including young girl offenders have been enhanced. During the training, good practices and initiatives of some regions in providing facilities for women and girls prisoners

were shared and commended.

Legal service which includes both prevention and response has been provided in 1,302 service delivery points including court, prosecution, and community police. Four Woredas in Afar region are capacitated with training and office equipment. 780 staff from law enforcement bodies in 20 woredas

of Amhara region were trained. The training of justice professionals has contributed to the reporting and cancellation of cases of child marriage in Amhara as they have better capacity to engage in legal

education intervention to create awareness among the community as well as to give due attention to such cases when reported. It is also expected in the other regions as well that due to their improved capacity the justice professionals will play an important role in prevention and responding to violence

against women and girls including FGM/C and Child Marriage.

Special investigation and prosecution units have been established in Afar, Amhara, SNNP and Somali regions as well as at federal level with a mandate of promoting and protecting the rights of women

and children.

Community level surveillance systems have been established in 40 kebeles of Afar region and were strengthened to identify and report track cases of child marriage and FGM/C. Capacity of special units in the police, and bureaus of justice both in Afar and Amhara regions are strengthened with

technical training and the necessary supplies. As a result of the technical support, the special units are reaching the community at scale to enhance the understanding of the community about the

existing legal frameworks as well as widely sharing the information to the community regarding the available of friendly legal services responding to the issue of child marriage and FGM/C. This effort will have contribution in preventing new cases of child marriage arrangement and FGM/C as

well as encourage community members to report cases to law enforcement bodies so that the necessary legal measure can be taken timely.

In Oromia region, 99 GBV survivors have benefited from the Emergency Victim Support. The survivors were women coming from 18 Zones in the region and the supported helped them to cover

costs related to forensic investigation and treatment, medical costs as well as other basic necessity costs such as transportation cost, food and cloth.

Output 4.4 Increased community interventions/actions that promote and protect the rights of

women and girls:

During the reporting year, a child marriage programme constituting community dialogue,

capacity and skill enhancement for girls and families as well capacity building for service providers in health, justice and education sectors was implemented in Amhara region reaching

out to 300,000 direct and indirect beneficiaries. Similar interventions have started in Afar and Somali regions. Interventions on ending FGM/C have resulted in communities living in 229 Kebels declaring the abandonment of the practice in Afar, Somali, SNNPR and Benishangul-

Gumuz regions.

In collaboration with the Amhara Bureau of Justice, more than 287,915 people participated in legal literacy sessions of which 80,000 were adolescent girls. The intervention has helped communities understand the existing legal frameworks in particular the family law which clearly

sets the minimum legal age of marriage as 18 and the criminal code which shows the legal consequences of arranging marriage as well as available legal services. This has led to the

reporting of more than 900 cases of child marriage to law enforcement bodies by the community.

Page 16 of 33

In addition, consensus building sessions with more than 850 religious leaders were conducted at

federal and regional level namely Afar, Somali, SNNPR, Dire-Dawa, Benishangul-Gumuz, Harari, Amhara and Oromia. The sessions aim to detach the FGM/C practice from religious teachings and gain the support of influential community leaders to support in the efforts towards

eliminating FGM/C. The religious leaders have expressed their commitment to collaborate and join hands to support the effort to end FGM/C.

In Dire Dawa city administration, the capacity of various community members and government officials has been enhanced on the prevention and protection of women and girls from GBV and

HTPs. This has been realized through an intensive training provided through the trained Kebele CC facilitators for 89(28m, 61f) urban kebele participants representing the regional justice office,

religious institutions, police, health institutions, Kebele administrations and HTP committees. As a result, participants have acquired knowledge on the existing national laws that protect women and girls such as the family law and criminal law and have committed themselves to

cascade the knowledge to the community at the grass root level. Moreover, enhanced institutiona l capacity and better work collaboration to fight against HTPs and VAW has been created among

the various service providing sectors within the administration. In addition, community awareness and participation on prevention of violence against women and girls and HTPS has been enhanced through the community dialogues conducted in four rural Kebeles and the

experience sharing forum organized for 50 community representatives from 9 Kebeles. In Oromiya Region, community members were engaged in Community Conversation regarding

GBV which enabled them to improve their knowledge, attitude and practice towards the practice. In total, 11,312 individuals (5,933 male and 5,379 female) took part in the 48 community

conversations conducted by 225 CC groups, each group embracing 50-60 members. Also, as part of the social mobilization effort to create awareness and prevent HTPs/GBV at family and community level, 420 women Development Groups (WDGs) were provided with technical and

financial support to strengthen their capacity. This was done mainly in terms of providing financial support to undertake training for the leaders of the WDGs and conduct awareness

raising sessions for the members of the WDGs.9

9 In terms of structure, WDGs consist of 5-6 sub-groups (commonly known as 1 for 5 indicating a group of 5 headed by one person)

with a total membership of 25-30 women who are living in the same area and neighborhood. Leaders of the sub-groups (i.e. 5-6

individuals) are responsible to manage and lead the WDGs. Both the sub -group and the WDGs have their own regular meetings

to discuss various issues of concern and plan their development activities. These groups have been very instrumental in mobilizing

women and other community members in HTP/GBV and sexual and reproductive health related issues.

Page 17 of 33

Figure 5 Community Conversations in Arsi Sire Woreda, Oromia Region

Figure 6 Community Conversation at Meta Woreda, Oromia Region

Moreover, the JP supported the commemoration of Zero Tolerance Day, March 8 and International Day

of the Girl Child which brought together various actors from different regions for learning and sharing to strengthen the grass-root effort. March 8 particularly was organized by MoWCA in collaborat ion

with the Women Affairs Bureau of the City Administration and in the presence of more than 1000 participants. The presentations and discussions on the date focused mainly on Ethiopia’s’ national and international comments related to GEWE and summary of the content of Ethiopia’s Beijing +20 report.

The commitment Ethiopia entered to eliminate harmful traditional practice such as Early Marriage (the London commitment) and FGM were stressed throughout the program. This was a very strategic move from the side of the government since there is a high prevalence of HTPs such as FGM in Somali

Region where Dire Dawa is geographically interlinked.

Page 18 of 33

Sensitization and awareness raising event focusing on child marriage and FGM/C were supported in Amhara and Afar regions. Morethan 500,000 people were reached with key

messages on the consequences of child marriage and FGM/C as well as the importance of supporting girls’ education in curbing child marriage. The event was organized in collaborat ion with BoWCA, bureau of sport and city administrations in the two regions and the Great Ethiopian

Run (GER). The activities include 5 KM run for adults and 1 KM run for children, media roundtable discussion, art and photo exhibition, dissemination of information through local and

international media.

Another campaign supported by the JP was the 16 days of activism against GBV advocacy initiative in Eastern Zone of Tigray Region in collaboration with the regional Bureau of Women Affairs where 210 participants took part in (154 M and 56 F). The participants at both level were

comprised of religious and community leaders, government bodies (leaders & experts) from all stake holders, respected elders, women development group leaders, local media partners,

students, CSOs, development partners as well as federal government bodies. During the workshop at zonal level, the regional GBV status was presented to participants and extensive discussion takes place.

Major Challenges:

Under Outcome one

Under Outcome 1, inadequate loan amount which mainly does not take into account the type of

business beneficiary women are involved in have been reported as a challenge. Similarly, women

beneficiaries in some regions had a challenge finding a premises to run their business.

Lack of continuous follow up and technical support to those targeted under IGA is another challenge under Outcome 1.

In some Regions loans disbursed during Phase I are still not recovered. This negatively affects the

possibility of reaching out to other disadvantaged women who don’t have access to such loans.

Under Outcome two

Although efforts are on-going to foster female leadership in the civil service (Tigray, Oromia and

SNNPR), women participation in decision making and leadership is still remained a big challenge

in all visited regions

Under outcome 2, major challenges were shortage of funding to reach out to more girls who are in

need of support and the fact that girls who have completed lower secondary level with UNICEF

support still face economic challenges to pursue upper secondary and tertiary levels of education.

Under Outcome three

inadequate human capacity for effective implementation and harmonization of gender

mainstreaming especially at the lower level

General Challenges

Lack of funding to support capacity building efforts especially at Woredas and Kebele level. This

has been remarked as a key setback for the institution not to effectively discharge its duties and

responsibilities as desired. The resource limitation has also seriously affected the bureau’s supportive

role to Woredas

Page 19 of 33

There is still less attention given to capture and document results, lessons and impacts of intervention

while reporting (this is virtually true in all regions). Attention given to substantive reporting is very

low. The Way forward:

Focus should be given to systematic gender-mainstreaming and Monitoring and Evaluation/MIS and

data analysis and reporting that help to better track and document gender issues.

Best practices and lessons should be well captured and communicated and scaled up.

Support from GEWE in terms of capacity development should be strengthened and continued in view

of achieving concrete results at the ground. Focus should also be given towards strengthening the lower

level institutions (Woreda and Kebele) as there is a huge and serious capacity gap at the grass root level

Emphasis should be given by political bodies/leadership to women participation in decision making

and leadership.

Experience sharing forums need to enhance in a systematic and continual basis as it is very instrumenta l

in view of capitalizing lessons and best practices of different regions and Woredas.

Provision of training and awareness creation activities should be provided to all concerned bodies on

continual basis as the change to women empowerment necessitate a long time commitment and efforts.

Supportive supervision and monitoring need to be strengthened at all levels.

Page 20 of 33

ii) Indicator Based Performance Assessment:

Using the Programme Results Framework from the Project Document / AWP - provide an update on the achievement of indicators at both

the output and outcome level in the table below. Where it has not been possible to collect data on indicators, clear explanation should be given explaining why, as well as plans on how and when this data will be collected.

Achieved Indicator Targets Reasons for Variance

with Planned Target (if

any)

Source of

Verification

Outcome 1

Indicator:

Baseline:

Planned Target:

JP Outcome 1. Women have increased income

for improved livelihoods.

Indicator1a) Number of women who have

started and expanded their business one year after receiving BDS and financial services Target: 5400

Baseline: 1700

Indicator 1b) % increase of income of women's cooperatives/ groups who are linked to markets: Target: 15% by 2015

Baseline: TBD Indicator 1c) % increase of income of

individual women who are provided with financial and BDS services: Target: 50% by 2015

Baseline: TBD

Output 1.1. Strengthened capacity of MFIs, Cooperatives and Associations and other

relevant institutions to provide diversified financial products and BDS to women

Report from BoWCAs and Field visit reports

Page 21 of 33

Indicator 1.1a)Number of financial institutions implementing targeted service packages for

women Baseline: 0 Target: 11

Indicator 1.1 b) # of women who obtained

information on BDS from cooperatives/Associations/(percentage) Baseline: 5700 (from phase I)

Target: 18000

Indicator 1.2 c) # of women who acquired knowledge on financial and management skills Baseline: 5700

Target: 18,000

- Nine institutions i.e MFI, SACCOs,

RUSACCOS and Woreda Finances, Woreda women Affairs, MSE, TVET and

Development Agents from Agricultural and Livestock Offices work closely to provide targeted service package for women

beneficiaries

- Over 3,280 disadvantaged women have received entrepreneurship training and other business development support to help them

engage in income generating small business activities for the year. Thus over 8,980 have

got BDS in total against the plan to reach 18,000 (for indicator b & c)

Output 1.2. Women have improved entrepreneurship skills and access to women

friendly technologies to initiate and run successful businesses

Indicator 1.2 a) # of women who show improvement in the day to day management of

their businesses (business plans, income and expenditure records etc.)

Baseline: 1,700 Target: 5400

Indicator 1.2 b) # of women who increased productivity using energy and time saving

women friendly technologies Baseline: 300 ( from phase 1)

Target: 1500

Report from BoWCAs and Field visit reports

Output 1.3 Women in formal and informal businesses have increased access to financial services

Page 22 of 33

Indicator 1.3 a) No of women who received credit (disaggregated by formal and informal-not

registered or not licensed) (disaggregated by new and existing businesses) Baseline: 5700

Targets: 23,000 women

Indicator 1.3b) Number of women who are survivors of VAW who benefit from financial and BDS services

Baseline: 0 Target: 2,300

Indicator 1.3c) No of women whose intra-household control and use of income has

improved Baseline: TBD

Target: 2,300

- 3,280 targeted women accessed financ ia l

support ranging from 3,000 – 7,000 birr. For women organised in cooperatives the support was as high as 80,000 Birr

Output 1.4: Women have improved access to markets for their products /services

Indicator1.4a) Number of women who are linked to markets( through value chains, trade

fairs, market outlets) Baseline: TBD

Target: 2,300

JP Outcome 2.Women and girls have increased opportunities for education, leadership and

decision making Indicator 2.1a % increase of girls GER at lower secondary in the JP targeted regions

Baseline: GER ( Addis Ababa 81.1; Benishangul Gumuz 48.4; Gambella 61.4; and Oromia 32.9)

Target: GER increase every year by ( 3% for AA; 5% for Benishangul Gumuz and gambella; and 3% for Oromia)

Page 23 of 33

Indicator 2.1b) % increase of girls qualified to

join preparatory ( grade 11 and 12) Baseline: GER ( Addis Ababa 39.1; Benishangul

Gumuz 8.4; Gambella 3.2; and Oromia 5.6) Target: 5% increase for the 4 regions

Indicator 2.1c)% increase of women in senior level management in the civil service

Target: TBD Baseline: TBD

Indicator 2.1d) Number of women in leadership positions within local institutions (including

RUSACCOs, Local committees, etc) Target: TBD Baseline: TBD

Output 2.1. Increased participation of girls and

women in secondary and tertiary education in targeted areas

Indicator 2.1a) Number of women and girls who access remedial educational/capacity building support per category of service(as defined in

standard package Indicator) Baseline: 2534 (With UNICEF support in phase

one of the JP GEWE) Target: 22,800

Indicator 2.1b) number of girls who benefited from financial support in tertiary education

Baseline: 818 (JP Phase I) Target: 720

Indicator 2.1c) No of girls who received life skills training in tertiary education

Baseline: 79 persons from 31 universities (JP Phase I) Target: 930

- MoWCA in collaboration with the MoE reported having supported 35 economically

disadvantaged female students from Kotebe University in 2015.

- MoE stated that Universities have been providing life skills trainings at the tertiary

level. Number of students is unknown.

Target set for the entire

programme duration

Reports of partners

from the implementing regions

- The plan (720 girls) indicates the three

years target and it will be progressive until December 2015.

- Funding was not available to carry out

activities in 2015 and IP was using left over funds from 2014

MoWCA, financ ia l and physical progress

report

Page 24 of 33

Indicator 2.1d) Number of girls who benefited

from tutorial support in tertiary education. Baseline: TBD

Target: TBD Indicator 2.1.e) No of girls who have gained

confidence and improved their results Baseline: TBD

Target: 1625

Output 2.2 Increased number of teachers who have knowledge and skills to provide a gender responsive pedagogy

Indicator 2.2 a) No of teachers who have

knowledge and skills on gender responsive pedagogy Baseline: 14893

target: 240

- 30 education module writers were trained on gender responsive pedagogy and a

documentary film on female empowerment was produced for advocacy purposes.

Report from regional partners –BoE, BoWCA

JP Outcome 3. Federal and local government institutions have strengthened their capacity to

implement national and international commitments on gender equality and women's

empowerment Indicator 3a) Number of sectors at federal and regional level applying knowledge, skills and

tools to integrate gender into their programming Baseline : 0

Target: 14 sectors Indicator 3b) Number of sectors at federal and regional level that have increased financing for

GEWE programmes Target: At Federal Level 3 sectors Target: At Regional level 3 ( 2 regional ,1 city

administration) Baseline: 0

22 sectors at federal level and all sectors in 9 regions applied gender mainstreaming skills

and knowledge to integrate gender in their programming.

Page 25 of 33

Output 3.1. Coordinated mechanisms and

structures at federal and local levels to monitor performance on gender related commitments

Indicator 3.1 a) No of reports against the Action Plan to implement CEDAW Committee

recommendations on the 6th and 7th State Report

Baseline: National Action Plan in place Target : Adoption of Action Plan by at least 3 regions

Indicator 3.1b) comprehensive Ethiopia

periodic report on progress in meeting CEDAW commitments

Baseline: 6th and 7th state CEDAW report Target: 8th state CEDAW report

- CEDAW Report due date has been extended to 2016 with a view to use the

data from the final GTP I report. A technical working group has been set up and collection of data from regions and

sector bureaus is finalized.

Output 3.2. Enhanced capacities and

accountability of federal and local government institutions to integrate gender into analysis, planning, budgeting and implementation

processes

Indicator 3.2a) Number of line ministries and regional bureaus that have adopted detailed gender responsive planning (with Monitoring and

Evaluation Plan) and budgeting tool

Baseline: 1 (MOFED -GRB training manual and guidelines) Target: 14

Indicator 3.2b) No of personnel who acquired

knowledge and skills on gender responsive planning and budgeting

- 1 Gender responsive planning and

budgeting guideline is prepared at nationa l level and every line ministries at federal level and some regions have virtually

made efforts to implement the guideline, although there remains a lot with the detail

of the analysis - 255 experts took part in a TOT on gender

mainstreaming tools (136 female, 119

male) (Amhara, Oromia, Federal sector ministries)

- 114 participants (89 male / 25 female ) in

SNNPR took part in a sensitizat ion

workshop on Adaptation and

Training report for SNNPR and Amhara. Partners report for the

three regions

Page 26 of 33

Baseline-40 (trained as TOT in Phase I )

Target: 40

Indicator 3.2c) No of ministries that have a gender sensitive performance mechanism

Baseline: TBD Target: TBD

implementation of gender mainstreaming

tools

- 109 participants (75 male / 34 female) who are members of regional council and standing committees and from Zonal and

Special Woreda in SNNPR attended training on Gender Mainstreaming,

Gender Sensitive Planning and budgeting

Output 3.3. Knowledge management structures

& networks on gender equality and women's empowerment established/strengthened at federal

and regional levels Indicator 3.3 a)No of gender forum/networks

established (the forum should have TOR, structure with clear leadership, secretariat and Work Plan)

Baseline: One forum at federal level Target: establish forums in all regions

Indicator 3.3 b) No of meetings and reports of

multi stakeholder fora on gender equality Baseline: 0

Target: 24 (1 federal/year, 11 bi-annual for 2 years)

Indicator 3.3 c) Comprehensive and consolidated data base of national sex and gender disaggregated

information Baseline: 0 Target: 1

- 2 Gender forums (Go and Go-NGO) have

been established at federal level; and 4 Go-NGO forums in bigger regions.

- 4 meetings/year for Go forum and 2

meetings/year for Go-NGO forum held at

federal level

- 1 national gender and sex disaggrega ted data and information compiled and consolidated

- Training on systematic data collection,

recording, analysis and reporting in SNNPR delivered for a total of 54 (26 male/ 28 female ) participants

Outcome 4: Formal and informal institutions

at national and local levels have enhanced their capacity to promote and protect the rights of girls and women

Page 27 of 33

Indicator 4a) Number of Woredas that have

declared abandonment of practice of FGM/C , child marriage & abduction

Baseline:20

Target: 60 Woredas

Indicator 4b) Number of women benefitt ing from the service centers that provide services for survivors of gender based violence

Baseline:800

Target: 5000 Indicator 4c) % of women and men who justify

spousal violence

Baseline:Women - 68% Men- 45% Target : 35% for both

Indicator 4d) % satisfaction of survivors of violence on the services available/ provided

Target: 75%

Baseline: TBD Indicator 4e) % of cases of abuse, violence, and

exploitation filed in courts, which have verdicts reached

Baseline: TBD Target: TBD

4 Woredas have declared abandonment of

FGM in 2015

- In 2015, 2340 GBV survivors have

benefited from the comprehensive service provided by 4 safe houses

- Since its establishment in May 2012, 861 women and 6,428 children have received

comprehensive service at the one stop center in Addis Ababa;

- 163 cases of GBV filed in courts and 49 have reached verdicts and others are on

process

Page 28 of 33

Output 4.1 Coordination mechanisms for

prevention and response to VAWG established /strengthened at federal and local levels.

Indicator 4.1 a) No of regions that implemented and reported against the HTP strategy

Baseline: 0 Target: 5 regions

Indicator 4.1 b) No of multi-sectorial coordinating systems is put in place for the

prevention and response of VAWG(mechanism should have a TOR, structure with clear

leadership ,secretariat and Work Plan) Baseline:1

Target: 9

- Regional coordination structures have been established in Afar, Amhara,

SNNP and Somali regions. The one in SNNP has adapted and endorsed a regional strategy and action plan on

addressing VAWC. Similar processes are underway in Somali and Amhara

regions.

- National HTP Platform has been

established

Implementing

partners’ progress report

Output 4.2.Service providers have increased

capacity to deliver gender responsive support (health, psycho-social support, social and

economic reintegration) to survivors of violence Indicator 4.2 a) No. of service providers whose

day to day standard operating procedures and practices reflect gender sensitivity.

Baseline: 8 Target: 14

Indicator 4.2 b) Increased number of facilities

that provide services for survivors of VAWG

Baseline: 8

Target:14

Indicator 4.2 c) No of regions with established referral mechanisms for the prevention and response to VAWG

- Out of a total of 974 child marriage cases, 565 have been successfully

cancelled. The rest of the cases are still under process.

- Once stop center and child investigat ion

unit in Dire Dawa has been strengthened to provide services for survivors of violence

Page 29 of 33

Baseline: 0 regions

Target: 5 regions

Output 4.3.Law enforcement agencies have

enhanced their capabilities(knowledge, skills and systems) to promote and protect the rights of women and girls

Indicator 4.3 a) Number of Federal and regional

special investigation and prosecution units/ women and children's desks which adopt and use gender sensitive standard operating procedures

for their day to day activities

Baseline: 0 Target: 1 Federal, 6 Regions

Indicator 4.3 b) Level of knowledge and skill of police, prosecutors & judges about women's

rights and VAWG Baseline: TBD

Target: 70%

- 50 police officers and public prosecutors (39 female and 10 male) from the special GBV

investigation units in the 10 sub cities of Addis Ababa city administration and representatives from Dire Dawa have been

equipped with skills to prevent and respond to cases of violence against women and

girls, with particular emphasis on evidence collection and weighing

- 40 kebeles in Afar region have established community level surveillance systems to

identify and report cases of child marriage and FGM/C.

- Four woredas in Afar region are capacitated with training and office equipment. 780 staff

from law enforcement bodies 20 woredas of Amhara region were trained.

Page 30 of 33

- Special investigation and prosecution units have been established in Afar, Amhara,

SNNP and Somali regions as well as at federal level with a mandate of promoting and protecting the rights of women and

children

Output 4.4: Increased community interventions/actions that promote and protect the

rights of women and girls

Indicator 4.4 a) Number of new cases of VAWG

reported to law enforcement agencies and local administration by members of the community

Baseline: 0 Target: 5000

Indicator 4.4b) Number of Woredas which have intervention action plans to promote and protect

the rights of women and girls Baseline: 0 Target: 60

Indicator 4.4c) No of male leaders at Woreda

level committing to promote and protect the rights of women Baseline: TBD

Target: TBD

- Strengthened capacity of community members in 9 kebeles of Dire Dawa on the

prevention and response to GBV and HTPs in Dire Dawa

- 13 woredas in Afar, 35 woredas in Somali

and 20 woredas in Amhara are implementing a comprehensive plan of action aimed at eliminating HTPs in

particular FGM/C and child marriage. The interventions include facilitated dialogues,

targeted religious and clan leaders’ engagement, dissemination of information through media, IEC material dissemina tion

and sensitization of adolescent girls.

- 287,789 community members were reached in Amhara with legal literacy.

Target is put as TBD in the programme

document

Implementing partners’ progress

report

ii) A Specific Story

Empowered Woman Transforms Lives in Rural Ethiopia

The Case of Kimiyaa Umar and her Group in the Oromia Region

For the middle aged energetic mother of six, Kimiyaa Umar, lack of capital and the basic knowledge on how to run a viable business constrained her from establishing a business and to improve hers and her

family’s livelihood. This was until a year ago when she received the 3,000 Birr interest free loan equivalent of 140USD together with training on basic business skills and entrepreneurship through the UN Joint Programme on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment’s income generating activities, which has

benefited over 19,500 disadvantaged women throughout Ethiopia.

Today Kimiyaa, a leader of a group of 13, who are benefiting from the programme, is improving her families and her group members’ life styles. This is by enabling herself and each of her group members to save and invest in labour, time and energy saving cooking stove technology cooperative targeting women in their

village and beyond.

“Before receiving the loan we were given training on how to start and manage a business including how to save and the benefits of saving. Using the skills gained all of us started different businesses and now each one of us has finished paying back the 3,000 Birr loan, and saved enough to invest in a different cooperative

business of labour, time and energy saving cooking stove technology. Each member uses this technology in her house. We also sell the stoves in different villages to benefit more women,” explained Kimiyaa, who added that currently the stove technology cooperative, which began a year ago has sixty members with a

total capital of 40,000 Birr an equivalent of about USD2000.

Kimiyaa explains on use of the time and energy saving cooking stove

that her group assembles and sells.

.

Kimiyaa (left) receives a certificate of recognition for her

successful leadership from her district office.

“We were selected to benefit from the programme for being the neediest and had no capital or the knowledge on how to deal with business. Today, we are the model in our village and many women have

started to organize themselves by self-initiation,” said Kimiyaa whose leadership style has influenced for the success of the group as she strictly applied the rules the group established in timely paying back of the loans and saving for expansion. Kimiyaa, who got public recognition for this achievement by the district’s

Children and Women Affairs Bureau, has also changed hers and her family’s life style using the loan.

A year ago Kimiyaa’s children’s educational materials were not provided in full. They didn’t even have the chance to study in the evenings as their house had no sufficient light to use since the only available

source of light was a small locally made Kerosene lamp. The goats fattening and selling business she started first using the 3,000 Birr loan is making a difference as she used part of the profit from it to purchase

a solar lamp, which her children today use to study longer with enough light. “When I first got the 3,000 Birr loan, I purchased 2 female goats and one male goat. I fattened the male goat, which I bought for 600 Birr and sold it for 1,500 Birr. Each of the two female goats gave birth to two ToTaling the goats to six. I

sold the 3 goats and paid back the 3,000 Birr loan. From this business I have profited three goats and the solar lamp I purchased for 500 Birr in addition to the 260 Birr saved in a bank according to the group’s

regulation,” explained Kimiyaa who added that each member of her group has changed hers and her family’s living condition for better as a result of the support from the program. Kimiyaa is convinced that the benefits they all got is enormous and the potential to make a difference at community level is great .

“Over 200 women in our village got influenced by us and started saving the little they have by self- initiation. They also come to us for some advice. If more is invested in such women, we will make a lasting

change.” Kimiyaa is appreciative of the support by the Joint Program especially of the interest free loan, which she said assisted them to benefit more in short time and motivated them to keep working hard. Kimiyaa believes that investing in women benefits the whole community.

The Gender Leveling Tool: Institutionalizing accountability towards GEWE

Though there are remarkable achievements in advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment, there is still clear gaps between the laws and their actual implementation and translation into concrete results that

contributed to changing the status quo. It was with this background that, the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs (MoWCA) with support of the JP developed a ‘Gender Leveling Tool’ to assess how government is

mainstreaming gender/empowerment of women (policies, resources and implementation) in different sectors and regional level bureaus. The tool was applied to assess the performance of 8 pro poor sectors in Ethiopia (Agriculture, Water/Energy, Urban Development/Construction, Health, Small and Medium Enterprises,

Labor/Social Affairs and Justice) to ensure that concrete actions are taking place to change the status quo, beyond the rhetoric. The sectors were identified by the Government of Ethiopia as priority sectors with

accompanying resources and attention, with the goal of eliminating poverty in Ethiopia on its way to become a Middle Income Country by 2025. In the GTP II period the tool will be applied to assess the performance of other sector 8 sectors which will be followed by tailored technical sup-port to those which are not performing

well on GEEW. (See the rating /100 points and the criteria used for grading) below. The ‘Gender Levelling

Some of the group members with the goats and sheep they purchased for income

generating using the 3,000 Birr loan that each received.

Tool’ was developed by experts from government, UN agencies and development partners, with leadership of MoWCA.

As a way of institutionalizing the ’Gender Leveling Tool’, the Ministry of Women will be presenting the Tool to the National Council led by the Deputy Prime Minister, H.E. Demeke Mekonnen set up to give oversight role

on all GEWE related interventions for approval and adopted as an executive accountability tool for the Government of Ethiopia and in particular for the tracking of GEWE within the Growth and Transformation Plan

II (2016 – 2020).

Level -3 (Gender Responsive)

National and

International commitments on

gender equality and empowerment of

women implemented and

institutionalized , Apply the twin

track approach systematically ( >75

points/100 )

Level -2 Gender Sensitive

Track record on achievements

on GEWE Effort to mainstreaming

gender in policy, programme and project

level ( 46-75 /100points )

Level -1 (Gender Aware)

Some initiatives contributing

to GEWE (at policy,

and programme level ) (10 - 45 /100

points )

Level 0- Gender Blind

No effort towards ensuring GEWE and

no initiative to mainstream gender at any

level (< 10 points /1000 )

I. Other Assessments or Evaluations (if applicable)

IV. Programmatic Revisions

Originally the JP GEWE was planned to be concluded on December 2015. This end date has been extended

to June 2016 to align the end of the program with Ethiopia’s physical year, GTP II and the new UNDAF both plans running from 2016 to 2020. The request for no cost extension has been approved and currently

the program is being implemented well into 2016. Discussions are currently underway with the initiative of the Ethiopian Government with UN Agencies and development partners to look into the possibilities of developing a program document for the implementation of JP GEWE III to support the Ethiopian

government in meeting targets embedded in GTP II on promoting GEWE.