UN Women Communications Strategy

for a world without hunger

Supporting the Government of Ethiopia to Accelerate Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment

An opportunity to implement a global programme carried out in 6 countries: Ethiopia, Guatemala, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Nepal, Niger and Rwanda.

A chance to provide a better UN response to the GoE for strengthening gender equality and women’s empowerment for poor rural women engaged in agriculture building on the lessons learnt and results of the UN JP GEWE.

To create synergies between UN Rome Based Agencies and UN Women to strengthen economic growth, food security and gender equality.

Tap into participating UN Agencies’ comparative advantage: FAO’s technical knowledge and policy support role on agriculture and food security; IFAD’s sound practice on rural investment programs and strong presence in rural areas; WFP’s food assistance’s innovative approaches for food-insecure populations; and UNW’s technical expertise on gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Commitment to work together in Delivering as One UN following the principles of the Paris Declaration, Accra Agenda for Action and Busan Partnership Agreement.

RATIONALE

UNDAF 2012-2015

JP GEWE

Growth and Transformation Plan 2011-2015 & 2016-2020 National Priorities:• Increased agricultural production and productivity• Enhanced sustainable conservation and utilization of natural resources (food availability) • Increased smallholder farmer income• Increased access to financial and non-financial resources• Participation in and benefit of women in all development processes

JP Rural Women

Economic Empowerment

UN Women, IFAD, FAO, WFP

JP GEWE Outcome 1: Increased accessibility to financial

and non-financial resources

JP GEWE Outcome 2: Enabling environment for girls’

secondary and tertiary education

JP GEWE Outcome 3: Strengthened institutional capacity

for gender mainstreaming

JP GEWE Outcome 4: Institutional and community

knowledge to protect women’s and girls’ rights

NATIONAL CONTEXT

GOAL Rural Women Economic Empowerment

Outcome 1Rural women improve their food security and nutritionOutput 1.1 Rural women's access and control management over local food household reserves increased Output 1.2: Rural women and their households’ nutritional status improved

Outcome 2Rural women increase their income to sustain their livelihoodsOutput 2.1: Women’s increased capacity to produce goods with diversified access to local marketsOutput 2.2: Rural women’s access to holistic income-generating facilities and to gender-sensitive financial and non-financial services increasedOutput 2.3: Rural women have increased their knowledge and incorporated acquired skills on financial literacy, entrepreneurship skills and sustainable agriculture techniquesOutput 2.4: Rural women increased access to productive resources (land and agricultural inputs)

PURPOSE

GOAL Rural Women Economic Empowerment

Outcome 3Rural women strengthen their voice in decisions that affect their livesOutput 3.1: Rural women’s confidence and leadership skills built to fully participate in rural institutions, cooperatives and unions

Outcome 4Gender responsive policy and institutional environment for women's economic empowerment in placeOutput 4.1. Agriculture key stakeholders, including relevant government bodies, capacity enhanced to conduct gender analysis, and integrated gender-sensitive indicators and targets in planning and budgeting

Purpose of the JP RWEE

PURPOSE

THEORY OF CHANGE

THEORY OF CHANGE

At the policy level: 60 senior government officials 25 Development Policy Makers and Practitioners

At the institutional level:80 rural women run cooperatives3,000 women members of RUSACCOs5,000 women members of cooperatives

At the community level:2,000 smallholder rural women farmers and pastoralists and 12,000 family members, including men and boys, in 2 woredas and 4 kebeles in each of the regional states of Afar and Oromia14,000 community members (CC)40 Women’s community-based associations

Criteria for location selection Opportunity to prove quick gains Regional and district capacity to uptake the JP RWEE Ease of access Areas that are not currently benefiting from UN Rome-based agencies’ joint initiatives

BENEFICIARIES

GoE Federal level: MoA, MoFED, MoWCYA, Agriculture Transformation Agency (ATA), Ethiopian Agricultural Research Institute, Federal Micro and Small Enterprise Development Agency (FeMSEDA), Association for Micro Finance Institutes (AMFIs), Federal Cooperative Agency (FCA), Water and Energy Ministry (WEM), Ethiopian Agricultural Research Institutes (EARI), Farmer Training Center (FTC), and Land Administration Agency. GoE Regional level (Afar and Oromia): BoFEDs BoWCYAs, BoA, Regional Agricultural Research Institutes, Farmers Training Centers, Cooperative Development Bureaus, Regional Micro and Small Enterprise Development Agency (ReMSEDAs), and Regional Micro Finance Institutions.

Private sector: Saving and Credit Cooperatives and Unions (SACCOs); Rural Saving and Credit Cooperatives and Unions (RUSACCOs); Regional and federal Women Entrepreneurs Associations.  

NGOs and Community Based Organizations: Rift Valley Women and Children Development Association, Action Contre la Faim, WISE, Afar Pastoralist Development Association, Facilitators for Change Ethiopia, Farmer’s Associations, and Women’s Associations.

PARTICIPATING ENTITIES

SYNERGIES with UNW and RBA programmes

Main tasks: The HLSC will oversee the design, implementation, management, monitoring and evaluation of the JP. The TOR of the HLSC have recently been revised explicitly to include oversight of the activities and funding related to the Sustainable Development Goal-Fund.

Main tasks: Review JP documents and AWP; agree on re-allocations and budget revisions and make recommendations; review and approve the periodic progress reports (programmatic and financial); highlight lessons learnt and ensure the implementation of recommendations; and identify critical issues for future programming and resource mobilization.

Main tasks: Daily planning, implementation, operational coordination, monitoring and reporting.

High Level Steering Committee (HLSC): UN Resident Coordinator, State Minister of MoFED, six federal Government ministries, one regional government, and four donors partners, including Spain.

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Programme Management Committee

(PMC): MOFED, MoWCYA, participating UN agencies representatives, RCO representative, representatives of development partners that contribute to the programme. Co-chaired by MOWCYA and UN Women.

Technical Working Group (TWG): Representatives of agencies directly engaged in programme implementation. Co-chaired by the designated official of MoWCYA and UN Women.

COORDINATION & GOVERNANCE

benefit from economic growth

Total JP RWEE Budget $3,000,000

SDG Fund (TBC) Subtotal $1,500,000

UN Agencies core funds available

FAO 100,000

WFP 50,000

UN Women 50,000

IFAD 11,000

Subtotal $211,000

Other contributions:Norway (MPTF)

Subtotal $250,000

Subtotal funds available (if SDGF approved)

$1,961,000

Total Funding Gap Total $1,039,000

FINANCIAL REQUIRMENTS

FUNDING NEEDS

Budget breakdown by category SDG-F Budget Matching funds

Staff and other personnel costs 14,000

Supplies, Commodities, Materials (including documentation and publication)

26,000

Equipment, Vehicles and Furniture including depreciation

70,000 70,000

Contractual services 200,000

Travel 71,000

Transfers and Grants Counterparts 315,000 1,380,000 (including USD

800,000 for revolving fund)

General Operating and Other Direct Costs 564,000 50,000

Indirect support costs 240,000

Total JP RWEE Budget $1,500,000 $1,500,000

FINANCIAL REQUIRMENTS

THANK YOU!

Greater gender equality is linked to a higher GDP per capita; women's participation in the workforce and in income generation boosts economic growth (…); equal access for

women to the land and other agricultural inputs increases agricultural productivity by 20 percent or 30 percent. However (…), despite the evidence, women still lag behind, and

this slows down not only economic growth but also the expansion of women's rights, and therefore a country's development.

UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet (2010-2013)