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Economic empowerment and HIV vulnerability reduction along transport corridors in Southern Africa - Final Evaluation
- eval_number:
- 1566
- eval_url:
- https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/1566
- lessons_learned:
- themes:
- theme:
- HIV/AIDS
- category:
- Conditions of work & equality
- comments:
- Ultimate target beneficiaries comprising young women and men workers in the target countries infected and affected by the impact of the HIV and AIDS epidemic including mobile workers, women and men workers in the formal and informal economic activities in corridor areas; intermediate beneficiaries (BSSs); donor as the financing agency from the point of view of effective impact on reduction of HIV vulnerability; and ILO as the implementing agency from the point of view of effectiveness of socio-economic impact.
- challenges:
- Key challenges encountered included: (i) lack of adequate EE resources in relation to the large number of needy target beneficiaries; (ii) some degree of misconceptions that CEEIF funding was a grant thereby constraining growth of revolving fund.
- success:
- Sensitization, capacity building and training of BSSs, young men and women played a major role in the success of the project.
- context:
- Review of project design foundational information and interview responses during field-level evaluation clearly indicated that lack of economic empowerment (poverty) strongly underpins risky sexual behaviour and that provision of alternative means of livelihood through projects EE interventions was a major attraction for buy-in and participation of target beneficiaries.
- description:
- HIV/AIDS vulnerability reduction interventions without EE is unlikely to attract or elicit interest from informal economy stakeholders.
- administrative_issues:
- Limited EE resources and inadequate sensitization regarding project with respect to the CEEIF component (as a revolving fund) at the initial stages of the project.
- url:
- https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/168914
- location:
- country:
- Africa - regional
- region:
- Africa
- eval_title:
- Economic empowerment and HIV vulnerability reduction along transport corridors in Southern Africa - Final Evaluation
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