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Local Empowerment through Economic Development (LEED) - Final Evaluation

eval_number:

2210

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2210

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Gender equality

category:

Conditions of work & equality

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comments:

Women and men beneficiaries, female heads of households and persons with different abilities.

challenges:

Limited gender input at the time project direction changed at its commencement and in the first two years of project implementation.

success:

Greater awareness of women’s role.

context:

A significant number of the conflict-affected population included women and female-headed households requiring livelihood support.

description:

The project tends to benefit from a sound gender analysis supported by a pragmatic gender action plan so that appropriate technical and logistic support including human resources are provided for anticipated gender outcomes. In this project context, the project did not utilize gender specialist’s input, although provisioned in the original project document. The framework adopted by the project during the implementation overlooked the importance of gender analysis and a gender action plan. The project had a strong gender implication including gender sensitization, gender mainstreaming to ensure the project benefits accrued equitable to both genders and female-headed households in particular. A gender officer came on board only in the second phase of the project by the time most of the major economic development investments had obtained approval and implemented. Gender specialist input came too late and had limited impact on the project performance.

administrative_issues:

Delay in the recruitment of a gender specialist in a gender-sensitive project.

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/210331

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location:

country:

Sri Lanka

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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eval_title:

Local Empowerment through Economic Development (LEED) - Final Evaluation