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The Way Forward after the Revolution: Decent Work for Women in Egypt and Tunisia (DWW) - Phase II - Midterm evaluation

eval_number:

2866

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2866

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

COVID-19

category:

COVID-19

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comments:

The effect of the COVID crisis affects all stakeholders, however, is in particular relevant for women entrepreneurs

challenges:

Small businesses close down, employees are laid off, small entities are unable to keep their business going. Other effects are more domestic violence, and poor health conditions as a result of the lockdown.

success:

Among the few positive effects are the emergence of new products related to digital products, and new clients searching for alternatives. This has to some extent had a positive effect. However, the DWW project will review how this can be explored further through two studies on the effect of the COVID 19 in Tunisia and Egypt.

context:

Therefore it is key to assess how adaptations should be made also in the longer timeframe. Issues such as localized solutions, and protection of human and natural resources will most likely become integral to future interventions, and will need to be elaborated also at the level of project management (LFA together with tools for adaptability).

description:

The COVID crisis has to a large extent put many activities on hold, and will no doubt have a profound impact on the project. The initial response has been crisis response, assuming that the COVID crisis was a temporary thing. However, as time goes on, the emerging picture is that the crisis will stay for longer than expected, and that the effects will only become clearer with time. Therefore, the immediate response will most likely be replaced by a more long-term realization of conditions that have permanently changed. This will also be true for the stakeholders under the DWW project, and there will be a need to rethink interventions on the assumption that the constraints imposed by COVID to some extent will remain permanent.

administrative_issues:

Resources have been allocated to do: - two studies on COVID 19 - digitalise the Get Ahead in Egypt. Follow up as a consequence of findings will require time and inputs from project staff, ILO experts, partner organisations and beneficiaries

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/229226

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location:

country:

Egypt

region:

Africa

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country:

Tunisia

region:

Africa

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eval_title:

The Way Forward after the Revolution: Decent Work for Women in Egypt and Tunisia (DWW) - Phase II - Midterm evaluation