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Employment generation and livelihoods through reconciliation in Sri Lanka - Final independent evaluation

eval_number:

2631

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2631

location:

country:

Sri Lanka

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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eval_title:

Employment generation and livelihoods through reconciliation in Sri Lanka - Final independent evaluation

recommendations:

date:

2019-02-19 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Conditions of work & equality

category:

Gender equality

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action_plan:

1.Dedicated gender officer under LEED+ will be in place soon. March 2019 2.Existing gaps in relation to addressing gender inequality will be strengthened; May 2019 3.Project achievements, results will be tracked against gender- sensitive indicators- thoughtout the project 4.The project has identified the provision of livelihood opportunities for women and PwDs as a priority in the new phase by allocating more resources and effort till 2021 5. A gender audit was conducted in November 2018 to better inform interventions and practices

management_response:

Partially Completed

progress:

Partially achieved

admin_units:

CO-Colombo

title:

Enhance gender and inclusion strategies and staffing. Suggested strategies to increase the advancement of women and persons with disabilities: a) Include mentoring programs matching successful women with those starting out in production and cooperative board roles; b) Replicate the women’s entrepreneurship model of PTK Women Entrepreneurs’ CS; c) Increase women’s access to participate in training through child care services and location of training close to home d) Develop more livelihood opportunities for women in fishing communities including fishing net production training; e) work with export processing plants to include training opportunities and career promotion for women; f) develop specific targets and strategies to support benefits to and inclusion of persons with disabilities; g) Strengthen the gender and social inclusion expertise in the team with a dedicated staff member located in the field, ideally with fluency in Tamil language.

project_symbols:

LKA/16/02/NOR

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/13114

information_source:

Country Office

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