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Advancing Decent Work and Inclusive Industrialisation in Ethiopia – ONEILO SIRAYE - Final evaluation

eval_number:

3427

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3427

location:

country:

Ethiopia

region:

Africa

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eval_title:

Advancing Decent Work and Inclusive Industrialisation in Ethiopia – ONEILO SIRAYE - Final evaluation

recommendations:

date:

2025-05-28 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Organizational issues

category:

Planning and programme design

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comments:

The programme accepts the recommendation and will strengthen the support provided to female factory workers at workplaces as well as at the community level. The lessons learnt from the implementation of Phase I of the programme provide sufficient background to continue the support, as the need still exists. Although the programme conducted a gender analysis study to guide women focused interventions in the textile and garment sector, future activities benefit from updated information that reflect current realities.

action_plan:

Conduct assessment on the current needs of female workers in the sector; develop action plans in consultation with key stakeholders including social partners and criminal justice agencies; implement targeted activities on institutional strengthening; capacity building trainings on relevant topics pertinent to female workers; the programme will also collaborate with CETU to strengthen the technical capacities of basic trade unions to negotiate better compensations for workers while driving the minimum wage agenda at the national level.

management_response:

Action not yet taken

progress:

No implementation

admin_units:

CO-Addis Ababa

title:

Recommendation 5: Integrate labour source and host communities in programme design and implementation to ensure that the needs of female beneficiaries are holistically addressed. The Programme has contributed to improving the situation of women working in the garment and textile sector by improving their compensation, providing training, and other means of female empowerment. Nevertheless, there remains a divide between women from rural backgrounds (who make up a significant percentage of the workers in the garment and textile sector) and women from urban environments. Women from rural backgrounds lack the needed social connections, linguistic skills, and SRH knowledge, tend to live further away from factories, and are more likely to face GBV and other forms of violence and harassment. The Programme, therefore, needs to find ways to engage these women also outside of factories and on their way to the factory, and overall, more explicitly include the needs of rural women. This could be done by developing practices established during the first phase of the Programme, such as working with the government, public institutions (police officers), and non-governmental organisations to inform women about their rights and the importance of reporting such cases and guiding them on how to report cases of violence to authorities. Similarly, means of providing transport to and from factories should be explored as this would contribute to their safety. Finally, language classes should also be provided to facilitate their integration into new environments.

project_symbols:

ETH/17/01/MUL

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/2343928

information_source:

Country Office

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