Supporting the Government of Ethiopia to Accelerate Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment

1. UN Women Communications Strategy
Supporting the Government of Ethiopia to
Accelerate Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment
for a world without hunger

2. RATIONALE
 An opportunity to implement a global programme carried out in 6 countries: Ethiopia,
Guatemala, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Nepal, Niger and Rwanda.
 A chance to provide a better UN response to the GoE for strengthening gender
equality and women’s empowerment for poor rural women engaged in agriculture
building on the lessons learnt and results of the UN JP GEWE.
 To create synergies between UN Rome Based Agencies and UN Women to
strengthen economic growth, food security and gender equality.
 Tap into participating UN Agencies’ comparative advantage: FAO’s technical
knowledge and policy support role on agriculture and food security; IFAD’s sound
practice on rural investment programs and strong presence in rural areas; WFP’s
food assistance’s innovative approaches for food-insecure populations; and UNW’s
technical expertise on gender equality and women’s empowerment.
 Commitment to work together in Delivering as One UN following the principles of the
Paris Declaration, Accra Agenda for Action and Busan Partnership Agreement.

3. Growth and Transformation Plan 2011-2015 & 2016-2020 National Priorities:
• Increased agricultural production and productivity
• Enhanced sustainable conservation and utilization of natural resources (food availability)
• Increased smallholder farmer income
• Increased access to financial and non-financial resources
• Participation in and benefit of women in all development processes
UNDAF 2012-
2015
JP
GEWE
JP Rural
Women
Economic
Empowerment
UN Women,
IFAD, FAO, WFP
JP GEWE Outcome 1:
Increased accessibility to financial
and non-financial resources
JP GEWE Outcome 2:
Enabling environment for girls’
secondary and tertiary education
JP GEWE Outcome 3:
Strengthened institutional capacity
for gender mainstreaming
JP GEWE Outcome 4:
Institutional and community
knowledge to protect women’s
and girls’ rights
NATIONAL CONTEXT

4. GOAL
Rural
Women
Economic
Empowermen
t
Outcome 1
Rural women improve their food security and nutrition
Output 1.1 Rural women's access and control management over local food
household reserves increased
Output 1.2: Rural women and their households’ nutritional status improved
Outcome 2
Rural women increase their income to sustain their livelihoods
Output 2.1: Women’s increased capacity to produce goods with diversified
access to local markets
Output 2.2: Rural women’s access to holistic income-generating facilities
and to gender-sensitive financial and non-financial services increased
Output 2.3: Rural women have increased their knowledge and incorporated
acquired skills on financial literacy, entrepreneurship skills and sustainable
agriculture techniques
Output 2.4: Rural women increased access to productive resources (land
and agricultural inputs)
PURPOSE

5. GOAL
Rural
Women
Economic
Empowerment
Purpose of the JP RWEE
Outcome 3
Rural women strengthen their voice in decisions that affect
their lives
Output 3.1: Rural women’s confidence and leadership skills built to
fully participate in rural institutions, cooperatives and unions
Outcome 4
Gender responsive policy and institutional environment for
women's economic empowerment in place
Output 4.1. Agriculture key stakeholders, including relevant
government bodies, capacity enhanced to conduct gender analysis,
and integrated gender-sensitive indicators and targets in planning and
budgeting
PURPOSE

6. THEORY OF CHANGE

7. THEORY OF CHANGE

8. At the policy level:
60 senior government officials
25 Development Policy Makers and
Practitioners
At the institutional level:
80 rural women run cooperatives
3,000 women members of RUSACCOs
5,000 women members of cooperatives
At the community level:
2,000 smallholder rural women farmers
and pastoralists and 12,000 family members,
including men and boys, in 2 woredas and 4
kebeles in each of the regional states of Afar
and Oromia
14,000 community members (CC)
40 Women’s community-based
associations
Criteria for location selection
 Opportunity to prove quick gains
 Regional and district capacity to
uptake the JP RWEE
 Ease of access
 Areas that are not currently
benefiting from UN Rome-based
agencies’ joint initiatives
BENEFICIARIES

9. PARTICIPATING
ENTITIES
GoE Federal level: MoA, MoFED, MoWCYA, Agriculture Transformation Agency
(ATA), Ethiopian Agricultural Research Institute, Federal Micro and Small Enterprise
Development Agency (FeMSEDA), Association for Micro Finance Institutes (AMFIs),
Federal Cooperative Agency (FCA), Water and Energy Ministry (WEM), Ethiopian
Agricultural Research Institutes (EARI), Farmer Training Center (FTC), and Land
Administration Agency.
GoE Regional level (Afar and Oromia): BoFEDs BoWCYAs, BoA, Regional
Agricultural Research Institutes, Farmers Training Centers, Cooperative Development
Bureaus, Regional Micro and Small Enterprise Development Agency (ReMSEDAs), and
Regional Micro Finance Institutions.
Private sector: Saving and Credit Cooperatives and Unions (SACCOs); Rural
Saving and Credit Cooperatives and Unions (RUSACCOs); Regional and federal
Women Entrepreneurs Associations.
NGOs and Community Based Organizations: Rift Valley Women and
Children Development Association, Action Contre la Faim, WISE, Afar Pastoralist
Development Association, Facilitators for Change Ethiopia, Farmer’s Associations, and
Women’s Associations.

10. SYNERGIES with UNW
and RBA programmes

11. Main tasks: The HLSC will oversee the
design, implementation, management,
monitoring and evaluation of the JP. The
TOR of the HLSC have recently been
revised explicitly to include oversight of the
activities and funding related to the
Sustainable Development Goal-Fund.
Main tasks: Review JP documents and
AWP; agree on re-allocations and budget
revisions and make recommendations;
review and approve the periodic progress
reports (programmatic and financial);
highlight lessons learnt and ensure the
implementation of recommendations; and
identify critical issues for future
programming and resource mobilization.
Main tasks: Daily planning,
implementation, operational coordination,
monitoring and reporting.
COORDINATION &
GOVERNANCE
High Level Steering Committee (HLSC):
UN Resident Coordinator, State Minister of
MoFED, six federal Government ministries, one
regional government, and four donors partners,
including Spain.
.
Programme Management Committee
(PMC): MOFED, MoWCYA, participating UN
agencies representatives, RCO representative,
representatives of development partners that
contribute to the programme. Co-chaired by
MOWCYA and UN Women.
Technical Working Group (TWG):
Representatives of agencies directly engaged
in programme implementation. Co-chaired by
the designated official of MoWCYA and UN
Women.

12. FINANCIAL
REQUIRMENTS
Total JP RWEE Budget $3,000,000
SDG Fund (TBC) Subtotal $1,500,000
UN Agencies core
funds available
benefit from economic growth
FAO 100,000
WFP 50,000
UN Women 50,000
IFAD 11,000
Subtotal $211,000
Other contributions:
Norway (MPTF)
Subtotal $250,000
Subtotal funds
available (if SDGF
approved)
$1,961,000
Total Funding Gap Total $1,039,000

13. FUNDING NEEDS
FINANCIAL
REQUIRMENTS
Budget breakdown by category SDG-F Budget Matching funds
Staff and other personnel costs 14,000
Supplies, Commodities, Materials
26,000
(including documentation and publication)
Equipment, Vehicles and Furniture
including depreciation
70,000 70,000
Contractual services 200,000
Travel 71,000
Transfers and Grants Counterparts 315,000 1,380,000 (including USD
800,000 for revolving fund)
General Operating and Other Direct Costs 564,000 50,000
Indirect support costs 240,000
Total JP RWEE Budget $1,500,000 $1,500,000

14. THANK YOU!
Greater gender equality is linked to a higher GDP per capita; women's participation in
the workforce and in income generation boosts economic growth (…); equal access
for women to the land and other agricultural inputs increases agricultural
productivity by 20 percent or 30 percent. However (…), despite the evidence, women
still lag behind, and this slows down not only economic growth but also the
expansion of women's rights, and therefore a country's development.
UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet (2010-2013)