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Country Assistance Plans - Cambodia : III. Sector Strategies

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E. Gender Dimensions of ADB Operations

87. ADB’s gender strategy is to:

1. promote the active participation of the Ministry of Women’s and Veteran’s Affairs on gender issues in health, education, and other relevant projects;
2. enhance the employment of and business opportunities for women by strengthening credit delivery through microfinance institutions (which typically have a high percentage of women clients), and by employing significant numbers of day laborers (about 30.0 percent of whom are women) on rural infrastructure projects;
3. improve access of women to social services such as health and education; and
4. ensure that gender issues are considered and addressed in resettlement plans, water user associations and irrigation management schemes, and in new laws.

88. This strategy is tailored to the Government’s strategy for the promotion of the status of women. An ongoing TA, Capacity Building for the Ministry of Women’s and Veteran’s Affair (MWVA). ADB is assisting the Ministry in developing a framework to facilitate the integration of gender analysis and planning into Government’s development policies, plans, and programs.²⁴ The TA is also strengthening staff capabilities at MWVA to implement the Ministry’s five-year strategy, which focuses on improving the rights and access of women to health services, education, legal protection, and economic development opportunities. In addition, the TA is assisting MWVA with the formulation of a Cambodian National Council for Women, which would promote the status of women in Cambodia. In planned projects in education, 2001, and health, 2002, ADB will address the need to ensure greater access to social services.

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