Asian Development Bank

JFPR 9018: Social Safety Nets for Poor Women Vendors in Mindanao Cities
Philippines (PHI)
PHI - Poor Women Vendors

Project Summary

Counterpart loan/project(s)

• Loan 1843-PHI: Mindanao Basic Urban Services Sector Project

Budget

Executing Agency

Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)

Implementing Agency

A reputable and competent NGO with Mindanao-wide coverage will be recruited and assigned as the main implementing agency. It will operate the Project Implementation Office (PIO), and coordinate with the participating LGUs.

Coordinating Body/ Steering Committee/ Project Advisory Board

A Steering Committee will provide overall policy guidelines and supervision. Under DILG's leadership, it will comprise representatives of regional and Mindanao-based government agencies involved in poverty reduction (e.g. League of Local Governments, Department of Social Welfare and Development, National Anti-Poverty Commission), LGUs and NGOs, women vendors' associations, and the management of selected public markets.

Scope

The project will target eight public markets selected from about 40 cities and towns that will benefit from the counterpart loan project. The JFPR project is expected to directly benefit about 1,600 poor women and their households (which is an additional 10,000 persons) within three years.

Objectives

Reduce gender-related poverty, particularly among the poor women vendors in Mindanao public markets.

Pilot and demonstrative innovative approaches in establishing the appropriate social safety nets which will strengthen future interventions for women in public markets covered by the counterpart loan project.

• Sustainable gender-sensitive social safety nets for poor women vendors
• Improved quality of the poor women vendors' working environment given the conflicting demands of their multiple roles and economic needs
• Framework for gender-sensitive urban services through public markets

Main Project Components and Activities

• establishment of sustainable gender-sensitive social safety nets: resource center, and microfinance networking support
• improvement of the quality of the working environment for poor women vendors: day care/drop-in centers for infants to pre-schoolers, mother/child health care facilities, and storage/wash-up facilities
• establishment of framework for gender-sensitive urban services: assessment of lessons learned, framework formulation, conference workshop, and information dissemination
• project management and poverty impact assessment: project administration, poverty impact assessment, and benefit monitoring

NGO Cooperation

International, national and local NGOs

• regional and local NGOs
• CBOs (e.g. market vendors associations and federations, women's cooperatives, bank and nonbank MFIs)

Any Other Relevant Information

• News Releases

Contact Information

Arthur L. Vega
LGOO4
Department of Interior and Local Government
Tel: +632 929 1332 / 929 9601
Fax: +632 925 0388

Susan Wendt
Social Sectors Division
Southeast Asia Department
Tel: +632 632 5725
Email: swendt@adb.org