Gender and Development

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Some Gender Benefits

1. Technical Education and Skills Development - Loan 1750, 2000

   Under project, 50% of scholarships for technical education and skills development will be awarded to women; gender specialist will advise executing agency on improving recruitment, training, job placement and employment of women and other disadvantaged groups.

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2. Pasig River Environmental Management & Rehabilitation Sector Development -Investment Loan 1746, 2000

   Special study of gender impacts was carried out for resettlement plan, including consultations with affected women to identify alternative livelihood opportunities for them. Project implementation unit will monitor women's participation.

3. Grains Sector Development Program - Loan 1739, 2000

   Gender analysis during project implementation noted the growing number of women left with increasing farm management responsibilities as men from farm households migrate to cities and towns for better-paid work; however, lack of gender-disaggregated data about on-farm activities make it difficult to identify needs of marginalized women farmers (although IRRI is addressing gender issues in an ongoing project). At least 25% of farmers trained in integrated crop management (ICM) under the project must be women. Loan covenants support this target fro ICM training; also require that female heads of households be allowed to join irrigation associations (IAs), that at least one-fourth of IA officers be women, and that at least half of institutional development officers for the project be women.

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