Gender and Development

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Marshall Islands

• Significant Gender Mainstreaming
• Some Gender Benefits

Significant Gender Mainstreaming

1. Skills Training and Vocational Education - Loan 1791, 2000

   Project supports special training programs for women and youth, including skills training and small business development, especially for women living on outer islands; construction of 2 special training units for women and youth, and separate hostels and staff housing for women and men; establishment of a Women's Training, Marketing and Information Center; public information and outreach campaigns using radio; and involvement of a gender outreach specialist.

Some Gender Benefits

1. Outer Island Transport Infrastructure Project - Loan 1948, 7 Nov 2002

Project will reduce poverty by providing improved access to basic goods and services and will also increase income of producers from the outer islands particularly women handicraft makers. Transport and construction workers pose a risk in the transmission of HIV/AIDS. Contractors are therefore required to provide education and information dissemination to avoid spread of the disease and also provide condoms to their workers. Another ADB project to set up a Women and Youth Training Center in Majuro that will train about 800 women and 600 youth will become more accessible for women and youth trainees from the outer islands. A more efficient transport system will facilitate marketing of handicrafts produced by women working closely with the Women's Development Office and two NGOs (WUTMI and MIHA).

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