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p. -1 of 74 BACK | NEXT Home Page of Dams and Development Foreword I. Why an e-paper on dams and development? II. Assessing options III. Participatory processes IV. Social impacts V. Environmental impacts VI. Benefit distribution VII. Dam safety and sustainability VIII. Existing projects IX. Improving governance X. What other organizations say XI. ADB, Dams, and Development XII. References Contact Us

Bangladesh: Secondary Towns Integrated Flood Protection Project (2004)

The Project provides integrated flood protection for nine district towns in Bangladesh through flood protection works, urban drainage system improvement, urban environmental improvement and capacity building and implementation assistance. Two main EAs, Bangladesh Water Development Board and the Local Government Engineering Department, have become gender responsive institutions as a result of GAPs implemented under previous ADB funded infrastructure projects. The component wise GAP under the new project replicates lessons learned on gender mainstreaming under the Third Rural Infrastructure Development Project, Rural Infrastructure Improvement Project and Urban Governance and Infrastructure Improvement Project. Key actions under the GAP include:

1. Flood Protection Works: (i) Consulting with women for land acquisition and settlement; (ii) providing special compensation packages for women; (iii) including female ward commissioners and citizens in resettlement activities; (iv) providing employment opportunities for poor women (50%) in flood protection earthworks.

2. Urban Drainage Improvement System: (i) promotion of wage parity in construction, operation and maintenance of infrastructure; (ii) skill training in construction and O&M works; (iii) organizing labor contracting societies; and, (iv) employing 100% women in tree plantation and routine maintenance work.

3. Urban Environmental Improvement: (i) raising awareness amongst women and other stakeholders of their roles in solid waste management; (ii) organizing periodic campaigns and orientation activities on proper disposal of solid waste; (iii) organizing ward based rallies for awareness on environment, sanitation and hygiene; (iv) promoting women's participation in sanitation programs as motivators; (v) allowing sanitation program completion certificates to be signed by women; (vi) ensuring that location of public toilets to suit women's needs; and, (vii) including a suitable clause in lease deeds to include women in management.

4. Capacity Building and Implementation Assistance: (i) engaging women as staff consultants and facilitators; (ii) providing an orientation for BWDB, LGED and Pourashava officials on the Project GAP; (iii) ensuring women's representation in all decision-making committees; (iv) providing women's access to the poverty reduction fund, slum infrastructure and community empowerment activities; (v) providing skills training for women (%50); (vi) raising awareness amongst displaced, migrants and floating people about the risks of human trafficking and child labor; (vii) advocating environmental sanitation and women's health; (vii) involving women in motivational activities for tax collection and resource mobilization; and, (viii) improving EA and PIU capacities to collect gender disaggregated data and establish gender based monitoring, evaluation and reporting under the project.

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