2012 WDR Gender Equality and Development Implications for the World Bank

1. 2012 WDR Gender Equality and Development Implications for the World Bank GENDERNET-World Bank Consultation — 3 February 2012 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia JeniKlugman Director, Gender and Development World Bank

2. Outline • New opportunities and risks • Strategic directions for the World Bank

3. New opportunities and risks Opportunities: • WDR2012 • Country and regional interest • Senior management attention – beyond own network MD • Fruits of earlier investments and analysis Risks: • Significant risk of fatigue around time of mid term IDA review and DC implementation paper – fall 2012  demonstrable progress plus patience.

4. Strategic Directions for the WBG- Progress to date

5. Strategic Directions • WDR2012 dissemination - tailored to country context • Regional and network companion reports • Knowledge management and learning: PRMGE site as the “go-to” site for information, tools and links on gender • Review and revamp guidance notes, toolkits for relevance and usefulness • Work on the launch site, navigability and attractiveness • Learning events – direct and e-learning: e.g. CAS Academy, DPL Academy, Economist boot camp, Sector Weeks, SD Training and Accreditation Program • 2 Communities of Practice ( CoP on best practice operational experiences managed by PRMGE, CoP on gender in SDN)

6. Turkey • Informing country policy dialogue Impact on government’s policy: • Female employment is on the top of the agenda. • The new Employment Strategy, features female employment prominently. • The May 2010 Prime Ministry ‘Circular on Female Employment’ lays out provisions to ensure gender equality in the workplace, tailoring vocational training and non-formal education to the needs of women, and increasing access of working mothers to access child care services. • The Government is considering allowing for more flexible contracting of women and providing second chance learning opportunities so that women without basic skills can be productively employed.

7. Strategic Directions • Expand the breadth & depth of country specific analysis of gender inequalities – linked to the policy dialogue & program • For every major activity and operation, two basic questions are asked: • Is gender important? • How do you know? • Support to countries: • Strategic engagement in country and regional efforts – cross support • 1. Informing country policy dialogue

8. Kenya Country Program • Enhancing country level gender diagnostics • Gender smart agriculture Gender smart agricultural operations (e.g., ASAL advice, value chains) KAPAP monitoring and impact evaluation Policy dialogue of agriculture Policy dialogue on water Policy dialogue on household energy Data Household Energy Partnerships Spins Data Analysis 82$ million KAPAP baseline Water and Sanitation GAP support for gender integration Climate mgmt

9. Kenya Country Program • Enhancing country level gender diagnostics • Gender smart water sector • Initial GAP contribution for capacity building of MoWI GFPs WATSAN gender-disaggregated data Horizontal replication: Household Energy

10. Afghanistan • Enhancing country level gender diagnostics Objective: • to understand the constraints and opportunities for women and men in moving up the agricultural value chain by producing more crops such as grapes/raisins, almonds, and saffron. Findings: • Women in rural areas are generally engaged in harvesting and basic post-harvest processing at home orchards or compounds. Men are primarily engaged in production and provide market linkages by travelling to the local market to buy input supplies or sell produce. • Social and cultural traditions are the main constraints for accessing market information. • Opportunities for women producers are through (i) mobilization of women’s groups, (ii) development of women’s extension services, (iii) training on harvesting and post-harvest handling, (iv) use of information technology in extension and marketing outreach. Consultations: • The report was presented at a workshop organized by the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock. Officials from other ministries, participated along with donor agencies, women producer groups, and women extension workers participated.

11. Strategic Directions • Combat excess deaths of girls and women • Address disparities in economic opportunities • Reduce disparities in societal voice • Tackle the reproduction of gender inequalities across generations And.. • New gender project coding will allow to forecast the extent of gender in the pipeline. • Monitor financing patterns and support on request • AGI- school to work transition of young women • 1. Informing country policy dialogue

12. Strategic Directions • Work to enhance Genderstats and related efforts. • Strategic investments to improve the evidence base for what works – policy focused research on enterprises, labor markets and social protection. • Focus on less understood and frontier areas. • 1. Informing country policy dialogue

13. Strategic Directions • Establishing new Advisory Council on Gender and Development • New phase of the Global Private Sector Leaders Forum focused on female employment in firms. • Mobilizing partnerships with the private sector • Collaborating with UN Women • Mobilizing financing • 1. Informing country policy dialogue

14. Organizational Structure to deliver Annual Gender Monitoring Report, WDR 2012 Implications, Corporate Scorecard, IDA 16 MDs MDs monthly meetings VPs Quarterly Scorecard Regional Gender Action Plans GAD Board Community of Practice Country Programs Sector staff, country teams, gender focal points

15. LCR Gender Action Plan FY12-FY14 • Priorities: • Endowments: Maternal mortality and teenage pregnancy, boys underperformance in school • Economic Opportunity: participation in the labor markets and entrepreneurship • Agency: gender and youth (teenage pregnancy) and gender-based violence. Pillars: • Mainstream gender into CASs, & relevant financial and knowledge programs:  focusing on those sectors with strong corporate commitments • Addressing Persistent and Priority Areas of Inequality:  identified through analytical work and consultations • Gathering and Sharing Evidence on What Works

16. LCR Gender Action Plan FY12-FY14 Targets • Achieve 100% highly satisfactory rankings for gender inclusion in all CAS (in FY12,FY13, and FY14-PRMGE’s criteria) • Maintain good gender mainstreaming in SP, Health and ARD; increase gender mainstreaming in infrastructure • Implement one gender activity per CMU per year • Produce one piece of country-level gender diagnostic work per CAS cycle