PROJECT

Projects

Summary of Advisory Services Project Information

Project Number

603990

Primary Business Area

Environment, Social and Governance

Disclosure Date

Jan 27, 2021

Country

Vanuatu

Region

East Asia and the Pacific

IFC Approval Date

Apr 7, 2019

Status

Active

Estimated Total Budget

$894,000.00
(Project budget includes all project-funded activities)

Last Updated Date

Nov 18, 2021

Project Estimated Start Date

Apr 1, 2019

Project Estimated End Date

Jun 30, 2022

Project Description

This project will deliver development impact by: 1. Working with organizations to address barriers to women’s employment by addressing firm-level challenges associated with hiring and retaining female employees, advancing women into leadership positions, and tackling the gender-specific root causes that drive absenteeism and turnover among workers. This will be achieved through remote delivery peer learning partnership for private sector companies across the Pacific Islands on addressing gendered impacts of COVID19 and creating safe and resilient businesses and through individual deep-dive gender engagements with companies to identify gender gaps, developing the business case for closing these gaps, proposing solutions, and, to the extent needed, supporting the companies to implement changes and document results. 2. Addressing barriers to women’s employment women’s employment in fisheries through financial literacy training 3. Addressing gender-based violence as a barrier to women’s workforce participation by training trainers in the Pacific to support companies to develop and implement workplace responses to gender-based violence. IFC will catalyze the resources developed through the three components and elsewhere in the Pacific for the benefit of the wider private sectors in the Pacific through innovative communication and dissemination platforms. The resources will demonstrate the business case for gender equality, provide guidance on implementing gender equality strategies; and document lessons learnt.

Development Results

E&S Risks / Impacts and Mitigation