Women's Economic Empowerment and Leadership Activity Overview Presentation.pdf
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This presentation provides an overview of the Women's Economic Empowerment and Leadership Activity opportunity that USAID Jordan intends to release. The opportunity aims to contribute to increasing women's access to employment and leadership in Jordan by improving women's access to the job market, enhancing the workforce enabling environment, and addressing inequalities and prohibitive social norms and traditions. The activity has three objectives: improve women's access to jobs and leadership opportunities in the private sector; improve perceptions and advocacy; and create more equitable and safer working environments. The presentation highlights the need to consider sustainability beyond USAID funding, scale up successes of USAID and other donors, and meaningfully coordinate and collaborate with donors, USAID economic development programs, the private sector, and key actors. It also emphasizes the importance of co-design, co-creation, and engaging local entities and the private sector.
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8/28/2019 Pre-Solicitation Conference 1
Women’s Economic Empowerment and Leadership Activity
Co-creation/Co-design Workshop
Introduction August 28, 2019
National Press Building
Welcome Remarks
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
(OSDBU)
Deputy Assistant Administrator Jason Foley Middle East Bureau
USAID/Jordan Acquisition and Assistance Office Effective Partnering and Procurement Reform (EPPR)
• Welcome!
– Mission Team Introductions
– Workshop Facilitator Introduction
• Why Jordan?
• What is EPPR?
– Goal Statement
• USAID commitment to engagement, co-creation, and co-design
• How is USAID/Jordan implementing EPPR?
• What else is USAID/Jordan doing to enhance the quality of its awards?
• Supporting economic growth
• Strengthening democratic governance
• Improving essential service delivery
• Promoting gender equality
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U.S. – JORDAN PARTNERSHIP
OVER 60 YEARS OF COMMITMENT TO JORDAN’S STABILITY AND
PROSPERITY
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ACCELERATING BROAD-BASED, INCLUSIVE GROWTH
BUDGET SUPPORT
CASH TRANSFER TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC AND
POLITICAL STABILITY
PARTNERING WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF
JORDAN
SERVICE DELIVERY
● WATER
REDUCING THE SUPPLY-DEMAND GAP
● EDUCATION & YOUTH
INVESTING IN HUMAN POTENTIAL
● HEATLH
PROMOTING GOOD HEALTH FOR A RESILIENT
POPULATION
GOVERNANCE
STRENGTHENING DEMOCRATIC ACCOUNTABILITY
GENDER EQUALITY
PROMOTING FEMALE EMPOWERMENT
USAID - Jordan Partnership http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na1g7DG-fh8
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• CHALLENGE:
– Jordan has one of the lowest rates of women’s workforce participation worldwide, at 13% and political participation remains limited. Violence against women is prevalent and underreported.
• INTERVENTIONS:
– Raise awareness of gender issues and support community action
– Improve advocacy and reform policy
– Encourage women-focused support services
• IMPACT:
– Trained over 100 female health workers to provide counseling to 400,000 women annually
– Supported the Flexible Working Hours By-Law to boost participation of women in the workforce
– Furthered women’s political engagement; more women than ever before won Parliamentary seats in the 2017 election
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USAID’s Work on Gender
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– Slow economic growth, Skill supply, education and training
– Inadequate support services for women
– Prohibitive perceptions about women’s capabilities
– Inequalities and lack of application of policies and regulations
– Inadequate work conditions, including workplace violence and harassments
– Low representation of women in decision making and leadership positions
WOMEN’S REALITY
Jordan has one of the lowest rates of female labor force participation globally as well as in the region at around 14%
Jordan's ranking is 138 out of 149 countries in the 2018 global gender gap index and the women's economic opportunities index dropped to 138th place of 144 countries.
Women in Jordan working in the private sector earn on average 41 % less than their male counterparts
The purpose of the Women Economic Empowerment and Leadership Activity (Women Empowerment) is to contribute to increasing women’s access to employment and leadership in Jordan by improving women’s access to the job market, enhancing the workforce enabling environment, and addressing inequalities and prohibitive social norms and traditions.
OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITY
VISION FOR THIS CONTRACT
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WEELA OBJECTIVES
Objective 1: Improve women’s access to jobs and leadership opportunities in the private sector
Objective 2: Improve perceptions and advocacy
Objective 3: Create more equitable and safer working environments
What to Highlight?
• Waged employment
• Gender gap in employment
• Women agency and leadership
• Meaningful engagement with the private sector and local actors
• Collaboration, Learning and Adaptation (CLA) as a vital learning and reflection tool
What to Consider ?
➢ DO NO HARM: everyone and everything should be safe and secured
➢ Innovation, Innovation, Innovation: new exciting approaches that fit the Jordan context
➢ Sustainability beyond USAID funding
➢ Self- reliance is the ultimate end goal
➢ Engagement of men
What to Consider ? - Cont.
➢ Build on what’s been done, don’t recreate the wheel, particularly on research, assessments, analysis and studies
➢ Scale up successes of USAID and donors
➢ Co-design and co-creation: let’s think together
➢ Meaningful coordination and collaboration with donors, with USAID Economic Development programs, private sector and key actors
➢ Coalitions and Consortia: ownership of local entities
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THANK YOU!
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U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
AMERICAN EMBASSY
AMMAN, JORDAN
WWW.USAID.GOV/JORDAN
(962-6) 590-6255 gpatterson@usaid.gov
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