Outcome BDI_D_4.3

Women and girls participate in and benefit from socio-economic recovery opportunities in the context of peace and resilience-building

68768 people, 98% of which are women and girls, comprised of Internally Displaced Persons, returnees, refugees, ethnic minority groups, elders, victims of crises, mothers, girls-mothers and youth grouped in around 3833 functional agriculture-based Income Generative Initiatives, have increased their production, modernized their economic activities and benefited from socioeconomic opportunities. The initiatives includes 311 new cooperatives, 833 “Haguruka ! Standing Together”, 84 VSLA in agribusiness (rice, vegetables, maize, fruits, and palm oil) handicraft, sewing etc. hey have accessed to tailored services such as capacity building on Cooperative management, new technology, business plan, marketing, leadership, financial literacy and ICT skills that have enabled them to work across the value chain (production, aggregation, and marketing) and make E-commerce and cross-border trade. The integration of ICT skills through a setting up of a multimedia center equipped by computer and others digital materials and a digital platform has allowed women learn skills to collect and monitor their IGI including benefit from online trade. This has been accomplished through a total of 22 interventions with 22 partners including CSOs, private sector, and government, by means of Cooperative, Foyer of learning nutrition, Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs), entrepreneurship, conflict resolution, and advocacy that addresses women’s and girls’ needs including COVID-19 prevention measures. Thus, 27 Community Development Plans have integrated gender aspects, especially women need in 24 communes owing to the advocacy activities led by women mediators that resulted to the signature of 19 charters (7 communal and 12 hilly) of collaboration and common commitment between women mediators, members of the hilly base nuclei, and the mixed security committees to ensure the following of achievement of these communal plans. In addition, UNW has provided technical and financial support to the Ministry of Gender in elaboration of the Women economic group annual work plan, women rural day and 16 days of activism organization. Concerning women access to credit, 21 BIJE and Micro finances staff have improved their knowledge on gender in policy and services including financing decisions and drafted strategies for women empowerment. At date 15 microfinances/banks have been linked to 230 cooperatives and 120 IGRs through workshops with the support of partners Kaz’o’zah Keza,SOJPAE under the supervision of Partner SOJPAE in Ruyigi, Bujumbura, Gitega, Muyinga et Kirundo and COOPEC provided credit of 176 500 000 BIF (93000 USD) and technical support to 56 solidarity groups composed of 909 members including 718 women and 191 men that have helped women contribute to they household expense. On nutrition, 5 community-based nutrition programs have been designed and allowed 3450 Household composed of 24150 people (19803 women and girls and 4387 men/boys composed by pregnant women, girl mothers, nursing mothers, women heads of households, chief of hill, mamans lumières, agricultural monitor and community health agents) improved their nutrition status and the one of 4257 children under 5 years in the provinces of communes Muramvya, Gitega, Shombo, Gasorwe karusi, Kirundo and Muyinga. This has been possible owing to the training of trainers, the high level forum organized in collaboration with OPDAD, UNICEF, UNFPA, WFP, Word bank and partners (Saemaul, Caritas and FVS) for 1373 people (97% women leaders, maman lumières, mediators, 3% men from administrative, community, youth and religious leaders) on nutrition, vegetable preservation (by lactofermentation) and the use of positive masculinity approach engaging men that have committed themselves to support women’s empowerment in their nutrition-related roles for good Nutrition. Also, a song and video clip, modules have been produced and used people sensitization. In addition, 48569 people composed by 25453 women/ girls and 7 237 men/boys members of the Solidarity Groups and 11 545 women 4 617 men IDPs including host community have improved their health and knowledge through sensitization and medical assistance and several thematic including the prevention against Covid-19 by UNW in partnership with OMS and Burundi Doctor’s Association. This has been achieved owing to provision of medicines tablets, awareness raising messages and kits and materials to prevent against Covid-19 hand washing, soaps, masks.

Women and girls participate in and benefit from socio-economic recovery opportunities in the context of peace and resilience-building

72243 people, 65 941 women and girls, 6302 men of which comprised of Internally Displaced Persons, returnees, refugees, ethnic minority gr oups, elders, victims of crises, mothers, girls-mothers and youth grouped in around 594 functional agriculture and non-agricultural-based Income Generative Initiatives, have increased their production, modernized their economic activities and benefited from socioeconomic opportunities. These people have been reached through different interventions: In terms of economic empowerment, 2,100 women and girls trained in FARNs, and groups continue to teach their community peers how to prepare a full meal with locally produced raw materials. They also continue to cultivate high-value crops for meals, nutrition and as income generating activities. For women awareness, 31,678 households have already been sensitized by the project's communal social facilitators and have already led the women mediators in the hills of these communes to organize themselves into solidarity groups practicing the Nawe N'uze savings and credit approach. The sensitizations were mass. The sensitization has reached also 11730 members (10557 women and 1173 men) of the groups supervised by AFAPD have already received sensitization sessions on the benefits of working in value chains and the self-financing mechanism of AFAPD. Also, 1,248 members, including 9,450 women and 1,798 men of 510 groups/cooperatives composed of were visited to identify their organizational and financial situations to benefit from support for the development of value chains. For capacity building, 175 women mediators from 7 provinces of intervention of the PBF project have strengthened their capacities on project development, management of their RMIs, development of a business plan for their activity and resource mobilization for the network of women mediators. Regarding on what has been implemented in the provinces of Bujumbura, Cibitoke, Bubanza, bujumbura Mairie, Rumonge, Nyanza-Lac et Gitega supported by PBF funds, 36390 women members of 1213 Haguruka IGRs have so far been set up by implementing partners and 360 have benefited from UNWOMEN financial support while 852 have not. This is according to a study on the Mapping of state and non-state actors, women mediators and other local women actors involved in conflict prevention and resolution and/or women's empowerment at the community level in the 7 provinces of the PBF funded project. In nutrition, 43912 households have capacities of preparation of diversified and complete meal for the households’ members using locally produced raw materials. The number of women continue to increase. In addition to 42 000 who were trained. With the support of mamans lumières, 1912 more mothers coming from different households with malnourished children have been trained before preparation. In addition, 14100 persons received health assistance during the implementation of the project among them, 1600 persons (1298 women and girls and 302 men) were able to have free medical consultations and medicines over 4 days of consultations and estimated 12,500 people were indirectly reached by 5000 sensitized people and have increased awareness on common diseases and prevention measures such as malaria, COVID-19, urogenital infections, breast cancer, as well as on nutrition. 1212 persons (1205 women and 7 men) have benefited from gender-responsive dignity kits allowing them to meet their urgent needs. In the integrating ICT , 302 persons have been supported to increase women participation and action in ICT sector within: 150 people participated in different activities organized from June 2 to 25 including 10 panelists and 3 storytellers, 8 startups, 77 women and 52 men participated in the second edition of June-Tech organized by KitHub Burundi thanks to the support of UN Women and 152 participants made up of the community, women and girls including those from secondary schools were sensitized and committed to embrace the scientific sections and especially seize the opportunity offered by the AGCCI project in the sector of information technology and communication. facilitate the setup of specific products in financial institutions, in collaboration with the ECOBANK Foundation via its ECOBANK Burundi branch on December 11, 2023, an awareness-raising activity have been organized and enabled UN Women to mobilize the management and staff of this bank around issues of gender equality, financial inclusion, and prevention of/response to acts of sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment in the workplace. On ECOBANK DAY (December 12, 2022) and during 16 Days of Activism against VAW campaign, a joint visit to a women's cooperative in Bujumbura allowed ECOBANK to present its adapted financial products and services and UN Women to present its programs, especially the Women's Economic Empowerment (WEE) program, with an emphasis on group work. The awareness reached about 50 people composed of the bank's management and staff thanks to the presentations given by UN Women. In addition, as the women trading network exist, 60 women entrepreneurs representing 30 groups/co-operatives/enterprises have been supported by UN Women in collaboration with UNFPA to enable them to participate in the 2nd edition of the East African Community Regional Tourism Exhibition held in Bujumbura from 23 to 27 September 2022.

Women and girls participate in and benefit from socio-economic recovery opportunities in the context of peace and resilience-building

With 2023, 13, 343 Women and girls participated in and benefited from socio-economic recovery opportunities in the context of peace and resilience-building. In terms of empowerment and income generating acticvities, the results achieved are: 213 Leaders, including 197 women and 16 men, benefited from capacity building in the fight against GBV, leadership, innovative entrepreneurship and positive masculinity. 147 women members of RMI solidarity groups operating in value chains have had their capacity to draw up business plans strengthened. 28 women leaders of the Association des Femmes Actrices de Paix et de Dialogue (AFAPD) were strengthened, notably in project development and resource mobilization for the network of women mediators. 316 members of social therapy groups in the project's communes received technical assistance. 1,429 resident women, 56 repatriated women and 29 displaced women have benefited from technical and economic capacity-building, notably in the development of micro-projects in agriculture, livestock breeding, trade and the processing of certain products. 1,750 beneficiaries, including 1,610 women and girls and 140 men, benefited from capacity-building on the laws governing cooperatives, in collaboration with ANACCOP. 60 people (30 men and 30 women) responsible for cooperatives/enterprises respectively in Commune Butihinda on the notion of good governance in cooperatives and the role of entrepreneurship in peacebuilding. 5509 members, including 4923 women and girls and 586 men and boys in 185 functional agricultural cooperatives have been supported for their income generating activities. 41 men and 92 women benefiting from IGAs to improve their livelihoods, often in a precarious economic situation, refugee women, girls, boys and men benefiting from these IGAs become more autonomous and improve their financial management systems. In terms of strengthening women, girls, men and boys' capacities to transform and add value to local food products for household consumption, the followings results are reached: 700 participants (600 women and girls and 100 men and boys) leaders have been mobilized by UN Women in collaboration with the Office of the First Lady OPDD Burundi, other United Nations agencies (WFP, UNICEF, WHO, UNDP, World Bank, UNFPA) contributed significantly to the organization of a high-level forum of women leaders through various presentations and panels, as well as messages shared with other women leaders from other countries, notably Rwanda, Zanzibar, Kenya, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, China, Congo Brazzaville, not forgetting delegations from the regional offices of UN Women and Unicef. 446 people, including 243 women and 203 men, were trained, and made aware of good nutritional practices. In terms of humanitarian actions, the following results have been reached: 769 patients, including 430 women, 234 children under 5 and 105 men, were treated free of charge. 1,934 people (1,145 women and girls and 789 men and boys) were made aware of the importance of family planning, prenatal consultations (especially early ones), child immunization, good child nutrition, childbirth in a health-care setting, unplanned pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases and breast cancer, the fight against malaria and diseases of the hands (intestinal parasites). 37 women and girl leaders from Bujumbura province have been integrated into the mixed security committees and can participate in developing humanitarian programs that integrate women's needs into the humanitarian response plans of their respective communes. These supports have helped the beneficiaries to recover from illness and then continue household's activities without any problem. For those who have been integrated in the committees, they will advocate for women's matters to be integrated at the communal planification. In terms of ICT, 102 young girls (17-25 years old) have been supported to increase women participation and action in ICT sector through AGCCI project within: All the 102 young girls within 7 Batwa girls have participated in two coding camps organized by UN Women in collaboration with 3 Ministries (ICT, Gender and Education) where they have been capacitated in: (i) raise their awareness of gender inequality issues and encourage them to become advocates for gender equality in the ICT sector, (ii) have acquired knowledge in computer science, coding, design thinking, the fourth industrial revolution including artificial intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep learning and robotics; (iii) have been made aware of the SDGs, digital issues and the positive use of social networks; (iv) have acquired an entrepreneurial spirit, a spirit of female empowerment and personal development and (v) have been sensitized to the notion of Eliminating Gender Stereotypes. The 6 best young girls’ project in the two coding camps (3 from each of them) received an award made of A laptop and a Samsung Galaxy Android to encourage them and allow them to continue their project. For all the 102 young girls, they received each one an Android cell phone which will allow them to stay in touch in the local platform and the regional one with their peer around the 10 involved countries in AGCCI Project and facilitate them to continue working on the development of their project. All of them have developed their own applications addressing different thematic areas from all the 17 SDGs and they will continue benefiting UN Women support to go ahead with their projects. This will lead to self-employment creation and estime and leadership. The trainings were given by a team of 6 trainers (3 women, 3 men) where, with UNW Laise Office in Addis Ababa support, they were recruited, and they contributed to implement the project by conducting these two round training coding camps. To allow the participation of many young girls to this programme, 4 multimedia centers have been equipped in for provinces of Burundi. This will reduce the young women access gap which exist between provinces and benefit to generations of young girls. These coding camps became a good opportunity of a good coordination of 4 Ministries (ICT, Gender, Education and Home Affairs) on one side, UN Agencies (UN Women, PNUD, WB, UNICEF) and Private sector (CBFIB-ICT Chamber) and advocacy for a better inclusion of young women in ICT domain and in labor market.