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outcome XM-DAC-41146-NER_D_2.1
Women smallholder productivity in changing climate increased and physical burden of agricultural work reduced in rural areas in Niger
The resilience of women in Niger to climatic riks is not completely achieved. But some key results have been achieved, including - Average increase in rainfed crop production, which varies by speculation between +14% and +53% for women. Increase in the average rate of increase in animal production of 216%, which has helped mitigate the consequences of the decline in crop production in deficit years. - Diversification of income sources that helped to cope with the impact of COVID-19 in 2020. The global income generated by the rural women thanks to the sale of their production to supply the school canteens increased from US$ 83,090.65 in 2016 to US$ 682,171.83 in 2021; the savings mobilized within the AVEC increased from 0 to 62,931,000 CFA francs (US$126,000); the monetary value of the cereal stock mobilized by the women beneficiaries is estimated at 44,170,000 XOF/ (76,155 US $). - Acquisition of 324,897 hectares by loan exploited by 717 women and the realization of 502 individual and collective compost pits based on organic manure and household waste contributed to improving the food security of the beneficiary households and mitigating the risks of irregular migration.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-NER_D_2.2
Economic migration is safe and regular for migrant women and girls
The outcome could not achieved during the course of 2021 as this is an ongoing long-term process. However, UN Women contributed to it via 3 set of interventions: normative level, capacity building and knowledge products. UN Women reviewed and provided substantive contributions to strengthen the inclusion of gender equality considerations in a variety of policymaking and technical processes in relation to migration, such as the development of the 2nd National Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Persons, revision of Law No. 2015-36 on the Illicit Smuggling of Migrants, the Communication Plan of the National Migration Policy (NMP) and the Coordination Strategy of the Nigerien Consultation Framework on Migration. UN Women provided the 30 newly elected women members of parliament (MPs) with knowledge and skills on advancing the rights protections of women migrant domestic workers, including a presentation on ILO Convention No. 189 on Domestic Workers and its importance in the context of national legislation. It also increase the understanding of 25 CSOs on the links between gender equality and migration, and migrant women's rights. UN Women developed and disseminated four knowledge products on the situations of situations of women migrating from, into and through Niger was developed, highlighting the challenges that women may face at various stages of migration. In addition, at local level, UN Women in partnership with the NGO ADESP has increased the level of knowledge of the rights of migrant women as well as their means of subsistence. UN Women through advocacy, sensitization campaigns and training has built the capacity of more than 2,125 migrant women and girls and 160 state and civil society actors on the advancement of migrant women and girls. To give migrant women a better footing, UN Women supported 1,325 women and girls with economic kits, particularly for fattening, sewing, weaving and leather goods. A mission report shows that women work collectively to fully exercise their income-generating activities.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-NER_D_3.1
Normative and policy frameworks are promoted and adapted in line with international standards and institutions have the commitment, knwoledge and capacities to legislate, plan, implement, and monitor policies to adress VAWG, GBV and HP
The Nigerien legal framework has been strengthened with the availability of a first draft of the study report integrating the observations of the first level of quality control by the different actors of the United Nations system intervening on the Spotlight program and the members of the study monitoring committee made up of sectoral ministries and civil society, subject to the national workshop for the validation of the report by all the national stakeholders being organized, which has enabled the country to have : ü A new draft law on gender-based violence that will help protect women and girls from all forms of violence. The drafting process led by the Ministry of Justice with the support of a consultant was participatory and involved the different key sectoral ministries of Women's Promotion, Education, Health. ü The 5th periodic report of the CEDAW through a participatory process of all stakeholders. Subject to validation by the Council of Ministers before transmission to the CEDAW Committee, participants in the technical validation workshop for the report made several relevant recommendations that could help the country consider lifting some of the reservations made by Niger that are considered obsolete by the stakeholders. Furthermore, Niger has a pool of 29 trainers, including 21 men and 8 women, who oversee legislation in key sectoral ministries and who are trained on the techniques of drafting laws and texts related to GBV in order to strengthen the legal framework on VAWG/GBV/HP; The institutional launch of GRB in Niger with the establishment of national and regional focal points, the development of a strategy and guides for the practice of GRB; Strengthening the networking of civil society structures with 224 structures among which 152 women’s lead organizations mapped and strengthened. A strong community base with the establishment of 500 Dimitra Clubs at village level, 20 multiactors platforms and 3600 community relays among which 1386 women’s and 1386 young people Even though the legal framework has noted some progress, it has faced several challenges among which the electoral, the security and COVID-19 context that affected its implementation. For instance, the electoral transition, the arrival of a new governmental team and the ongoing institutional restructuring, has partially affected the implementation of pillars 1, 2 and 5 of the Spotlight programme which are particularly plane to ena, as indicated in the mid-term evaluation. The key studies planned during phase 1, for example, on the legal framework on GBV in Niger, were delayed and, as a result, the advocacy and policy dialogue work based on their results was postponed to the second phase of the program. The Spotlight Initiative in its second phase opted to reinforce the legal and institutional framework to foster a more equitable environment. Based on the results obtained during phase 1, this pillar will work on critical and essential areas with the objective of creating an environment favorable to a sustainable change in the GBV area.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-NER_D_3.2
Increased access to essential services
45 young adolescent girls and boys from the program implementation regions of Dosso, Maradi and Zinder participated in a training on Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) with the presence of: The main objective of this activity was to train MHM ambassadors so that they in turn could instruct other youth in GHM in their respective regions. This has begun to bear fruit, because in the Maradi region the 10 trained opinion leaders have in turn-initiated training in the Maradi region with the result that 160 facilitators have been trained; 16 community supervisors have received the message from our ambassadors trained in Niamey; it should be noted that each of the 160 trained facilitators has a hearing of 120 participants in his or her commune. About ten civil society actors in the field of MHM met during the celebration of the world day of MHM with the 45 young people trained in GHM and about fifty guests among which the executives of the ministries of women promotion and child protection and the ministry of hydraulics: The objective of this celebration is to break the silence around menstrual hygiene, to explain the importance of taking it into account in the life cycle of the young girl who becomes an adolescent and to appeal to national and international opinion on the importance of accompanying the young girl and boy in this process of reaching the adolescent age which marks the beginnings of adult life. Strengthening the operational capacities of the Multimedia Centers in the regions of Dosso, Maradi and Zinder: This involves adding operating supplies to the multimedia centers in Zinder, Maradi and Dosso so that the young people who use these centers can take full advantage of them to popularize the message they learned through their training on sexual and reproductive health and access to adequate care services . A capitalization workshop was held during the second quarter of 2021 and brought together all of the program's stakeholders over the past 10 years. The results of the activities show that the MUSKOKA Program, through UNWOMEN Niger, has improved the living conditions of more than 2,000,000 people through advocacy activities, sensitization through radio broadcasts on community radios and the establishment of multi-actor platforms. Support for the 7th edition of the Golden Mom event with the provision of 300 t-shirts, 300 hijabs and media coverage for 1 million CFA francs.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-NER_D_4.1
Outcome 5: Women participate in and inform decision-making processes & responses related to conflict prevention, protection and peacebuilding in Niger
Important achievements have been registered in the attainment of this result. Two hundred women (youth and adults) are working for social cohesion between farmers and herders in the regions of Dosso and Maradi. Through capacity building on topics such as conflict prevention and management, mediation and the culture of peace, these women are now actively involved in conflict prevention and management mechanisms and have increased the participation rate of women by 30%. They conduct mediation between farmers and herders, mediate between families and communities, and conduct awareness sessions for social cohesion and peace building between communities. Even with the end of the project, the activities of these women mediators continue in these two regions. This project was implemented with the technical and financial support of the Peace Building Fund. The same experience was replicated in five communes in the Tillaberi region, again with technical and financial support from PBF. Two hundred and fifty women have received the same training and are actively involved in peacebuilding in their communities. In addition to their regalian tasks, these women, through their leadership, militate for the respect and promotion of women's and girls' rights, their protection from gender-based violence in case of GANE attacks and their contribution to local governance. Drawing on lessons learned and gaps in the work of women mediators in the Tillaberi region, women mediators in the Tillaberi region are benefiting from official recognition, income-generating activities and increased participation in local governance. Also, there are now three trainers of trainers on mediation through the technical and financial support of UN WOMEN.Showing 1 - 5 of 12