World Bank Holds GBV Retrofitting Workshop For NEWMAP (Photos)

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World Bank Holds GBV Retrofitting Workshop For NEWMAP (Photos)

A 4 day World Bank organized Gender Based Violence (GBV) retrofitting workshop for the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project was held from the 17th -20th June with all the 21 partner states including Anambra NEWMAP in attendance.

The World Bank Group considers that no Country, community, or economy can achieve its potential or meet the challenges of the 21st century without the full and equal participation of women and men, girls and boys.

It therefore released an Action Plan outlining administrative and operational measures being undertaken to help prevent and respond appropriately to incidences of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), as well as other forms of gender-based violence (GBV) in World Bank supported projects.

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It is also agreed that projects with huge civil works can increase the risk of GBV , in both public and private spaces by a range of perpetrators in a number of the following ways :

a) Projects with a large influx of workers may increase the demand for sex workers or even increase the demand for trafficking of women for the purposes of sex work.

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b) Such big projects create shifts in the power dynamics between community members and within households.

c)When land redistribution occurs.

d)When there are little job opportunities compare to the numbers of those seeking the opportunities.

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The World Bank Action Plan addresses the recommendations of the Global GBV Task Force released in August to strengthen the World Bank’s capacity to identify, prevent and mitigate against GBV in World Bank supported projects.

In its report, the GBV Task Force underlined that preventing sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) requires collaboration and action across different groups including contractors, government partners and communities, as well as the World Bank.

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The World Bank in implementing these recommendations, organized the retrofiting workshop to take the necessary measures to help prevent and respond appropriately to incidences of SEA, as well as other forms of GBV.

Anambra NEWMAP

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