Women’s Empowerment Activity (WEA) Project
Women’s Empowerment Activity (WEA) an innovative three-year program based on market-driven, community led interventions. Grounded in an enabling environment that engaged men, families and communities, WEA will enhance women’s leadership, income, assets and decision making in five Feed the Future (FTF) zone of influence districts. Nabolok has been implementing Feed the Future Bangladesh Women’s Empowerment Activity (WEA) project from October 2015 at field level in 5 Upazila (Batiagata, Dumuria, Digholia, Fultala and Paikgacha) with the supported by Winrock International and the project closing date is April 2018. Main beneficiaries of the project are rural community women 5000 and men 1250.
The goal of the project is to increase empowerment of women and gender parity in targeted areas of the Bangladesh’s Feed the Future zone of influence by achieving six intermediate results (IRs):
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Increased leadership in community economic or social groups by women
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Improved decision-making by women over productive resources
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Improved women’s control over income
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Strengthened decision-making by women in agricultural production
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Improved time use by women.
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Increased social acceptance of women’s empowerment
Major Interventions:
Major Achievement of WEA project |
Quantity |
Linking women/groups to Microfinance, financial services |
50 |
Establish group business for ELTE women group |
6 |
Social mobilization Special Day observation (8 March-Women Day) |
6 |
Organized BCC campaigns |
10 |
Indicator wise Accomplished Activities of the whole project span
IR |
Activity |
Total Target |
Duration of Project |
Total Achievement |
Justification |
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(LOP) |
Y-1 |
Y-2 |
Y-3 |
NCE |
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IR 1 |
INCREASED COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP BY WOMEN |
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IR 1.1 |
Strengthened community institutions |
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1.1.a |
LAC formation |
38 |
38 |
– |
– |
– |
38 |
|
1.1.b |
Conduct CAA |
225 |
225 |
– |
– |
– |
225 |
|
1.1.c |
Orientation for LAC members on WEA project and CAA process (one day) |
225 |
206 |
– |
– |
– |
206 |
|
1.1.d |
Conduct LfC training for LAC members (three days) |
427 |
427 |
– |
– |
– |
427 |
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1.1.e |
ELTE Female group formation |
200 |
200 |
– |
– |
– |
200 |
|
1.1.f |
ELTE Male group formation |
50 |
50 |
– |
– |
– |
50 |
|
1.1.g |
Organize ELTE training for Female group |
200 |
200 |
– |
– |
– |
200 |
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1.1.h |
Organize ELTE training for male group |
50 |
50 |
– |
– |
– |
50 |
|
1.1.i |
Ensure logistic for ELTE class room |
250 |
250 |
– |
– |
250 |
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1.1.j |
Organize ToT on ELTE course for ELTE facilitator (8 days) |
120 |
120 |
– |
– |
– |
120 |
|
1.1.k |
Organize refreshers on ELTE course for ELTE facilitator (4days) |
100 |
100 |
– |
– |
– |
100 |
Refresher training received on Female Facilitators |
1.1.l |
Ensure expert guest speakers’ from GoB participation in ELTE Training (1 person in 1 ELTE class in during first 5 months) |
2,000 |
1296 |
601 |
1,897 |
Due to fund constraint budget revised |
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1.1.m |
Ensure participation of LAC members in different meeting/forum at Union/Upazila/District level |
127 |
127 |
– |
– |
– |
127 |
|
1.1.n |
ELTE Facilitator selection (1 faciltator work with 2 women ELTE groups and 1 facilitator work with 3 men ELTE groups for the whole ELTE course) |
120 |
120 |
– |
– |
– |
120 |
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IR 1.2 |
Increased community life-skills |
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1.2.a. |
Select potential data collector (from ELTE Facilitator ) to collect data from filled ACE Scorecard (1 data collector from one ELTE Group) (ACE score card will be filled by beneficiary themselves) |
250 |
250 |
– |
– |
– |
250 |
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1.2.b |
Select potential data collector (from peer leader and community people) to rollout mobile based data collection system of beneficiary profile. (5 data collector for one Upazila) |
30 |
30 |
– |
– |
– |
30 |
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IR 2 |
IMPROVED DECISION MAKING BY WOMEN OVER PRODUCTIVE RESOURCES |
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IR 2.1 |
Increased decision-making by women in buying, selling or transferring productive assets and resources |
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2.1.a. |
Sub-sector market/value chain analysis |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
|
2.1.b. |
Review, develop and modify training curriculum |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
|
2.1.c. |
Select lead farmers and provide them ToT |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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2.1.d. |
Provide technical training (Agriculture, market linkage for IGA) |
100 |
100 |
– |
– |
– |
100 |
|
2.1.e. |
Establish collection center/hubs at Union/Upazila level |
2 |
– |
2 |
– |
– |
2 |
|
IR 2.2 |
Increased ownership of productive resources |
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IR 2.3 |
Increased access to credit |
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2.3.a |
Number of ELTE group involve with VSL activities |
76 |
3 |
23 |
50 |
– |
76 |
72 ELTE groups already active with VSL |
2.3.b. |
Linking women/groups to Microfinance, financial services |
76 |
3 |
23 |
50 |
– |
76 |
due to interest of ELTE member |
IR 3 |
IMPROVED WOMENT CONTROL OVER INCOME |
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IR 3.1 |
Increased financial literacy |
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3.1.a. |
Financial literacy training |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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3.1.b. |
Create group saving account with individual saving option |
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IR 3.2 |
Improved income generation |
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3.2.a. |
Establish individual business for ELTE women member: (two women from each ELTE) |
100 |
100 |
401 |
– |
501 |
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3.2.b |
Establish group business for ELTE women group |
30 |
– |
9 |
6 |
7 |
22 |
Due to less interest of beneficiaries |
IR 4 |
Strengthened decision making making by women in agricultural production |
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IR 4.1 |
Improved knowledge on agriculture production |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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4.1.a. |
Conduct training on diverse crops and house hold nutrition for women group and their families |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
|
IR 4.2 |
Improved knowledge of appropriate agricultural technology |
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4.2.a. |
Develop demonstration plots where extension agents of ACI will train women and men together on appropriate women friendly new agriculture technology |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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IR 5 |
IMPROVED TIME USE BY WOMEN |
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5.a. |
Gender related time use issue |
1666 |
– |
– |
– |
4587 |
4587 |
|
5.b. |
# of family practicing improved time-use techniques. |
1083 |
– |
– |
– |
1083 |
2268 |
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IR 6 |
INCREASED SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE OF WOMENS EMPOWERMENT |
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6.1 |
Social mobilization_Folk song (one in one Upazila per year) |
10 |
6 |
1 |
– |
– |
7 |
Due to Budget revised |
6.2 |
Social mobilization_Street Drama (one in one Upazila per year) |
10 |
5 |
1 |
– |
– |
6 |
Due to Budget revised |
6.3 |
Journalist workshop (Divisional and District based) |
1 |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
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6.4 |
Social mobilization_Special Day obserbation (8 March-Women Day) |
18 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
– |
18 |
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6.5 |
ToT to peer leader |
231 |
231 |
– |
– |
– |
231 |
|
6.6 |
Peer leader received training on beneficiary profile |
30 |
30 |
– |
– |
– |
30 |
|
6.7 |
Organized BCC campaigns |
10 |
– |
– |
10 |
– |
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WEA Project At A Glance:
