Recent and ongoing projects

Mission:

Pakistan ranks 151st in the Global Gender Gap Index 2020, out of 153 countries. Economic opportunities for women are extremely limited, as is women’s political participation rate. Only a quarter of women participate in the labor market, compared to 85 percent of men. This rate is well below that of countries with similar income levels. In 2019, only 5% of management and senior management positions are held by women. Education for girls and boys remains highly unequal.

In this context, the French Development Agency (AFD) has founded a technical assistance program for the NTDC, which includes a gender component for the Keyal Khwar hydropower dam project.

In addition, AFD requires its partner NTDC to implement a set of policies, procedures, and tools aligned with national and local regulations, best practices, and international standards (World Bank Group) to continuously assess, manage, and monitor the E&S risks and impacts of its portfolio. These policies, procedures, and tools, along with the support of senior management and dedicated human and financial resources, are essential elements of an environmental and social management system (ESMS).

The mission consisted of drafting the terms of reference that will be used to recruit a consultant who will be responsible for:

   – on the one hand, to draft a gender action plan,

   – and on the other hand, to make a diagnosis of the internal capacities in terms of implementation of E&S studies, and to make recommendations, in particular for a formalization of their E&S procedures, and a proposal of training modules to be integrated into their training catalog.

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Results:

The deliverables that have been submitted to the client are the ToRs for the gender study and for the E&S technical assistance.