EmPower II: Women for Climate Resilient Societies
With EmPower II, SDC contributes to a SIDA-funded project of UN-Women and UNEP promoting climate-resilient development for women and other marginalized groups. SDC’s support enables disaggregated data products for gender-responsive DRR and climate strategies and enhances capacities on the subnational level among policy-makers and CSOs. SDC’s support also facilitates financial access and literacy on renewable energy in Cambodia, Bangladesh and Indonesia.
| Pays/région | Thème | Période | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|
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Asie |
Changement climatique & environnement Gender
Réduction des risques de catastrophes
Organisations et institutions pour l'égalité des femmes Politique de l’environnement |
01.12.2023
- 31.12.2025 |
CHF 285’000
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- Entité des Nations Unies pour l’égalité des sexes et l’autonomisation des femmes
- EmPower phase II is a UN-joint programme and follows a pass-through fund management modality, administered and convened by UN Women, and directly implemented by both UN Women and UNEP
- In Cambodia with projects RECOFTC (supporting the development of National Gender Strategic Plan for Cambodian Ministry of Women Affairs), as well as Nurture, CASFor and 3EIs where skill building for entrepreneurs with climate-resilient livelihood
- In Bangladesh, the SDC is in the process of starting the project “Access to Finance for Enterprises”
- In Indonesia with the ongoing Swiss Humanitarian Aid Direct Action with the Indonesia Disaster Management Authority (BNPB)
- In the Pacific region, UN-Women implements the “Global Gender Equality Accelerator” for women leadership and gender-responsiveness in global disaster risk reduction and climate change processes and frameworks
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Secteur selon catégorisation du Comité d'aide au développement de l'OCDE PREVÉNTION CATASTROPHES / PRÉPARATION À LEUR SURVENUE
GOUVERNEMENT ET SOCIETE CIVILE
PROTECTION DE L’ENVIRONNEMENT GÉNÉRAL
Sous-Secteur selon catégorisation du Comité d'aide au développement de l'OCDE Prévention des catastrophes et préparation à leur survenue
Organisations et institutions pour l’égalité des femmes
Politique de l’environnement et gestion administrative
Thème transversal Le projet contribue à améliorer le fonctionnement de l'organisation partenaire
Type d'aide Contribution à des projets ou programmes
Numéro de projet 7F11298
| Contexte | Across Asia and the Pacific, environmental degradation, the cumulative impact of frequent disasters, climate-induced hazards and changing annual weather patterns increasingly jeopardize development gains. Since 2018, EmPower has worked on enhancing climate-resilient development of marginalized people. Phase I took place from 2018-2022 in Bangladesh, Cambodia and Viet Nam and at the regional level of Asia-Pacific, with funding from the SIDA. |
| Objectifs | Through EmPower project phase II, women and other marginalized groups in the Asia-Pacific region will be less vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and experience greater gender equality and enjoyment of their rights, including equal access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. |
| Groupes cibles | Women entrepreneurs and women-led small and medium-sized enterprises, Youth, ethnic minorities or Indigenous groups, LGBTQ, refugees, internally displaced persons and migrants, people living with disabilities and people living with HIV, Women’s rights organizations and CSOs, National and subnational government agencies, Private sector and financial institutions, Intergovernmental organizations. |
| Effets à moyen terme |
The contribution of the SDC focuses on two outcomes and two outputs: Outcome 1: Increased action on gender responsive climate change adaptation and mitigation Outcome 3: Women and other marginalized groups in the Asia-Pacific region secure climate-resilient livelihoods |
| Résultats |
Principaux résultats attendus: Under output 1.1 of EmPower II, the Swiss contribution focuses on enabling the production and use of disaggregated gender and climate data to improve gender-responsive, human rights-based climate change, renewable energy and DRR policies and plans. Through output 3.1, technical and financial training will support women and other marginalized groups on climate-resilient technologies and renewable energy-based businesses. Principaux résultats antérieurs: While most targets were exceeded, a learning was to improve exchanges between the involved UN-agencies and systematically integrating a leave no-one behind approach. |
| Direction/office fédéral responsable |
DDC |
| Partenaire de projet |
Partenaire contractuel Organisme des Nations Unies (ONU) |
| Coordination avec d'autres projets et acteurs |
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| Budget | Phase en cours Budget de la Suisse CHF 285’000 Budget suisse déjà attribué CHF 142’500 Budget y compris partenaires de projet CHF 7’700’000 Projet total depuis la première phase Budget y compris partenaires de projet CHF 285’000 |
| Phases du projet | Phase 1 01.12.2023 - 31.12.2025 (Phase en cours) |
