Yemen: Analysis of Women Economic Empowerment and Gender Mainstreaming Interventions

Oct 10, 2018 | CTG
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CTG Overview     

CTG support and manage humanitarian projects in fragile and conflict-affected countries around the world. With past performance in 15 countries – from the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia and Central and South America – we offer a holistic fabric of project management, implementation and support. Skilled in emergency response to crises such as the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, we have the ability to act quickly (crisis response teams can be on the ground in 24 hours) and to establish structured operations in high-risk environments. CTG recruit and manage qualified, skilled teams with extensive experience operating in challenging conditions.

Overview of position        

In Yemen, since mid-March 2015, the conflict has spread to 20 of the country’s 22 governorates, prompting a large-scale protection crisis and aggravating an already dire humanitarian crisis brought on by years of poverty, poor governance and ongoing instability. Since the intensification of fighting, the number of people in need of some form of humanitarian assistance has increased by 33% from 15.9 million to 21.1 million people. This means that 80% of Yemen’s population now require some assistance to meet their basic needs for food, water, healthcare, shelter and other basic supplies, or to protect their fundamental rights. More than 12 million people have been directly affected by the conflict, including more than 7 million children.

The objective of the EU-funded Enhanced Rural Resilience in Yemen (ERRY) is to enhance the self-reliance of rural people and communities to better cope with crises, risks and shocks. The programme will be implemented for a period of three years (starting March, 2016) in four governorates: Hajjah, Hodeidah, Lahj and Abyan. 

Role objectives  

The overall objective of the ERRY joint programme will be achieved through a complementary approach building on participating UN agencies’ comparative advantages through the following two outcomes:

  • Outcome 1:  Communities are better able to manage local risks and shocks for increased economic self-reliance and enhanced social cohesion.
  • Outcome 2: Institutions are responsive, accountable and effective to deliver services, build the social contract and meet community identified needs

Within its three-year timeframe, the following results will be achieved:

  • Community livelihoods and productive assets are improved to strengthen resilience and economic self-reliance;
  • Communities benefit from improved and more sustainable livelihoods opportunities through better access to solar energy;
  • Informal networks promote social cohesion through community dialogue and delivery of services;
  • Increased capacity of local actors and strengthened partnership of private sector to enhance collective actions, aid delivery and economic recovery.

ERRY focuses on the most vulnerable such as women, the unemployed, youth, the Muhamasheen, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and stressed host communities, using inclusive, participatory and conflict-sensitive tools to mobilize and involve them in the proposed activities. Active partnerships with local authorities, the private sector, communities, the Social Fund for Development (SFD) and NGOs are sought for the successful implementation of the programme.

The women economic empowerment review for the ERRY JP is aimed to carry out an assessment and analysis of gender mainstreaming and women participation in the ongoing ERRY joint programme interventions, document impacts, best practices and drawn lessons learned and provide recommendations to improve the women participation, economic empowerment and benefit from all the programme interventions with very clear target and strategies for each component.

  • Document the current economic situation of Yemeni women in the geographical areas targeted by ERRY JP
  • Assess to what extent is the ERRY joint Programme targeted and benefit women particularly in economic empowerment by its various interventions under each programme component.
    • Type of interventions targeted women in each component of the programme                   
    • Number of women and percentage benefited from the programme
    • Percentage of resources used for activities directly targeted women
    • Document Case studies, best practices, lessons learned and impacts on women economic and social empowerment.
    • Document case studies in the level of increased income, improved skills and improved access to food etc of targeted women.
    • Assess and document impacts/results achieved on Women & their families (social & economic)
      • To what extent the programme interventions matches to the needs of women and contribute to change the life of the targeted women and households.
      • Relevancy of the interventions to the women economic need and resilience of the households
      • Identifying opportunities to enhance women’s economic empowerment for resilience building and provide an analysis on the extent to which the PUNOs/IPs already address gender concerns throughout their interventions.
      • Assess and document to what extend the programme mainstreaming gender in its interventions.
      • Review the challenges and constraints that limited the programme interventions including the capacity of IPs/PUNOs to advance gender mainstreaming activities and to increase women economic participations in each programme interventions and how to address the challenges in the future.
      • Provide recommendations, action plans and strategies to increase women economic participations/empowerment and benefit from the programme interventions

Project reporting               

Project Team Leader 

Key competencies              

Functional Competencies: 

  • Strong analytical, reporting and writing skills. 
  • Ability to work with cross-functional teams. 
  • Ability to persuade and influence others in order to gain specific details of impact and effect. 

Core Competencies: 

  • Works with communities and has a constructive, positive attitude. 
  • Possesses expert knowledge of women empowerment and gender mainstreaming. 
  • At least a masters’ degree in gender and development, social study, International Development, Development Economics/Planning, Economics, International Relations or any other relevant university degree. 
  • Knowledge of the general situation and similar working experience in the region. 
  • Extensive expertise, knowledge, and experience in the field of gender mainstreaming, women economic empowerment, community resilience, community livelihoods, early recovery. 
  • At least 10 years of experience working with international organizations and donors. 
  • Experience of women economic empowerment and gender in Yemen. 

Language Requirements: 

  • Fluent in English and Arabic. 
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.