Integrated Climate Risk Management for Food Security and Livelihoods in Zimbabwe focusing on Masvingo and Rushinga Districts
Category: MCF
Document Type: Gender Assessment
SAP007 Integrated Climate Risk Management Project in Zimbabwe, September 2019
This document, dated 5 September 2019, is a Gender Analysis for the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Proposal SAP007, titled 'Integrated climate risk management for food security and livelihoods in Zimbabwe focusing on Masvingo and Rushinga Districts'. The project, a collaboration between WFP and the Government of Zimbabwe, aims to support the long-term adaptation of vulnerable and food-insecure households in Zimbabwe, specifically targeting 50,000 people, 66 percent of whom are women. Given that 70 percent of Zimbabwe's population relies on rain-fed agriculture and climate change has reduced cultivable land, the project seeks to strengthen national and community adaptation strategies by utilizing climate forecasts and information. Key obligations include increasing the adaptive capacity of food-insecure households through community-based asset creation and implementing risk transfer mechanisms via weather-index insurance. Subsequently, the project intends to enhance the investment capacity of smallholder farmers to sustain climate-resilient development gains. The affected sectors include agriculture, food security, livelihoods, climate change adaptation, and gender equality. The project has an estimated lifespan of 10 years. Compliance and monitoring involve baseline surveys (Masvingo completed March 2018, Rushinga planned early 2020) and intermediate surveys (analysis expected by June 2019). Relevant national frameworks mentioned include the Constitution of Zimbabwe, which guarantees equal citizenship rights and voids laws infringing on women's rights, and the National Gender Policy, which emphasizes gender equality and equity, including increasing gender responsiveness in environment, natural resources management, and climate change initiatives.
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SAP007: Integrated climate risk management for food security and livelihoods in Zimbabwe focusing on Masvingo and Rushinga Districts Zimbabwe | WFP | B.23/10 5 September 2019 Gender documentation for SAP007 WFP- Government of Zimbabwe Gender Analysis Green Climate Fund (GCF) Proposal This analysis comprises information from several sources. For the gender situation at national level a desk review has been carried out. In order to inform the selection of activities and provide a thorough snapshot of the gender situation on the ground, WFP used community consultations (in which at least 50% of the participants were women) as well as a comprehensive baseline exercise which was rolled out in Masvingo district in March 2018 (Please note that the new intermediate survey has been just finalised, but we are still waiting for the analysis of the data, which will not be ready before June. Also, a similar comprehensive baseline exercise is planned to take place early 2020 in Rushinga district. Once all the detailed data is available, this assessment and the gender action plan will be updated as needed and baselines for each district will be provided). Finally, separate WFP analysis on the impacts on women empowerment and food security were used to provide proof of impact of specific activities, such as asset creation/rehabilitation. Falling within the ‘low human development’ category,1 Zimbabwe is ranked 126 of 159 in the Gender Inequality Index2 and considered to have medium levels of gender discrimination in social institutions.3 Experiencing low human development and inequalities is a population of 15,6 million, of which slightly more than half being female (51.9%)4 and one third aged 15 to 34 years. Life expectancy for men is 59 years and 62 for women.5 Approximately two-thirds (65%) of households are headed by males and one-third (35%) by females.6 1. Normative Frameworks The Constitution of Zimbabwe recognises that women and men have equal citizenship rights. “It accords to women the right to custody and guardianship, and makes void all laws, customs, cultural practices and traditions that infringe on the rights of women and girls”. Further, Zimbabwe has a National Gender Policy that places strong emphasis on gender equality and equity and envisions a gender-just society in which men and women enjoy equity and benefit as equal partners in the development of the country. The Policy has 8 thematic focus areas, in which one of them aims to increase gender responsiveness of the environment and natural resources management strategies, and of climate change adaptation and mitigation initiatives. In relation to this important thematic area, the National Gender Policy recognises the following: • That women are already in a disadvantaged position, effects of climate change threaten to further increase the inequality. 1 http://hdr.undp.org/en/composite/HDI 2 http://hdr.undp.org/en/composite/GII 3 https://www.genderindex.org/country/zimbabwe/ 4 ZIMSTAT (2013a). 2012 Population Census Results. Final Report. ZIMSTAT, Harare. 5 www.who.int/countries/zwe/en/ 6 GoZ-ZUNDAF. 2012. Zimstat 2012 men and women ZUNDAF 2011–2015. 1 • The reliance of women on natural resources for food and income, limited access to
Tags: Adaptation, Adaptation Planning, Agriculture, Climate Change, Climate Change Risks, Climate Finance, Climate Fund, Compliance, Development, Disaster Risk Management, Equity, Food, Food Security, Funding, Gender, Governance, Grant, Insurance, Investment, Meteorology, Policy, Reporting, Social Justice
Sector: Public