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Policy Mapping: Women’S Economic Empowerment in Rwanda ~ IDRC I CRDI International Development Research Centre Centre de recherches pour le développement international Policy mapping: Women’s economic empowerment in Rwanda Also funded by BILLd-Ml:LINDA . WILLIAM • PLOlA ndotl GATES f,,,_,,,u,,",, I~r I-IENtlettFou on 3 Women’s economic empowerment in Rwanda Report by Judith Kaitesi Katabarwa © 2020, International Development Research Centre This is one of five country-based scoping papers About the GrOW East Africa initiative commissioned by the International Development The Growth and Economic Opportunities for Research Centre to inform the foundations of the GrOW Women (GrOW) East Africa initiative seeks to spur East Africa initiative. Opinions stated in this paper are transformative change to advance gender equality in those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the the world of work. It is funded by the Bill & Melinda views of IDRC or the GrOW East Africa funders. Gates Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and Canada’s International Development Author’s Acknowledgements Research Centre (IDRC). Building on the success of This policy mapping process would not have been the multi-funder GrOW program, GrOW East Africa possible without the invaluable inputs and support from aims to enhance gender equality and the economic a wide range of stakeholders, including implementers, empowerment of marginalized women in five countries development partners, gender advocates, policymakers, of focus: Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and researchers, and beneficiaries in Rwanda. I am Uganda. It will foster new in-country knowledge, extremely grateful for all the input received. Thanks to innovations, and solutions to inform policies and the researchers and institutions that took the time to programs addressing unpaid care work, sex segregation participate in interviews, focus group discussions, and in labour markets, and women’s employment. consultations during this mapping exercise. Thanks also to Prof Alfred Bizoza for his technical inputs About IDRC towards validating data in this paper. Special thanks to Part of Canada’s foreign affairs and development GrOW East Africa program for providing funding for this efforts, IDRC invests in knowledge, innovation, and policy paper, and to Dr. Paul Okwi, Dr. Martha Melesse, solutions to improve lives and livelihoods in the and Dr. Jemimah Njuki of the IDRC team for their developing world. guidance and input. Contact About the Author International Development Research Centre Judith Kaitesi Katabarwa is an evaluation and PO Box 8500, Ottawa, ON gender expert with nineteen years of experience Canada K1G 3H9 in public sector, private sector, and civil society Tel: (+1) 613-236-6163 organizations, and with the United Nations. A certified Email: [email protected] project manager and performance technologist, www.idrc.ca/grow-eastafrica she has expertise in research, gender analysis and audits, capacity development, institutional audits, Cover photo quality assurance, and partnership building. She A female teapicker in a green tea-field in Rwanda, holds a Bachelor’s Degree and Master of Business Africa. (iStock) Administration from Makerere University and the University of Central Lancashire, respectively and she © 2019 Tumaine Ocheng Geno, courtesy of the studied Development Evaluation at Carleton University. Joint Programme on Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment The report is made possible with financial support from the GrOW Africa Iniative. Table of Contents LIST OF ACRONYMS ........................................................................................................................................................4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................................................6 1. INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................................................................10 1.1 Outline of the scoping paper ........................................................................................................................................11 1.2 Data collection methods ...............................................................................................................................................12 1.3 Data analysis ................................................................................................................................................................13 1.4 Limitations ....................................................................................................................................................................15 2. COUNTRY CONTEXT ..................................................................................................................................................16 2.1 General economic status ..............................................................................................................................................17 2.2 Economic status of women in Rwanda .........................................................................................................................17 2.3 WEE and gender disparities ..........................................................................................................................................18 2.4 Effects of COVID-19 and the recovery plan on WEE .....................................................................................................19 3. POLICIES AND PROGRAMS .................................................................................................................................... 22 3.1 Broader policies and programs for WEE .......................................................................................................................21 3.2 Policies and programs on unpaid care work .................................................................................................................22 3.3 Policies and programs on gender segregation of labour ..............................................................................................29 3.4 Policies and programs on collective action ..................................................................................................................34 3.5 Summary reflections on policies and programs in Rwanda .........................................................................................38 4. POLICY SPACE AND RESEARCH ENTRY POINTS ............................................................................................ 40 5. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RESEARCH UPTAKE ............................................................................................ 42 5.1 Unpaid care work ..........................................................................................................................................................44 5.2 Sex segregation ............................................................................................................................................................44 5.3 Collective action ...........................................................................................................................................................45 6. CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................................................. 46 REFERENCES .................................................................................................................................................................. 48 Annex 1: Summary tables for women’s economic empowerment policy/program landscape .............53 Annex 2: Data collection tools/ Key guiding interview questions ................................................................. 70 Annex 3: Profiles and snapshot of potential research partners for IDRC .................................................... 72 Annex 4: Sample studies/surveys/evaluations conducted by key stakeholders ..................................... 78 Acronyms BDF Business Development Fund MINECOFIN Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning CSO Civil society organization MINICOM Ministry of Trade, Commerce, and Industry Integrated Household Living Conditions EICV M&E Monitoring and Evaluation Survey FAO Food and Agriculture Organization NECD National Early Child Development FFRP Forum for Women Parliamentarians NEP National Employment Program GBS Gender Budget Statement NGO Nongovernmental Organizations GMO Gender Monitoring Office NGM National Gender Machinery Growth and Economic Opportunities for GrOW Women NISR National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda IDRC International Development Research Centre NST National Strategy for Transformation Joint Programme on Rural Women Economic JPRWEE Empowerment NWC National Women’s Council International Fund for Agricultural Promoting Opportunities for Women’s IFAD Development POWER Empowerment and Rights MFI Microfinance institutions RCA Rwanda Cooperative Agency MIGEPROF Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion SACCO Savings and Credit Cooperative Organizations MINAGRI Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resource SDGs Sustainable Development Goals 4 Swedish International Development SIDA Cooperation Agency THM Transformative Household Methodology Technical and Vocational Education and UCW Unpaid care work TVET Training UN United Nations UN United Nations VSLA Village savings and loan association UNDP United Nations Development
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