August PGM-WEE News Letter 2020 Project on Gender Mainstreaming for Women’s Economic Empowerment

Table of Contents Pilot activities in provinces have resumed  Resume pilot activities in Since March 2020, the spread of COVID-19 had caused limitations on having Kampong Thom, Tboung meetings and travel between provinces in , and restrictions on Khmum and working in the office of MoWA. Under this situation, PGM-WEE could not Provinces implement most project activities, particularly the pilot activities at the  Support for responding to the provincial level . We continued regular meetings with MoWA counterpart and effects of COVID-19 in tourism project staff, discussed training contents and prepared training materials sector through online meetings. In mid-June, when the influence of COVID-19 Recent Activities calmed down, project activities gradually resumed following the guidance Apr. 2020 from the Ministry of Health in Cambodia. However, as Japanese experts are  not yet allowed to travel to Cambodia, we are continuing to work with our  Preparation for the training in counterpart through online meetings, technical support, exchanging ideas, Japan preparing and reviewing the activities, etc. We will also take necessary  Province measures to prevent the infection of COVID-19 by wearing masks,  Data compilation of the end-line disinfecting hands and tables before and after the training, opening windows survey and doors for air circulation, and ensuring social distancing. 

 Preparation for the training   Selection of the candidate sites for pilot activity

 Tboung Khmum Province  Printing and distribution of Gender Statistics Booklet May. 2020 

 Data compilation of the end-line Participants in the planning workshop Taking temperature before training Kampong Thom Province (Siem Reap Provinc e survey （ ） ）  Siem Reap Province Kampong Thom Province  Preparation for the training The third WEE-WG meeting and the planning workshop were conducted in  Kampong Thom Province Kampong Thom Province from 29 to 31 July. At these meetings, H. E. WCCC  Report of rapid feasibility survey chairperson, WEE-WG members and MoWA counterpart agreed on the target Jun. 2020 village for the pilot activity in the province, objective of the activity and the  Siem Reap Province main activities. The candidate sites were scored based on the results of the  Conduct training on Session 5 rapid feasibility survey with reference to the selection criteria. And, after and 6 consultation with WEE-WG, two sites were selected for the pilot activities:  Tboung Khmum Province Sam Bo commune (rattan and bamboo products) and Prey Kuy commune  Conduct rapid feasibility survey (small-scale vegetable cultivation and poultry farming). In the planning Jul. 2020 workshop, participants conducted problem and objective analysis based on  Kampong Thom Province the gender issues identified in each village. The workshop was mainly  The third WEE-WG meeting facilitated by MoWA counterpart, and  Planning Workshop  Siem Reap Province finally, they confirmed the contents of  Conduct training on Session 7 the major pilot activities. Although no  Preparation for the impact Japanese experts attended the survey of the tourism sector, workshop, MoWA counterpart carried hygiene control training and out the workshop in confidence, tourism promotion video following input from the expert in the online preparatory meeting and Please visit JICA's website and JICA detailed discussions. At the next WEE- Cambodia Office's Facebook page to WG, Project Design Matrix (PDM) and Problem and objective analysis in the learn more about our activities: Plan of Operation (PO) for the pilot planning workshop （ Kampong Thom https://www.jica.go.jp/project/cambodia/023/i th st activities will be discussed. Our Province 29 -31 July ） ndex.html https://www.facebook.com/JICACambodia/ counterpart is expected to continue such active initiatives in the next meeting. PGM-WEE: Project on Gender Mainstreaming for Women’s Economic Empowerment

Tboung Khmum Province from the target group participated in each session, and On June 23-25, rapid they actively engaged in the training. The Ministry of Rural feasibility survey Development, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and was carried out in Fisheries, the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of the four candidate Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation, which were sites to select target related to the contents of the training, were also involved villages for the pilot in the training. By encouraging active participation from activities. Although it had been postponed the partner line ministries, it could be promoted gender due to COVID-19, it mainstreaming across the partner line ministries and could finally be their understanding of the project activities. FGD in the rapid feasibility survey implemented. WEE- (Tboung Khmum Province 23 th -

WG chairperson 25 th June ) Gender Statistics Booklet Dissemination The project has been (Deputy Governor), supporting preparation WEE-WG members (12 persons) and MoWA counterpart of gender statistics (7 persons) were divided into three teams and worked in booklet in the four pilot pairs to conduct the survey. The survey consists of (1) provinces. PDWA and interviews with local authorities, (2) Focus Group PDOP lead the work, Discussions (FGD) with farmers separated into men’s and collecting necessary women’s groups, and (3) market surveys with retailers data and information and wholesalers. FGD was led by MoWA and PDWA from each Provincial counterpart. Market survey was conducted by the Department (PD). Ministry of Commerce and Provincial Department of Gender Statistics Booklet Dissemination As the booklet was Tboung Khmum Province 10 th June Commerce so as to involve the concerned ministries and （ ） completed in Tboung departments in the project activities. As the survey Khmum Province, it was distributed to PDs , District completed satisfactorily, we will further discuss the target Offices and other concerned institutions at the meeting sites and possible activities based on the findings of (1), on 10 th June. It is expected that the data will continue to (2) and (3). be regularly updated and will be utilized to promote Siem Reap Province gender mainstreaming at the provincial level. MoWA counterpart and Japanese Support for responding to the effects experts continued of COVID-19 in tourism sector PGM-WEE will try to support addressing the impacts on online meetings and women who are working in the tourism sector. Firstly, the preparatory work project will conduct a field survey together with MoWA for the Siem Reap counterpart to grasp how COVID-19 has been affecting activities during women in Siem Reap and Kampong Thom Provinces in the April and May. After tourism sector. Based on the result of the survey, we will resuming the pilot Sessions of Business Training identify the women’s needs and consider what kind of activities, MoWA th th （Siem Reap Province 13 -16 July ） support is necessary. Then, it will also examine what counterpart, action could be taken within the project activity. Besides, PDWA, partner ministries and departments collaborate in collaboration with MoWA and the Ministry of Tourism, and carried out business training, session 5, 6 and 7, in PGM-WEE has been coordinating the training for hygiene Kompong Phluk on 22-26 June and 13-16 July. Japanese control, which targets women working on CBT expert also supported the sessions remotely, during the (Community Based Tourism) and retailing. In addition, breaks between sessions, to check the progress of the the project is also considering producing tourism training and participants’ understanding. Although it was promotion videos focusing on women in the tourism the first time for Japanese expert to join in the activities sector that could contribute to bringing back tourists both online, the sessions completed successfully and it was locally and internationally. Although COVID-19 has relieved. Session 5 was focused on “Customer Analysis”, severely affected the tourism sector in the two provinces, and session 6 was about “Production Planning”. Also, we would like to try to improve the situation of women in session 7 was on “Business Environment” which included the tourism, even a little better. training on “Hospitality” and “5S”. Around 20-25 women

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