USAID CREATING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES PROJECT GENDER INTEGRATION PLAN Jan 2018 – Jan 2023 Submission date (Rev. 1): 11 June 2018 Contract No: 72052018C000001 TABLE OF CONTENTS Acronyms and Abbreviations ....................................................................................................... 1 Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................... 3 Purpose and Methodology ............................................................................................................ 7 CEO Project-Level Gender Integration Strategy ...................................................................... 9 1 Component 1: Trade and investment promoted ............................................................... 10 1.1 Analysis of Gender-Based Constraints and Opportunities ........................................................... 10 1.2 Recommended Activities ....................................................................................................................... 17 2 Component 2: Financial Services Mobilized ....................................................................... 19 2.1 Analysis of Gender-Based Constraints and Opportunities ........................................................... 19 2.2 Recommended Activities ....................................................................................................................... 24 3 Component 3: Productive infrastructure upgraded .......................................................... 26 3.1 Analysis of Gender-Based Constraints and Opportunities ........................................................... 26 3.2 Recommended Activities ....................................................................................................................... 35 4 Component 4: Private Sector Capacity .............................................................................. 36 4.1 Private Sector Competitiveness increased ........................................................................................ 36 4.1.1 Analysis of Gender-Based Constraints and opportunities ............................................................. 36 4.1.2 Recommended Activities ....................................................................................................................... 41 4.2 Workforce Development ...................................................................................................................... 42 4.2.1 Analysis of Gender-Based Constraints and opportunities ............................................................. 42 4.2.2 Recommended Activities ....................................................................................................................... 48 5 Gender Integration into CEO Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning .............................. 50 6 Gender Integration into Communications ......................................................................... 51 7 Strategic Partnerships to support GAP Implementation ................................................. 53 8 List of selected activities for GAP Implementation ........................................................... 54 Annex A Basic Gender Concepts ........................................................................................... 59 Annex B Guatemala CEO Gender Analysis Questions ........................................................ 61 Annex C National Level Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Context ............................ 67 Annex D Legal and Policy Framework for Gender Equality In Guatemala ....................... 74 Annex E Fieldwork .................................................................................................................. 83 Annex F Gender Equality and Social inclusion Partners in Guatemala ............................. 88 End Notes ..................................................................................................................................... 99 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS AIDS Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome BCC Behavior Change Communication CAIMUS Integrated Support Centers for Women Survivors of Violence CBO Community Based Organization CDCS Country Development and Cooperation Strategy CEDAW The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women CEO Creating Economic Opportunities CICAM Center for Research, Training and Support for Women CONAPREVI National Coordinating Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Violence against Women COP Chief of Party CONMIGUAT National Coordinator for Microenterprises in Guatemala DCOP Deputy Chief of Party DEMI Defense of Indigenous Women DI Domestic investment DFS Digital Financial Services DHS Demographic Health Survey EC Economic corridors EPZ Export Processing Zone ESIA Environmental and social impact assessments FI Financial Institution FDI Foreign Direct Investment FGD Focus Group Discussion FHH Female-headed Household FPRP Fiscal and Procurement Reform Project FY Fiscal Year GAP Gender Action Plan GALS Gender Action Learning System GEM Gender Equity Model GBV Gender-based Violence GDI Gender Development Index GDP Gross Domestic Product GFP Gender Focal Point GII Gender Inequality Index GLI Gender lens investing GNI Gross National Income GOG Government of Guatemala GPI Gender Parity Sub-Index GSMA Global System for Mobile Communications HH Household HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus ICT Information and Communications Technologies IDB Inter-American Development Bank IDI In-depth interviews IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development IFC International Finance Corporation IM Investment Management IOM International Organization on Migration IR Intermediate Result IPE Investment promotion entity INE Institute of National Statistics INTECAP Technical Institute for Training and Productivity (Instituto Técnico de Capacitación y Productividad) Guatemala CEO Gender Action Pl a n ( 2 0 1 8 - 2 0 2 3 ) | i KSC Key stakeholder committee KYC Know Your Customer LAC Latin America and the Caribbean LDC Least developed countries LGBTQI Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex MCC Millennium Challenge Corporation M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MEL Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning MINECO Guatemalan Ministry of Economy MNE Multinational enterprises MSM Men who have sex with men MSME Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise MOU Memorandum of understanding NGO Non-governmental Organization PDF Project Development Fund PLWD People living with disabilities PNPDIM National Policy for the Promotion and Comprehensive Development of Women PPP Private-public partnerships SCDUR System of Urban and Rural Development Councils (Sistema de Consejos de Desarrollo Urbano Rural) SDGs Sustainable Development Goals SEZ Special Economic Zone SEPREM Presidential Secretariat for Women SG Savings Group SME Small and Medium Enterprise SMS Short Message Service SNP National Planning System (Sistema Nacional de Planificación SVET Sexual Violence, Exploitation and Trafficked Persons TFR Total Fertility Rate TVET Technical and Vocational Education and Training TWG Technical Working Group UN United Nations UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNDP United National Development Program UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNRISD United Nations Research Institute for Social Development USAID United States Agency for International Development USG United States Government WHO World Health Organization WEE Women’s economic empowerment WISE Women in Small Enterprise WOE Woman owned enterprise ZOI Zone of Influence 2 | Guatemala CEO Gender Action Plan (2018 - 2 0 2 3 ) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BACKGROUND The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Guatemala Creating Economic Opportunities (CEO) Project will support economic growth, private sector development, competitiveness, and job creation in Guatemala. It will strengthen promotion of investment and trade, catalyze productive infrastructure, develop Guatemala’s workforce, and improve the business-enabling environment. A core objective of the CEO Project is to strengthen the private sector as an engine of growth to reduce poverty, improve living conditions, and create sustainable economic opportunity for Guatemalans, at home. The CEO Project will design activities to empower and include marginalized groups. High levels of gender-based inequality and violence against women are brought on by economic insecurity, a culture of machismo, and women breaking out of traditional gender roles. Grounded in USAID’s Gender Equality and Female Empowerment Policy, the CEO Project will affirm the critical role women and girls play in accelerating economic development by creating opportunities, while emphasizing household prosperity and targeting both women and men with gender empowerment messaging in media and workshops to avoid exacerbating tensions. KEY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Key gender-based constraints and opportunities for achieving the desired impact across all Guatemala CEO components, and key strategic priorities for action are summarized below, organized by component. To be effective, this Gender Action Plan (GAP) must be fully integrated into the project work and M&E plan, as well as into individual component- specific work plans. COMPONENT 1: TRADE AND INVESTMENT PROMOTED Constraints • Women, indigenous people, youth, persons living with disability, and LGBTQI populations feel excluded from discussion and