World Bank

South sudan women’s social and Economic Empowerment project
Development Objective:
The project development objective is to increase girls and women’s access to livelihood, entrepreneurial and GBV services and to strengthen the government’s capacity to provide these services.
The development objective of Womens Social and Economic Empowerment Project for South Sudan is to increase girls and women’s access to livelihood, entrepreneurial and Gender-based violence (GBV) services and to strengthen the government’s capacity to provide these service.
This project has four components.
  1. The first component, Community Empowerment Support to Women and Girls, aims to support an increase in women’s and girls’ access to social and livelihoods support services through a community-based approach focusing on the construction of Women’s Economic Community Center (WECCs), which will offer a core package of integrated services in women and girl friendly spaces.
  2. The second component, Women’s Entrepreneurial Opportunity Facility, will focus on women owned SGBs. 
  3. The third component, Services for Survivors of GBV, has the following sub-components: (i) National GBV Hotline and Coordination; and (ii) A Safe House Facility for Survivors of GBV.
  4. The fourth component, Institutional Strengthening and Project Management, has the following sub-components:     (i) Institutional Strengthening; and (ii) Project Management.
South Sudan Productive Safety Net for Socioeconomic Opportunities Project
Development Objective:
To provide cash transfers and access to income generating opportunities and strengthen the National Safety Net Delivery System.
The development objective of the Productive Safety Net for Socioeconomic Opportunities Project for South Sudan is to provide cash transfers and access to income generating opportunities and strengthen the national safety net delivery system.
The project comprises of four components.
  1. Cash transfer and complementary social measures will provide cash assistance to poor and vulnerable households (HHs) in selected counties to meet immediate consumption gaps while also supporting resilience building to withstand future natural shocks and promoting improved HH awareness and investment in human capital growth. It consists of following sub-components: Cash for labor-intensive public works and complementary social measures;
  2. Direct income support.provision of economic opportunities will implement measures aimed at enhancing economic opportunities of poor and vulnerable youth in an effort to support them to become productive citizens of South Sudan.
  3. Strengthened institutional capacity and social protection system will support institutional capacity building for SP and strengthening of the safety net delivery system to serve as the foundation of an eventual government-led national safety net program in South Sudan.
  4. project management, monitoring and evaluation, and knowledge generation will support the day-to-day project management, monitoring, and coordination, as well as broader knowledge generation.

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