Song Bung 4 Hydropower Project Implementation of Gender Action Plan

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VIE: Song Bung 4VIE: Song Bung 4

Hydropower ProjectHydropower Project

Implementation ofImplementation of

Gender Action PlanGender Action PlanMonawar SultanaMonawar Sultana

Sr. Social Development Specialist, SEENSr. Social Development Specialist, SEEN

05 July 201105 July 2011

The views expressed in this paper are the views of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies ofthe Asian Development Bank (ADB), or its Board of Governors, or the governments they represent. ADB does notguarantee the accuracy of the data included in this paper and accepts no responsibility for any consequence oftheir use. The countries listed in this paper do not imply any view on ADB's part as to sovereignty or independentstatus or necessarily conform to ADB's terminology.


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Project BackgroundProject Background

ADBADB approvedapproved LoanLoan 24292429--VIEVIE onon 2626 JuneJune 20082008 forfor $$196196million,million, whichwhich becamebecame effectiveeffective onon 1616 JanuaryJanuary 20092009..

TheThe ProjectProject consistsconsists ofof thethe constructionconstruction ofof 156156 megawattmegawatt(MW)(MW) hydropowerhydropower plantplant onon thethe SongSong BungBung inin thethe VuVu GiaGia--ThuThuBonBon riverriver basinbasin..

TheThe ProjectProject isis locatedlocated inin NamNam GiangGiang districtdistrict ofof QuangQuang NamNamprovinceprovince inin centralcentral VietViet NamNam andand itsits predominantlypredominantly inhabitedinhabited


byby indigenousindigenous peoplepeople belongingbelonging toto thethe CoCo TuTu ethnicethnic minorityminority..

TheThe ProjectProject willwill resultresult inin thethe relocationrelocation ofof 224224 mainlymainly CoCo TuTuhouseholdshouseholds inin ZuoihZuoih communecommune ofof NamNam GiangGiang districtdistrict..

TheThe ProjectProject isis alsoalso supportedsupported byby aa complementarycomplementary grantgrant ofof $$22millionmillion financedfinanced byby JapanJapan FundFund forfor PovertyPoverty ReductionReduction (JFPR)(JFPR)91209120:: LivelihoodLivelihood ImprovementImprovement ofof VulnerableVulnerable EthnicEthnic MinorityMinorityCommunitiesCommunities AffectedAffected byby thethe SBSB44HPPHPP inin QuangQuang NamNamProvinceProvince..


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REMDP Document StructureREMDP Document Structure

Volume 1:

Cross Cutting Issues

Volume 2:

Resettlement and EthnicMinority Development Plan

JFPRProject

Gender

Action Plan

Social

Management

Plan

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and Development Plan

Volume 3:

Project (Construction)Land Resettlement Plan

Volume 4:

Down/Upstream Mitigationand Resettlement Plan

LivelihoodImprovementProgram

Gender Analysisand Gender ActionPlan

Health and Safety


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Co Tu Ethnic Minority People


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Situation of Co Tu WomenSituation of Co Tu Women

AllAll thethe fourfour reservoirreservoir affectedaffected villagesvillages andand thethe hosthost villagevillageconsistconsist almostalmost entirelyentirely ofof CoCo TuTu ethnicethnic minorityminority peoplepeople withwithanan ownown cultureculture andand languagelanguage..

TheThe ethnicethnic minorityminority culture,culture, customarycustomary legallegal system,system, andandsubsistencesubsistence economyeconomy definesdefines thethe lifelife ofof aa CoCo TuTu woman,woman,

herher place,place, role,role, taskstasks andand optionsoptions inin herher lifelife.. CoCo TuTu cultureculture

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..

WomenWomen havehave nono ownershipownership ofof land,land, houseshouses oror otherotherassetsassets.. ThisThis makesmakes themthem dependentdependent onon theirtheir husbands,husbands, ororifif widowedwidowed oror divorced,divorced, onon malemale relativesrelatives..

MostMost CoCo Tu,Tu, especiallyespecially women,women, havehave aa lowlow educationeducationlevellevel..


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BothBoth menmen andand womenwomen taketake carecare ofof cultivationcultivation activitiesactivities..MenMen dodo huntinghunting andand fishingfishing inin thethe river,river, whilewhile womenwomen dodofieldfield preparationpreparation forfor agricultureagriculture activities,activities, sowing,sowing, planting,planting,weeding,weeding, andand collectcollect forestforest products,products, collectcollect firewoods,firewoods,catchcatch smallsmall fishfish inin riversrivers andand taketake carecare ofof thethe fishpondsfishponds ininvillagesvillages..


constructionconstruction workwork ofof houses,houses, butbut womenwomen areare involvedinvolved ininalmostalmost allall taskstasks relatedrelated toto agricultureagriculture andand animalanimal breedingbreeding..

TimeTime--wisewise womenwomen apparentlyapparently workwork moremore thanthan menmen inin

cultivation,cultivation, livestocklivestock breedingbreeding andand forestryforestry asas wellwell asas ininchildcarechildcare andand foodfood preparationpreparation..


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ExistingExisting governmentgovernment programsprograms extensionextension trainingtraining activitiesactivitieshavehave beenbeen providedprovided toto thethe FarmersFarmers UnionUnion inin villagesvillages andandaa fewfew representativesrepresentatives forfor WomensWomens UnionUnion.. VeryVery fewfewwomenwomen havehave hadhad possibilitypossibility toto participateparticipate inin technicaltechnicaltrainingtraining..

ThereThere isis nono otherother developmentdevelopment agenciesagencies workingworking inin thethe


..

GivenGiven thethe remoteness,remoteness, thethe villagersvillagers dodo notnot havehave accessaccess totobasicbasic healthhealth service,service, water,water, sanitationsanitation andand educationeducationfacilitiesfacilities..


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Implementation of Gender Action PlanImplementation of Gender Action Plan

IntegrationIntegration ofof gendergender concernsconcerns intointo allall resettlementresettlementactivitiesactivities suchsuch asas::

(i)(i) ResettlementResettlement;;

(ii)(ii) CommunityCommunity MobilizationMobilization


andand CapacityCapacity BuildingBuilding;;

(iii)(iii) LivelihoodLivelihood ImprovementImprovement ProgramProgram


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ResettlementResettlement ParticipationParticipation ofof womenwomen inin allall disclosuredisclosure;;

ParticipationParticipation ofof womenwomen inin detaileddetailed measurementmeasurement surveysurvey

ParticipationParticipation ofof womenwomen inin allall consultationsconsultations relatedrelated toto

resettlementresettlement sitesite developmentdevelopment planningplanning;; villagevillage layoutlayout


,, ,,waterwater andand sanitationsanitation location,location, communitycommunity hall,hall, schools,schools,etc)etc);;

ParticipationParticipation ofof womenwomen inin landland allocationallocation forfor housing,housing,

uplandupland andand gardengarden landland AwardAward ofof LandLand UserUser RightRight CertificateCertificate forfor UplandUpland andand

HousingHousing LandLand toto bothboth husbandhusband andand wifewife;; WomenWomen--HeadedHeaded householdshouseholds


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ResettlementResettlement IdentificationIdentification ofof forestforest resource,resource, wetwet ricerice field,field,

fishpondfishpond inin thethe resettlementresettlement sitessites;;

resettlementresettlement sitesite constructionconstruction monitoringmonitoring;;

CompensationCompensation paymentpayment toto bothboth manman andand womenwomen


BankBank accountaccount inin bothboth husbandhusband andand wifeswifes namesnames totosavesave compensationcompensation moneymoney;; BankBank accountsaccounts havehave beenbeenopenopen forfor 33 villagesvillages;;


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On the way to affected

villages forConsultation


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villages for

Consultation


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villages for

Consultation


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Womens Participation

in Consultation


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Womens participation in Village layout

planning in the Resettlement sites


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Women participation in Consultation


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Showing VillageBoundary

Women and menin Pa PangResettlementSite Discussing

Village Layout


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Consultation inPa pang hostvillage


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Women and men reviewing the villagelayout


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Rice Field Identification by men and women teamin the Resettlement Site


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Village Womens

Union leaderpresenting villagelayout map to theVillagers


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Village WomensUnion leaderpresenting villagelayout map to theVillagers


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Womens

participation invillage layoutplanning


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Women and men

discussing villagelayout map ofResettlement Site


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Women and men

discussing villagelayout map ofResettlement Site


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in community mobilization, capacityin community mobilization, capacitybuildingbuilding

Development of Village Resettlement Development Group(VRDG) with affected people 50% womens representation;

Development of District level coordination meeting with VRDG

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men an women mem ers an e s r c ese emenManagement Implementation Unit (RMIU)

All VRDG Members (men and women) received training onEntitlement, Resettlement Site Development Plan; Monitoringof Construction of resettlement site, Leadership training,Extension training, opening of Bank account etc;


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Implementation of Gender Action PlanImplementation of Gender Action Planin community mobilization, capacityin community mobilization, capacitybuildingbuilding

Formation of Womens group in each village;

Monthly meeting of the VRDG with the men and women from

affected households to discuss resettlement issues, livelihood


program, ea awareness campa gn, s an umantrafficking;

Developed one man and one woman Community Facilitatorfrom each village;

Developed one man and one woman village extension workerson livestock, agriculture, fishery from each village;


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Implementation of Gender Action PlanImplementation of Gender Action Planin community mobilization, capacityin community mobilization, capacitybuildingbuilding

Develop village health workers one man and one womanfrom each village;

Literacy class in the 4 affected villages and Pa Pang host


v age mos par c pan s are women


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Village Livestock Extension Workerin Pa Dhi Village Trained

Capacity Development of AffectedCapacity Development of AffectedPeoplePeople


Village Health WorkerTrained


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Literacy Class


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Bank accountopened for bothhusband and wifes

name in Pa Pang


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Green ManurePreparation for Wet RiceField in Pa Pang HostVillage

New Extension TrainingNew Extension Training


Wet Rice FieldDevelopment


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Wet Rice Field

Development


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New technique of weeding


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Women Village

AgricultureExtensionWorker


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Participation of Women

in Bean Cultivation andImproved StorageFacility Training;Protection of Field fromWild Life Training


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Women Village

AgricultureExtensionWorker


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Field Trainingon Agriculture


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Pilot Bean Cultivation (new technique lessen thedrudgery of weeding because the new cultivationtechnique follow the contour line)


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