[{"bbox": [97, 186, 1175, 238], "category": "Text", "text": "Activities related to Output 1.3 (OP1.3): **Empowered indigenous and afro-descendant women and youth in disaster risk management and adaptation to the impacts of climate change.**"}, {"bbox": [97, 270, 1175, 351], "category": "Text", "text": "1.3.1 Establishment (Implementation) of the NIC-ALERT-NET grants fund to which CSOs can apply through a selection process to support women and youth's solidarity networks and collective initiatives for DRR and climate change adaptation measures."}, {"bbox": [135, 379, 1175, 485], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Launch and attribution of grants for Lot 1: Strengthening women's and youth's capacities and leadership in the face of disaster risk and the impact of climate change - through environmental awareness-raising, climate-relevant education and training, and promoting positive leadership and strengthening of their organisations and work networks. Inclusion of actions aiming at conflict prevention, resolution and peacebuilding;"}, {"bbox": [135, 487, 1175, 566], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Launch and attribution of grants for Lot 2: Preventing and protecting women and children against gender-based violence, with the participation of women's organisations, strengthening of prevention, protection and attention to community-based mechanisms, and access to formal justice;"}, {"bbox": [135, 568, 1175, 647], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Launch and attribution of grants for Lot 3: Promoting collective and endogenous initiatives of women and young people for resilience in the face of disaster risk and the climate change impacts, including green and circular economy, clean energy, digitalization, or others."}, {"bbox": [86, 662, 310, 692], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.3 Mainstreaming"}, {"bbox": [97, 709, 534, 736], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Environmental protection & Climate change"}, {"bbox": [97, 737, 1175, 945], "category": "Text", "text": "Disasters worsened by present, and future climate change impacts obstruct sustainable development and environmental and social resilience. DRR is closely related to climate action and environmental protection. This approach is incorporated through the preventive interventions, following the EU principles. The action aims to support people and communities to be better prepared for climate change impacts, reduce their vulnerability, and strengthen their adaptive/coping (resilience and recovery) capacity as essential elements to reduce the adverse impacts of hazards and disasters and avoid the loss of lives and livelihoods. The EIA (Environment Impact Assessment) screening classified the action as Category C (no need for further assessment). The Climate Risk Assessment (CRA) screening concluded that this action is low risk (no need for further assessment)."}, {"bbox": [97, 977, 636, 1004], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Gender equality and empowerment of women and girls"}, {"bbox": [97, 1004, 1175, 1212], "category": "Text", "text": "As per OECD Gender DAC codes identified in section 1.1, this intervention is labelled as G1. This implies that gender equality is a significant objective. A specific gender analysis was elaborated during the participative diagnosis phase and informed the action's design. Gender is mainstreamed in all components and activities, and, additionally, the action presents a dedicated Output 1.3 to promote women's and girls' empowerment. Gender and disaggregated indicators have been included, in line with SDG 5 targets and GAP III objectives. The action addresses visible expressions of gender inequality such as gender-based violence, income or participation gaps as well as structural and systemic gender patterns, and specific social behaviours that are the underlying causes of inequality and undermine any efforts to build resilience."}, {"bbox": [97, 1247, 236, 1273], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Human rights"}, {"bbox": [97, 1274, 1175, 1566], "category": "Text", "text": "Applying a human rights-based approach and 'leaving no one behind' principle, the action targets specific groups, e.g., children, people with disabilities, ethnic and sexual minorities, indigenous people and those suffering from political or gender violence. The action will be implemented in Nicaragua's most vulnerable geographical areas to tackle inequalities and benefit underrepresented groups: youth, women, and indigenous and afro-descendant populations. The action includes protection, promotion and fulfilment of human rights by building the capacities of the duty-bearers (state actors) at local level and rights-holders to claim their rights, in particular, indigenous and afro-descendent peoples. The action ensures meaningful and inclusive participation accessible to all rights-holders, including governance structures and will be particularly mindful of the right to FPIC for Indigenous Peoples. Overall, the action will apply the working principles of the human rights based approach (HRBA): applying all human rights for all, meaningful and inclusive participation and access to decision-making, non-discrimination and equality, accountability and rule of law for all, and transparency and access to information supported by disaggregated data."}, {"bbox": [1028, 1681, 1144, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 15 of 32"}]