[{"bbox": [108, 154, 647, 181], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Gender equality and empowerment of women and girls"}, {"bbox": [108, 191, 1134, 511], "category": "Text", "text": "As per the OECD Gender DAC codes identified in section 1.1, this Action is labelled as G1. This implies that gender is a specific objective, and that in addition to general approaches to mainstreaming gender equality, the Action will support specific gender sensitive activities in order to ensure a more active role of women in the blue economy. These activities will include: research on women participation in blue economy sectors and gender specific events and visibility within the blue economy observatory under Component 1; gender specific activities embedded in the fisheries and aquaculture value chain strategies under component 2; inclusive involvement of women in marine co-management set-ups and in conservation and restoration activities under component 3. The Action: will contribute to SDG 5 (gender equality); is coherent with and has been designed to reflect the GAP III country level implementation plan, in particular, to the thematic areas “Promoting economic and social rights and empowering girls and women” and “Addressing the challenges and harnessing the opportunities offered by the green transition and the digital transformation”; it will also contribute to specific objectives in the Country Level Implementation Plan (CLIP) for Mozambique."}, {"bbox": [108, 523, 254, 549], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Human Rights"}, {"bbox": [108, 560, 1134, 855], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action will integrate all five principles of the human rights-based approach¹⁵ in all activities. The capacity of state actors, and their obligations as duty bearers will be enhanced through interventions and through training at all levels. Components 2 and 3 will both involve extensive engagement with and participation of rights holders in: i) fisheries and aquaculture value chain development, ii) marine conservation, notably through agreeing community-based management arrangements and iii) advocacy related to spatial rights and restrictions. Rights-holders will be meaningfully included in the design, implementation and monitoring of all interventions. Components 2 and 3 will take a territorial seascape approach to inclusive value chain development and marine conservation, including interventions implemented by and intended to involve community-based organisations, allowing the Action to work in areas amongst the poorest and most vulnerable in Mozambique. The mid-term review and final evaluation will involve engagement with and participation by rights holders in assessment of programme implementation and results."}, {"bbox": [108, 873, 204, 899], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Disability"}, {"bbox": [108, 911, 1134, 1125], "category": "Text", "text": "As per OECD Disability DAC codes identified in section 1.1, this action is labelled as D0. Disability is not directly targeted. Nevertheless, activities completed within the action will be sensitive to disability and ensure full participation and inclusiveness. Persons with disabilities in Mozambique are among the most left behind groups. Particularly young women and girls, face enormous barriers to access services and discrimination and stigmatization, which expose them to risks of physical, sexual and emotional violence and abuse. Within the Action, interventions under component 2 and 3 will pay particular attention to the specific needs of people with disabilities within the benefitting communities as well as their effective representation in the participatory processes."}, {"bbox": [108, 1136, 353, 1163], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Reduction of inequalities"}, {"bbox": [108, 1174, 1134, 1310], "category": "Text", "text": "Mozambique suffers from increasing inequality¹⁶ including significant gender differences¹⁷ and substantial disparities between north and south (with high levels of poverty concentrated in the former) and between urban and rural areas. By selecting to work in vulnerable districts, primarily in the north of the country, the Action will serve to reduce inequalities and target the bottom/poorest 40 percent and socio-economically disadvantaged individuals, households and groups. In this regard, an intersectionality approach will be applied to all activities."}, {"bbox": [108, 1322, 221, 1348], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Democracy"}, {"bbox": [108, 1359, 1134, 1466], "category": "Text", "text": "Mozambique has embarked on a (slow) decentralisation process, which led to the election in 2019 of provincial governors and assemblies. It is expected that by 2024 district authorities will be elected. The formulation of the Action involved provincial and district level authorities. The Action will support democratisation at the local level through engagement with and participation by the SDAE, municipal and provincial authorities in relevant"}, {"bbox": [86, 1553, 827, 1578], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁵ Transparency, accountability, respect for all human rights, participation, and non-discrimination."}, {"bbox": [86, 1579, 1086, 1623], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁶ Gini-coefficient rose to 0.54 (2014/15) from 0.47 (2008/9), placing Mozambique among the most unequal countries in Sub-Saharan Africa."}, {"bbox": [86, 1624, 1037, 1646], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁷ The 2021 the female HDI value for Mozambique was 0.428 in contrast with 0.464 for males. (Human Development Reports)"}, {"bbox": [1027, 1682, 1143, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 11 of 25"}]