[{"bbox": [97, 153, 973, 180], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Outcomes of the SEA screening** (relevant for budget support and strategic-level interventions)"}, {"bbox": [97, 191, 1147, 247], "category": "Text", "text": "The Strategic Environmental Assessment screening concluded that key environmental and climate-related aspects need be addressed during design."}, {"bbox": [97, 256, 1147, 312], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Outcomes of the EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) screening** (relevant for projects and/or specific interventions within a project)"}, {"bbox": [97, 323, 1147, 377], "category": "Text", "text": "The EIA screening classified the action as Category B (not requiring an EIA, but for which environment aspects will be addressed during design)."}, {"bbox": [97, 389, 1147, 443], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Outcome of the CRA (Climate Risk Assessment) screening** (relevant for projects and/or specific interventions within a project)"}, {"bbox": [97, 454, 1147, 482], "category": "Text", "text": "The Climate Risk Assessment screening concluded that this action is no or low risk (no need for further assessment)."}, {"bbox": [97, 493, 638, 521], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Gender equality and empowerment of women and girls**"}, {"bbox": [97, 532, 1147, 690], "category": "Text", "text": "As per the OECD Gender DAC codes identified in section 1.1, this action is labelled as G2. This implies that the action directly address issues of gender inequalities and to promote women empowerment. It delivers on the SDG 5 (target 5.5) and on the GAP III (thematic areas of engagement: promoting equal participation and leadership and promoting economic and social rights and empowering girls and women) by supporting the inclusion of women, in all their diversity, in formal political and governance structures at the national, provincial and local government levels in Pakistan."}, {"bbox": [97, 724, 245, 751], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Human Rights**"}, {"bbox": [97, 762, 1147, 1055], "category": "Text", "text": "The action aims to promote women's full and effective participation and equal opportunities at all levels of decision-making in Pakistan's political, and public life, leading in turn to governance structures that are inclusive and services that are gender-responsive and accountable to the needs of women in their diversity and take into consideration environmental conservation and climate change. It notably involves addressing barriers to participation such as gender parity on electoral rolls and inclusion of socially marginalised groups (persons with disability, religious and ethnic minorities and members of the transgender community), lack of access and opportunity for women in decision making roles in political parties and legislatures, fair party tickets' distribution, electoral misinformation and violence and other upstream work. The action also looks at building the capacities of women political aspirants, in all their diversity, to improve their participation in the electoral process (through mentorship, strengthened linkages with civil society, civic education); strengthening the agency and leadership of women local representatives and parliamentarians through caucuses and other women machinery."}, {"bbox": [97, 1086, 197, 1113], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Disability**"}, {"bbox": [97, 1124, 1147, 1206], "category": "Text", "text": "As per OECD Disability DAC codes identified in section 1.1, this action is labelled as D1. This implies that the action will address the inclusion of socially marginalised groups, including persons with disability, in the democratic process (with a focus on registration on electoral rolls and civic awareness)."}, {"bbox": [97, 1236, 344, 1263], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Reduction of inequalities**"}, {"bbox": [97, 1274, 1147, 1408], "category": "Text", "text": "The depth and severity of poverty in Pakistan has increased as result of multiple shocks (mega-floods, economic resorptions, high food inflation). The lower middle-income poverty line is projected to increase to 37.2% in 2023, pushing an additional 3.9 million people into poverty as compared to 2022¹³. Inequalities and poverty levels in Pakistan are compounded by substantial inequalities in access to and quality of basic services such as health, education, electricity, water, and sanitation."}, {"bbox": [97, 1419, 1147, 1526], "category": "Text", "text": "The action will indirectly address drivers of inequality by strengthening women's engagement in governance and reform processes, leading in turn to governance structures that are inclusive and to services that are gender-responsive and accountable to the needs of women and socially marginalised groups, in all their diversity and take into consideration environmental conservation and climate change. The action will contribute not only to achieve"}, {"bbox": [86, 1598, 906, 1622], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹³ Pakistan Development Update: *recent economic developments, outlooks and risks*, World Bank, April 2023"}, {"bbox": [1120, 1650, 1144, 1672], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "12"}]