[{"bbox": [96, 152, 1136, 446], "category": "Text", "text": "Risk Assessment Report of 2018 (Irish Aid and Government of Zambia) do not foresee major climate-related risks for the sectors put forward in this proposal. The only climate-related risks that need to be taken into account would be the direct and indirect effects of the two most common natural disasters, droughts and floods. The risks could be direct (e.g. floods impact on physical infrastructure, deteriorating schools or access ways to educational institutions) or indirect (both floods and droughts affecting households to the point that they cannot afford to send children to school). Those risks being already identified in related documents, there is no need for a specific CRA to be carried out for this project. They also remain marginal, thus they will not figure among the major risks related to the programme, as described in section 3.4. The new and upgraded infrastructure will take into account environmental and climate risks in order to minimise its vulnerability and to ensure the supply of water and energy to essential health facilities during extreme weather events. In addition, the use of standards and of a wide range of infrastructure related mitigation measures will be embedded in the project design as adaptation measures."}, {"bbox": [96, 470, 638, 499], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Gender equality and empowerment of women and girls"}, {"bbox": [96, 523, 1136, 817], "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 Equality constitutes one of the main objectives of this action. The Action is contributing to the Gender Action Plan III (GAP III) - Country Level Implementation Plan (CLIP) for Zambia: more specifically, under the priority thematic areas focused on sexual and reproductive health rights, freedom from gender based violence and the promotion of economic and social rights and empowering girls and women. A special objective is dedicated to gender inequalities. The Action will specifically target gender specific education, health and nutrition measures aiming to reduce the high level of teen pregnancies and child marriages, to allow for pregnant girl drop-outs to reintegrate an education system after delivery – with a focus on empowerment through skills building; to ensure quality comprehensive sexual education as well as protection from and adequate response to SGBV. In addition, through infrastructure works, the Action aims to considerably improve access to safe water and to gender responsive sanitation facilities allowing for a safe and adequate space for menstrual hygiene management."}, {"bbox": [96, 842, 244, 870], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Human Rights"}, {"bbox": [96, 894, 1136, 1029], "category": "Text", "text": "The action explicitly aims at the empowerment of right-holders, through improving equitable and inclusive access to education and healthcare for all children, especially for those who are socially and economically disadvantaged and from marginalised groups, including children with disabilities. The action would also work on advocacy and on capacity building of the duty bearers to use participatory approaches, accountability and transparency in the relations with the right holders."}, {"bbox": [96, 1059, 196, 1087], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Disability"}, {"bbox": [96, 1111, 1136, 1247], "category": "Text", "text": "As per OECD Disability DAC codes identified in section 1.1, this action is labelled as D1. This implies that the proposed action will not have integration of people with disabilities as main objective, but it will have targeted actions aiming to improve the situation of people with disability. For instance, access to education, hygiene and healthcare through adapted infrastructure and adequate equipment in schools and health centres will help the project to promote, both directly and indirectly, disability-responsive service provision."}, {"bbox": [96, 1276, 344, 1304], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Reduction of inequalities"}, {"bbox": [96, 1328, 1136, 1543], "category": "Text", "text": "Based on 2015 figures, the World Bank places Zambia as top 4 in the list of countries with the highest Gini Coefficient (57.1). Zambia is also placed 137th according to the Gender Gap Index and 146th according to the Human Development Index (UNDP 2019). In terms of growth, Zambia has started to recover after the COVID pandemic, with a real GDP of 4.6% in 2021 after a contraction of 2.8% in 2020, and expected GDP growth for 2023-2025 is around 4.5% annually, despite the spill overs of the war in Ukraine and falling copper prices. The poverty incidence is also expected to return to pre-pandemic levels by 2025, which is not really encouraging, given that more than 61.4% of the Zambian population was earning in 2015 less than the international poverty line of USD 2.15 per day (compared to the Sub-Saharan Africa average of 34.9% in 2019³⁸)."}, {"bbox": [85, 1620, 668, 1646], "category": "Footnote", "text": "³⁸ https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.DDAY?locations=ZM"}, {"bbox": [1027, 1681, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 17 of 34"}]