[{"bbox": [95, 151, 1133, 313], "category": "Text", "text": "inequalities being a root cause of conflict, gender equality is a pre-condition for peace, resilience and stability in the country. Under the Sirleaf administration, several inclusive national frameworks were developed, such as Liberia Rising Vision 2030 (a post-conflict vision for an equitable, diverse and democratically stable country), the Strategic Roadmap for National Peace-building, Healing and Reconciliation, and the Liberia Peace-building Plan. These framework were intended to reduce gender inequality and strengthen women's participation in the governance process."}, {"bbox": [95, 350, 323, 375], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Disaster risk reduction"}, {"bbox": [95, 377, 140, 401], "category": "Text", "text": "N/A"}, {"bbox": [85, 431, 423, 459], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.4 Risks and Lessons Learnt"}, {"bbox": [82, 471, 1167, 1578], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><td>Category</td><td>Risks</td><td>Likelihood (High/ Medium/ Low)</td><td>Impact (High/ Medium/ Low)</td><td>Mitigating measures</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>External environment</td><td>The parliamentary and presidential elections held at the end of 2023 might still result in a reshuffling within the civil service and in a potential loss of institutional memory.</td><td>L</td><td>M</td><td>Conduct bilateral meetings, and awareness sessions to bring civil servants up to speed and gain higher level support for the programme implementation.</td></tr><tr><td>Planning, processes and systems; Legality and regularity aspects</td><td>Limited political will/Government's commitment to the eradication of SGBV and the criminalization of HTPs.</td><td>M</td><td>H</td><td>Advocacy with duty bearers, policymakers, legislators, and relevant stakeholders to make SGBV a national priority and mitigate the risk of political hijacking of FGM.</td></tr><tr><td>People and the organisation</td><td>Lack of traditional leaders and elders' genuine commitment towards the eradication of SGBV/HTPs without incentives involved.</td><td>H</td><td>H</td><td>Utilise evidence-based strategy to bring attitudinal shift.</td></tr><tr><td>People and the organisation; Legality and regularity aspects</td><td>Religious and traditional leaders' resistance to harmonize customary and statutory laws on HTPs.</td><td>H</td><td>H</td><td>Conduct sustained democratic dialogue with all groups, in particular with opinion leaders and norm setters.</td></tr><tr><td>Planning, processes and systems; Communication and information</td><td>Sustaining the service provision/safe homes after the project closure.</td><td>H</td><td>M</td><td>Develop concrete sustainability and exit strategies.</td></tr><tr><td>People and the organisation</td><td>The sour relationship between traditional leaders and CSOs.</td><td>H</td><td>H</td><td>Organize a platform for traditional chiefs/leaders and CSOs working on FGM to identify common positions on HTPs and address differences.</td></tr><tr><td>Legality and regularity aspects</td><td>Limited engagement in favour of gender equality, the human rights-based approach, the empowerment of women and the rights of persons with disabilities by the targeted institutions and non-state actors.</td><td>H</td><td>H</td><td>The project will provide adequate resources to work with institutions and non-state actors on the importance of integrating gender equality, a human rights-based approach, and the rights of persons with disabilities.</td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [92, 1594, 253, 1619], "category": "Text", "text": "Lessons Learnt:"}, {"bbox": [1022, 1679, 1142, 1704], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 12 of 27"}]