Presentation of projects with a focus on gender equality, implemented with the support of the World Bank

An online meeting was held with the participation of the World Bank Country Office in Uzbekistan, the Senate Committee on Women affairs and Gender equality, the Youth Parliament Commission on Gender Equality under the Senate, and with representatives of relevant ministries, departments and NGOs. A number of projects focusing on gender equality and the economic empowerment of rural women implemented with the support of the World Bank in Uzbekistan were presented at the meeting. During the presentation of the Rural Infrastructure Development Project, Gulrano Tlepova, Social Development Specialist of the World Bank, noted that gender equality is a key principle of the project. The RIDP will support focus on closing the gender gaps in voice and participation in village-level decision-making, by ensuring that 50% of Mahalla Development Unit members are women, and through community outreach to ensure that women are able to participate in project planning and decision-making meetings in remote villages. At the meeting, the Senate Committee on Women affairs and Gender Equality and other participants supported an integrated approach to the discussed issue.