Following a discussion paper for an M4P WEE framework written by Dr Linda Jones for the M4P Hub, this paper represents the second phase of the Women’s Economic Empowerment in M4P series.
The paper aimed to initiate and support a process for developing recommendations and guidance for better addressing WEE in M4P projects. It included a concept of an analytical framework for doing so. The present assignment, commissioned by DFID, also for the M4P Hub, focused on the further development of a WEE/M4P framework and guidelines for use by M4P practitioners based on experience on the ground. It draws on lessons and experience of development practitioners as well as donors, and particularly those dedicated to the M4P approach, in efforts to better understand and address the systemic constraints that face poor women and poor men.
The authors, Roel Hakemulder and Emily Miller, developed a set of questions from these materials which formed the basis of a draft analytical WEE/M4P framework structured along the M4P five phase project cycle. The draft framework was discussed with M4P and WEE project practitioners in Nigeria and Georgia for validation and revision. The authors also reviewed and discussed the project WEE strategies and compared them to the draft WEE/M4P framework. These reviews, comments and suggestions, from the project practitioners’ experiences in integrating WEE into an M4P project, are reported on in Part A of the report. They form the basis of a Good Practice Note on mainstreaming WEE presented in part B of the report, which includes a set of questions and lessons learned on key factors for success. This is intended to become part of the M4P Operational Guide (2008).
The report can be accessed here.