Liberia Women Empowerment Project

The development objective of Women Empowerment Project for Liberia is to improve social and livelihood services for women and girls in targeted communities, foster positive social norms and strengthen the government's capacity to advance women and girls’ empowerment. This project has six components. 1) The first component, Fostering positive social norms and community mobilization, has the following sub-components: (i) Fostering positive social norms through the implementation of the Start, Awareness, Support, Action (SASA!) Methodology; and (ii) Strengthening community mobilization and citizen engagement. 2) The second component, Enhancing basic services in health and education, has the following sub-components: (i) Increase service-seeking behavior for health services at community level; and (ii) Shifting social norms to keep girls in school. 3) The third component, Promoting resilient livelihoods through community-led approaches, has the following sub-components: (i) Capacity building of resilient livelihoods groups; and (ii) Supporting grants for women-led livelihoods. 4) The fourth component, Strengthening public institutions to advance gender equality, has the following sub-components: (i) Build the gender infrastructure in Ministry of Gender, Children, and Social Protection (MGCSP) and Ministry of Agriculture (MoA); and (ii) Policy dialogue and coordination. 5) The fifth component, : Project management, monitoring and evaluation, has the following sub-components: (i) Project management; and (ii) Monitoring and evaluation, knowledge management. 6) The sixth component, Contingent Emergency Response Component, in the event of an eligible crisis or emergency, funds may be reallocated from other components of the project.