Project profile — Gender-Responsive and Inclusive Technical and Vocational Training in the West Bank (GRIT)

• West Bank Gaza (100.00%)

• Secondary Education: Vocational training (11330) (100.00%)

• Gender equality (principal objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (significant objective)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (significant objective)
• Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (significant objective)
• Nutrition (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

The project aims to improve equitable learning and employment outcomes for women and girls, especially women and girls with disabilities, in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Project activities include: (1) conducting technical and vocational education training (TVET) awareness-raising sessions for students in public schools; (2) undertaking physical improvements to promote safety and accessibility for women trainees, including access for women with disabilities, at targeted TVET institutes; (3) introducing new technologies at targeted TVET institutes to serve as entry points for women, including women with disabilities (WWD), in existing programs with a focus on non-traditional sectors; (4) providing training in entrepreneurship to trainees and graduates at targeted TVET institutes; (5) developing community of learning centres that includes the Centres of Excellence and other key Palestinian TVET stakeholders; and (6) developing practical, context-specific resources on gender equality and inclusion in the Palestinian TVET system to be used by TVET institutes and other stakeholders.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased equitable participation of Palestinian women and girls, including women with disabilities, in TVET; (2) enhanced labour force participation of women TVET trainees and graduates; and (3) improved gender responsiveness and inclusion within the Palestinian TVET system.

Results achieved as of November 2021 include: (1) 2,106 trainees (of whom 1,981 are women and 125 are men) increased their knowledge in TVET and learned about reducing barriers for women in TVET through awareness-raising activities. Also, the program reached 17,187 people (of whom 7,963 are women and 9,224 men) through promotional materials; (2) introduced 96 women to existing vocations through participation at three vocational camps; (3) supported seven TVET institutes to make their systems, practices, and policies more gender-responsive and inclusive through participatory gender and inclusion audits; (4) 101 staff (of whom 64 are women and 37 men) at TVET institutions received training on concepts including gender equality/equity, gender roles, and non-traditional vocations. This resulted in 66 women, including eight WWD benefiting from improved access to TVET; and (5) created 100 new training spaces benefitting 66 women (of whom two are WWD) at TVET institutes.

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