WiW Employment Phase II (IFC-606023)

Regions
  • South Asia
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Sri Lanka
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • International Finance Corporation (IFC)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Approved
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
U
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Jul 1, 2021
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Sectors
  • Technical Cooperation
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Advisory Services
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 0.57 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ IFC website

Updated in EWS Jun 1, 2022

Disclosed by Bank Feb 1, 2022

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to IFC, the project is aiming to scale up the business case for gender equality among more Sri Lankan companies and to develop the capacity of a local partner to continue to support Sri Lankan businesses to foster gender equality after IFC exits. The project will work with at least 30 private sector firms across the project activities, with sector and firm level activities, to achieve the objective of helping companies to better recruit, retain and promote women, and to address the potential negative impacts of C-19 on women’s employment in Sri Lanka. It will do this through at least one peer learning platform (component 1), firm level deep-dives utilizing the EDGE tool and to create new childcare solutions for clients (component 2), as well as through new knowledge products to provide the evidence base for creating respectful workplaces and addressing bullying and harassment in the workplace in Sri Lanka (component 3).

In order to help address women's low labor force participation in Sri Lanka, the overarching goal of this project is to support companies to better recruit, retain and promote women, including by addressing the impacts of C-19 on women’s employment. The project aims to achieve the following impacts and outcomes by project close:
1. At least 18 companies implement gender smart policies
2. At least 15,000 people benefit from entities improved labor policies
3. At least 12 companies report maintained business continuity and/or improved business performance
4. At least 400 women jobs supported
5. Reduction of 5% in expected cost associated with addressing gender-based violence and harassments in the workplace.

Investment Description
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