Women's Empowerment through Gender-based Violence Services (WEGS) (WB-P168790)

Countries
  • Moldova
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Proposed
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
B
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
Aug 15, 2024
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.
Borrower
Government of Moldova - Women's Law Center Moldova
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Education and Health
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 2.75 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 @ WB website

Updated in EWS Jun 8, 2024

Disclosed by Bank May 14, 2024

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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 the Bank’s website, the proposed Development Objective is to improve access to integrated services for Gender-based violence (GBV) survivors in select Moldovan communities. This will be done through: (i) piloting a system of holistic assistance that includes economic empowerment for GBV survivors, their families, and Ukrainian refugees in Chisinau municipality and in the North, Center and South regions of Moldova; and (ii) building capacity of national and local stakeholders in GBV case management and community awareness raising.

Early Warning System Project Analysis
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Project environmental risks and impacts are classified as low. Project activities pose negligible or no risk of harm to the environment. They will not entail civil works or require land acquisition and are not anticipated to have impacts on environmental values. Procurement of minor amounts of goods, supplies and transport services will come from readily available sources, does not involve primary supply risk, and will not pose strains on resources or generate significant amounts of waste.

Project social risks and impacts are classified as moderate. The main social risks are associated with potential for the process of selection of survivors for livelihood support to exclude those most in need or for other project activities not reaching the most vulnerable groups or individuals (including refugees and minority communities such as Roma and Gagauz).

Investment Description
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Investment type and amount not available at the time of disclosure.


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Contact Point
Task Team Leader: Jennifer Solotaroff / Title: Senior Social Development Specialist
Email: jsolotaroff@worldbank.org

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