Government of Japan and UN Women mark new project to enhance women’s resilience
2021/2/10
The Government of Japan and UN Women have formally marked an important initial step in a new Japanese grant aid project to enhance the resilience of women in refugee camps and hosting communities.
H.E. HORIE Ryoichi, Japanese Ambassador to Kenya signed an Exchange of Notes (E/N) for ‘The Project for Enhancing Women’s Resilience in Refugee Camps and Host Communities’ with Ms. Anna Mutavati, Kenya Country Director for UN Women on 10th February 2021. This project is to offer support to the women and girls living in refugee camps or the adjacent host communities, who have faced unique and gender specific challenges.
This project aims to raise an awareness of the underestimated status of those women and girls through advocacy campaigns. It targets at several different groups including community leaders and male groups. This project is to be implemented in partnership with various actors including the Government of Kenya, County Governments of Turkana and Garissa, UN sister agencies, as well as Japanese NGOs and companies.
Through financing this project, the Government of Japan affirms its support for building resilience and strengthening self-reliance for both local communities and for refugee communities in Kenya. In addition to the Ambassador, Prof. Margaret Kobia, Cabinet Secretary for Ministry of Public Service and Gender and Mr. Kodek Makori, Acting Commissioner, Refugee Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government attended the signing ceremony.
The Government of Japan strongly believes that the partnership and collaboration with UN Women will also contribute towards Gender Mainstreaming in ‘VISION 2030’ and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically Goal 5, on Gender Equality, Goal 16 on Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions and Goal 17 on Partnerships.
H.E. HORIE Ryoichi, Japanese Ambassador to Kenya signed an Exchange of Notes (E/N) for ‘The Project for Enhancing Women’s Resilience in Refugee Camps and Host Communities’ with Ms. Anna Mutavati, Kenya Country Director for UN Women on 10th February 2021. This project is to offer support to the women and girls living in refugee camps or the adjacent host communities, who have faced unique and gender specific challenges.
This project aims to raise an awareness of the underestimated status of those women and girls through advocacy campaigns. It targets at several different groups including community leaders and male groups. This project is to be implemented in partnership with various actors including the Government of Kenya, County Governments of Turkana and Garissa, UN sister agencies, as well as Japanese NGOs and companies.
Through financing this project, the Government of Japan affirms its support for building resilience and strengthening self-reliance for both local communities and for refugee communities in Kenya. In addition to the Ambassador, Prof. Margaret Kobia, Cabinet Secretary for Ministry of Public Service and Gender and Mr. Kodek Makori, Acting Commissioner, Refugee Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government attended the signing ceremony.
The Government of Japan strongly believes that the partnership and collaboration with UN Women will also contribute towards Gender Mainstreaming in ‘VISION 2030’ and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically Goal 5, on Gender Equality, Goal 16 on Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions and Goal 17 on Partnerships.
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