The World Bank East Africa Girls' Empowerment And Resilience (P179293) Appraisal Environmental and Social Review Summary Appraisal Stage (ESRS Appraisal Stage) Public Disclosure Date Prepared/Updated: 08/18/2023 | Report No: ESRSA02949 Sep 20, 2023 Page 1 of 11 The World Bank East Africa Girls' Empowerment And Resilience (P179293) I. BASIC INFORMATION A. Basic Operation Data Operation ID Product Operation Acronym Approval Fiscal Year P179293 Investment Project Financing (IPF) EAGER 2024 Operation Name East Africa Girls' Empowerment and Resilience Country/Region Code Beneficiary country/countries Region Practice Area (Lead) (borrower, recipient) Eastern and Southern Eastern and Southern Africa, EASTERN AND Social Protection & Jobs Africa Madagascar, Mozambique SOUTHERN AFRICA Borrower(s) Implementing Agency(ies) Estimated Appraisal Date Estimated Board Date Africa Union , The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social 10-Apr-2023 28-Sep-2023 Republic of Action (MGCAS), Africa Union Madagascar, The Commission, Secretary of State for Republic of Youth Employment (SEJE), Ministry of Mozambique National Education (MEN), Public Disclosure Development Intervention Fund (FID) Estimated Decision Total Project Cost Review Date 29-Mar-2023 392,000,000.00 Proposed Development Objective To increase girls’ and women’s educational attainment and earnings in the program areas, and to strengthen the institutional capacity to implement gender-equality policies. B. Is the operation being prepared in a Situation of Urgent Need of Assistance or Capacity Constraints, as per Bank IPF Policy, para. 12? No C. Summary Description of Proposed Project Activities The regional Multiphase Programmatic Approach (MPA) aims to boost the economic empowerment of vulnerable girls and women by investing in activities supporting human capital accumulation, job productivity, and progressive gender norms. It targets adolescent girls (ages 10-17) to influence strategic life choices around education and family formation, Sep 20, 2023 Page 2 of 11 The World Bank East Africa Girls' Empowerment And Resilience (P179293) and young women (ages 18-30) to increase the productivity of today’s largest share of the female workforce. Phase I includes the Africa Union as a regional partner, as well as Mozambique and Madagascar. Following phases will expand coverage to additional countries in Eastern and Southern Africa. D. Environmental and Social Overview D.1 Overview of Environmental and Social Project Settings During this first phase, project activities will be implemented nationwide across two main countries i.e., Madagascar and Mozambique through their national implementing agencies. The AU will also be a grant recipient, but its role will be limited to knowledge sharing and capacity building activities and will not directly implement activities in-country/at national level. The Program would support achievement of the Project Development Objective (PDO) through four components with activities tailored to country-contexts and priorities. The operation will allow countries to combine different packages of activities while contributing to the same objective. Poverty levels and the share of employment in the informal sector in Eastern and Southern Africa (AFE) support targeting relatively vulnerable girls and women, for increased equity and higher returns on investments. In Mozambique, the program will expand nationwide (i) Harnessing the Demographic Dividend - “Eu sou Capaz” and “Emprega Acredita”(P166100) . Provinces not currently covered by these programs will be prioritized, namely Tete, Niassa, Gaza and Inhambane Provinces, where similar programmes are currently scarce. In total a minimum of 20 Public Disclosure districts will be added (in addition to the 55 already included), and their selection will be based on a combination of the vulnerability criteria used previously, in consultation with provincial and district authorities. The program will also support strengthening of Gender Based Violence (GBV) services. Project activites might also be impemented in conflict- affected areasin the North. Nontheless, implementation of project activities in conflict-affected area will avoid those districts where the conflict is active to be limited to safe districts hosting displaced populations. The project is expected to have roughly 1.3 million direct beneficiaries. While the country has largely achieved gender parity in primary school education, at puberty, girls drop-out rate becomes higher than boys due to adolescent pregnancy and child marriage with nearly half of all adolescent girls pregnant or already mothers by the time they reach 19 years of age. Early pregnancies significantly reduce women and girls’ opportunities to pursue education and employment. In that context, although women’s participation in the labour force is high (78%), its quality is lower than that of men. Most women work in agriculture, but have less access to land, credit and other inputs than men. Finally, lifetime exposure to GBV is high in Mozambique with more than a quarter of all women experiencing intimate partner violence during their lifetimes. Although the government of Mozambique passed a new 2020–2024 Five Year Plan to eliminate it, children in Mozambique are still exposed to several forms of child labor, including in the agriculture, mining, and construction sectors. UNESCO estimates that 22 percent of children between 5- and 14-years old work. Children are also subject to labor trafficking from Mozambique to South Africa for forced labor in the agriculture and mining sectors, and to risk of commercial sexual exploitation. In Madagascar, UNICEF estimates that 47 percentage of children are exposed to child labor. Over 230,400 Malagasy children are involved in some form of mining. Around 10,000 children work in the mica mining sector in the south of Madagascar facing harsh, unhealthy, and unsafe conditions. According to UNICEF findings in 2018, two out of five girls Sep 20, 2023 Page 3 of 11 The World Bank East Africa Girls' Empowerment And Resilience (P179293) enter a conjugal union before the age of 18, making Madagascar one of the countries with one of the highest rates of early child marriage in the world. Similarly, marriage before the age of 15 , affects nearly 13% of women aged 20-24. Young adolescent girls are also exposed to risk of sexual exploitation, including sex tourism. In terms of GBV, 14% of women aged 15-49 have experienced sexual violence in their lifetime; 32% have been victims of physical violence since the age of 15. About one in four women experience physical abuse by her current or last husband or partner. However, rates of modern contraceptive use are somewhat more encouraging in the country (two fifths of women). Madagascar is also one of the countries with the highest number of out-of-school children (around 60%) in the world. Women are less than men who have IT competency (7% vs 4%). The project is expected to have roughly 1.2 million direct beneficiaries. D.2 Overview of Borrower’s Institutional Capacity for Managing Environmental and Social Risks and Impacts At the regional level, the African Union Commission (AUC), as a regional partner with high-political profile, would coordinate institutional and knowledge activities at the regional level, and trickle down a shared women and girls empowerment (WGE) strategy and understanding of common challenges; action plan to strengthen capacity of relevant government actors; and regional and international partnerships (Component 3). The AUC activities will focus on advocacy, policy harmonization and knowledge exchange (including on Safeguards-related aspects). Within the AU, the main technical counterpart will be the Department of Women, Gender and Youth (WGY) of the AUC. The WGY Department will host a Project Coordination Unit (PCU), which will ensure coordination with other relevant departments in the AU, including the Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development (HHS) and Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (ESTI Di) at the AUC, and the AU International Centre for Girls and Women’s Education in Africa (AU CIEFFA). The project shall finance cross-cutting profiles to support implementation, including Public Disclosure one Environmental and Social Specialist. In the interest of efficiency and coordination, it was proposed for these profiles to be co-financed and shared across WB-AUC projects (as the Building Institutions and Systems to Harness and Realize Agenda 2063 (P180117), and the Sahel Women's Empowerment and Demographic Dividend - SWEDD project). In this case, the E&S Specialist will be integrated into the AUC Partnerships department. As identified during the concept stage, in Mozambique, the program would be implemented by the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Action (MGCAS) for activities under component 3 and by the Secretary of State for Youth and Employment (SEJE) for activities under component 1 and 2. Both institutions are already leading the implementation of relevant initiatives, as the WB Social Protection and Economic Resilience Project (P173640) and Harnessing the Demographic Dividend Project (P166100), and the UN Spotlight initiative. For components managed by SEJE the program will benefit from the E&S Specialist already hired under the HDD project as Social Specialist. For the activities managed by the Ministry of Gender Children and Social Action (MGCAS), the program will hire a new GBV Specialist and an E&S Specialist who will be in charge of managing program GBV aspects. The E&S and GBV specialists will liaise with the PIU’s coordinator to ensure coordinated monitoring and evaluation of E&S aspects in program’s activities. In Madagascar, the program would be implemented by the Ministry of National Education (MEN) through the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) in charge of the implementation of the Basic Education Support Project (P160442). This Project has one environmental specialist and one specialist in charge of SEA/SH and will hire one additional social and gender specialist as well as regional units with 1 assistant environmental specialist and 1 assistant social specialist in order to support E&S management. As the Project is still under Safeguard Policies, Environmental and Social Specialists have limited knowledge and no experience in managing E&S risk and implementation of related measures in compliance with the World Bank’s ESF standards. Capacity building will be conducted during project implementation and the corresponding requirements are being set out in the ESCP. Sep 20, 2023 Page 4 of 11 The World Bank East Africa Girls' Empowerment And Resilience (P179293) II. SUMMARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL (ES) RISKS AND IMPACTS A. Environmental and Social Risk Classification (ESRC) Moderate A.1 Environmental Risk Rating Moderate The environmental risk rating for the project is expected to be moderate. Potential adverse risks and impacts on the physical environment are likely to be temporary, site-specific, reversible and easily mitigated. The expected environmental risks and impacts consist mainly of Occupational, Health and Safety issues during the technical and vocational skills training programs under Component 2 Enabling Access to Productive Jobs. There are also minor risks stemming from Component 1 Boosting Human Capital Accumulation that includes generation of biohazards waste from a menstrual hygiene kits and wastewater pollution from private and secure sanitation in schools. Toilet refurbisment activities are anticipated to generate risks and impacts associated with any rehabilitation and activities such as Environmental and Social Health and Safety, waste management, dust and noise generation. Capacity building workshops and trainings activities could lead to exposure and transmission of communicable diseases such as COVID- 19. COVID-19 risk is expected to be low since respecting protocols for prevention of the disease in place. The activities related to Technical Assistance under Component 3 may induce downstream impacts that can be managed while Terms of Reference will be reviewed and approved by the WB to ensure that it considers adequate assessment of environmental and social implications and that the advice provided through the TA for addressing those implications is consistent with the ESF. A.2 Social Risk Rating Moderate Public Disclosure The social risk rating for the project is expected to be Moderate. Overall, the project is expected to have positive impacts by increasing women’s and adolescent girls’ empowerment through the proposed activities. The project activities will intervene in three key pillars, namely, human capital accumulation, productive jobs and social transformation through working simultaneously on health, education, jobs and agency, and strengthening regional and national capacity. Nonetheless, proposed activities might lead to potential adverse risks and impacts, which are largely consistent across the components and have been identified as the following: (i) possible capacity constraints of some implementing agencies to identify, manage and monitor environmental and social risks and impacts; (ii) potential exclusion of certain vulnerable groups (e.g people living in rural areas, people with disabilities) in project design and benefits, selection criteria for project beneficiaries and target areas, and access to the information disseminated through the different project interventions; (iii) Occupational, Health and Safety risks for project workers and beneficiaries during vocational skills training programs under Component 2; (iv) community health and safety risks, such as potential spread of communicable diseases e.g. COVID-19, and SEA/SH risks as the project activities are mainly targeting women and girls and will have a strong element of changing social norms which may shift the gender power balance within communities and as such possibly also exacerbate SEA/SH risks; and (v) social tensions among beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries (e.g. boys and girls). Regarding the latter, it is important to recognize that the project designs includes mitigating measures for this risk, including community engagement with boys, parents and leaders. Finally, for some project activities that may be developed in conflict-affected areas, such as Northern Mozambique, implementation will be limited to safer districts hosting displaced populations and will avoid those districts where the conflict is active. The project will not invest in civil works and its activities are not expected to induce economic or physical displacement impacts under ESS5, nor have impacts on cultural heritage sites, as Sep 20, 2023 Page 5 of 11 The World Bank East Africa Girls' Empowerment And Resilience (P179293) foreseen under ESS8. Adverse risks and impacts related to the program are expected to be temporary, site-specific, reversible, and easily mitigated through the application of mitigation measures proposed in E&S instruments. B. Environment and Social Standards (ESS) that Apply to the Activities Being Considered B.1 Relevance of Environmental and Social Standards ESS1 - Assessment and Management of Environmental and Social Risks and Impacts Relevant The ESS1 standard is considered relevant for the project as well as ESS2, ESS3, ESS4 and ESS10 given the risks mentioned above. Risks and impacts associated with the activities are: (i) Occupational, Health and Safety issues during the technical and vocational skills training programs under Component 2 Enabling Access to Productive Jobs; generation of biohazards waste from a menstrual hygiene kits and wastewater pollution from private and secure sanitation in schools under Component 2; (iii) Environmental and Social Health and Safety, waste management, dust and noise generation induced by the refurbishment of toilets under Component 3; (iv) exposure and transmission of communicable diseases such as COVID-19; and (v) downstream impacts associated with TA activities. To assess and manage the afore-mentioned risks and impacts in a manner consistent with the ESSs, the Project will prepare an ESMF for the Madagascar and Mozambique that will outline the procedure for screening, classifying, assessing, monitoring and reporting each project activities commensurate to its risk. The ESMF will include a section specific to assess risks in the Cabo Delgado Province in the communities where the Project’s activities will be implemented. The ESMF shall also include GBV/SEA/SH risk assessment and its related action plan. Given the important focus on promoting women participation and closing gender gaps, the ESMF will also include a gender sensitive assessment. Moreover, the ESMF Public Disclosure will make provision to mitigate OHS and pollution risks and impacts related to vocational skills training programs and WASH programs. All project activities shall be subjected to environmental and social screening and where necessary specific instruments shall be prepared before commencement of applicable project activities. Specific mitigation measures will be outlined in the site-specific ESMPs and implemented, when necessary. The ESMF will be finalized, consulted upon and disclosed no later than 90 days after effectiveness date. Regarding the AUC E&S roles and responsibilities, provisions on how to identify, manage and supervise E&S risks and impacts are included in the ESCP AUC. An Environmental and Social Commitments Plan (ESCP) setting out the environmental and social commitments for the Project has been prepared. The ESCP includes aspects such as the need to finalize the ESMF and its annexes as well within 90 days from project effectiveness. It includes specific timelines for environmental and social screening, ESIAs, ESMPs, Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) plans, which will be developed in consultation with stakeholders, and approved and disclosed by the Bank. The ESCP has been finalized and disclosed by Appraisal. For Technical Assistance activities, Terms of Reference will be reviewed and approved by the WB to ensure that it considers adequate assessment of environmental and social implications and that the advice provided through the TA for addressing those implications is consistent with the ESF. ESS10 - Stakeholder Engagement and Information Disclosure Relevant This standard is considered relevant for the project. Given the multiphased-approach and this initial phase of the project, a framework approach has been proposed to set the basis and ensure the quality of the project’s stakeholders engagment activities. To this end, the Mozambique and Madagascar grant recipients developed a Stakeholder Engagement Framework (SEF). The SEF , isadopted as a roadmap that lays down the path of how the project will interact with stakeholders and other interested parties, external and internal alike, for the different phases of the Sep 20, 2023 Page 6 of 11 The World Bank East Africa Girls' Empowerment And Resilience (P179293) project and future grant recipients. The SEF also includes in its annexes country-specific Action Plans (AP) for both Mozambique and Madagascar. The APs identify each country’s specific stakeholders and institutional arrangements to implement stakeholder engagement activities taking into consideration the proportional nature and scale of the project and itsassociated risks and impacts The SEF and APs have been finalized, consulted upon and disclosed by appraisal. The same approach will be followed by future grant recipients/borrowers, which will integrate in the current SEF their own APs. Regarding the AUC, given that its role is limited to coordinating and knowldege sharing activities, its stakeholders engagement and information disclosure measures and responsibilities will be specified in the ESCP. As part of the SEF development, grant recipients conducted a stakeholders mapping to identify project beneficiaries, affected persons, vulnerable and disadvantaged groups, and other interested parties. As part of the SEF APs, grant recipients also prepared an engagement program to ensure that stakeholders views and concerns are integrated in project design and implementation. The mapping identified main project’s stakeholders and other interested parties, which include: the beneficiaries, families and local communities, service providers, local, regional and national authorities Disadvantaged and/or vulnerable groups were also identified, including young girls and women living in remote areas, at risk and vulnerable children, orphans, children and persons with disabilities, children- and female-headed households, and illiterates. The SEF and its APs contain evidence of engagement with vulnerable and disadvantaged groups, and proposed specific strategies to allow their effective participation, and achieve and maintain their engagement during the project lifecycle. The conducted outreach highlighted how the proposed project activities will require substantial efforts to ensure stakeholder engagement and regular community awareness interventions. This efforts will be supported by adequate mitigation measures to address factors outside the control of the Project with potential significant adverse impacts on the social performance and outcomes of the Project. District, municipal and provincial governments, local authorities and community leaders will require close Public Disclosure support and capacity building to effectively engage with stakeholders and project beneficiaries and to avoid possible sociological risks associated with cultural and gender practices (e.g that prevent or undermine adolescents’ adherence to services, trainings orschool attendance). In order to prevent potential social tensions deriving from beneficiary selection (among beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries - e.g. men and women, and boys and girls), preventive measures such as guaranteeing that selection criteria and the objectives of the project are well and comprehensively explained will be essential. The SEF includes a Grievance Mechanism (GM) sensitive to SEA/SH to collect, address and solve issues faced by beneficiaries, stakeholders and other interested parties. The GM focuses on the inclusion of vulnerable and marginalized individuals or groups and it will include ad hoc measures to ethically and safely collect and handle SEA/SH-related cases and links to GBV service providers. ESS2 - Labor and Working Conditions Relevant ESS2 is considered relevant to the Program. The Program activities will engage different types of workers, including civil servants (PIU personnel, as well as public providers of relevant services at local district and province level), direct workers, direct contracted. Civil servants working in connection with the project, on a full-time or part-time basis, will remain subject to the terms and conditions of their existing public-sector employment or agreement. Quantification of the labor force to be employed during program implementation is not possible at the moment as the specific type and number of investments have still to be defined. Labor force quantification will be assessed later during program implementation when investments will be better specified. All requirements of ESS2 will apply to project direct and contract workers as well as girl beneficiarieis (18+) that will undergo trainings as apprentices, whereas for government civil servants, the application of ESS2 is limited to GBV/SEA/SH, child labour, forced labour and OHS requirements. Key labor risks currently identified are those related to OHS and SEA/SH in the workplace and when in contact with beneficiaries. The Mozambique and Madagascar grant recipients will prepare Labor Management Procedures (LMP), Sep 20, 2023 Page 7 of 11 The World Bank East Africa Girls' Empowerment And Resilience (P179293) which will be consulted up on and disclosed within 90 days from project’s effectiveness as the ESMF. Regarding the AUC, labor and working conditions are specified in its ESCP. The LMP will further assess the key labor risks and provide an overview of labor legislation with regards to Terms and Conditions and OHS as well as describe policies and procedures that will be in place for managing project related OHS risks. The LMP will also include guidelines and procedures for workers GRM. Furthermore, the LMP will provide details regarding age of employment and will set out the applicable terms and conditions. The employment of project workers will be based on the principle of equal opportunity and fair treatment, and there will be no discrimination with respect to any aspects of the employment relationship. The LMP will set out measures to prevent and address harassment, intimidation and/or exploitation. The Project will not engage child or forced labor, as defined under ESS2. The LMP will also include measures to prevent and mitigate SEA/SH risks, including regular trainings on SEA/SH at the workplace. All project workers, including civil servants, supervisors and trainers in workplaces in which girls may be placed for work experience will sign Code of Conducts to prevent SEA/SH simultaneously with their respective work contracts. ToRs related to TA activities will be reviewed to ensure that all objectives of the ESS2 will be complied with. ESS3 - Resource Efficiency and Pollution Prevention and Management Relevant ESS3 is considered relevant to the program. The proposed program activities in Component 1 may generate some adverse impacts related to disposal and management of biohazard waste. However, the ESMFs will provide guidelines and procedures for safe and correct disposal of menstrual sanitary pads or tampons. The ESMFs will also provide best practices for efficient use of water and management of wastewater resulting from the WASH programs. Toilet refurbishment activities are anticipated to generate risks and impacts associated with any rehabilitation and activities such as Environmental and Social Health and Safety, waste management, dust and noise generation. These risks and Public Disclosure impacts will be managed through preparation of site-specific instruments with environmental and social mitigation measures prior to activities implementation. It is not expected that the project will generate large amounts of GHG emission. ESS4 - Community Health and Safety Relevant ESS4 is considered relevant to the program. The program activities may potentially lead to spreading of communicable diseases, such as COVID-19, induce minor injuries and accidents (e.g. minor cuts and bruises, vehicle and bike accidents), and exacerbate SEA/SH risks as the project activities are mainly targeting women and girls and will have a strong element of changing social norms which may shift gender roles within communities. The program intends to develop a social norms/behavior change intervention that (i) will be based on an assessment of existing social norms that are identified as barriers to women and girls achieving their full potential, (ii) will define approach and actions bringing to social norms/ behavior change (iii) will identifiy possible risks and impacts of such actions. It will be important to include men and boys in this intervention. The program includes by design intense sensitization activities with communities to mitigate these risks. Families (parents and, where applicable, husbands) of girls beneficiaries, as well as community leader will receive a 6-weeks training aimed at changing norms and behaviors around GBV. Potential contextual and project SEA/SH risk drivers include the following: implementation of activities in humanitarian and natural disasters affected zones in some constituent countries; lack of adequate service provision in many project implementation areas, which may also be difficult to access; planned cash transfer activities, including scholarships for adolescent girls; activities with health and education personnel targeting adolescent girls, including access to survivor health and psychosocial care and in potential educational settings where SEA/SH risks for girls are known in all country contexts; and lack of adequate grievance mechanisms and codes of conduct with provisions to Sep 20, 2023 Page 8 of 11 The World Bank East Africa Girls' Empowerment And Resilience (P179293) address SEA/SH for both health and education system personnel in all country contexts. The ESMF will further assess these risks and identify appropriate mitigation measures to avoid and/or minimize their impacts. These shall include provision and mitigation measures to reduce the risk of road accidents of school bicycles. The project will (i) further assess SEA/SH risks under the ESMFs and develop SEA/SH Action Plans (SEA/SH AP), ensure that all GRM are sensitive to SEA/SH complaints and have a survivor-centered approach, and that disciplinary actions for violations of the CoC by workers are duly followed. Moreover, considering that some project activities will be implemented in the Province of Cabo Delgado, although not in conflict affected areas, the ESMF shall have a specific section to assess potential related security risks. ESS5 - Land Acquisition, Restrictions on Land Use and Involuntary Resettlement Not Currently Relevant This standard is not considered relevant at this stage. The project activities are not expected to induce economic or physical displacement impacts ESS6 - Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management of Living Natural Not Currently Relevant Resources The standard is not considered relevant. There will be no rehabilitation nor construction of facilities and no new footprint that could impact biodiversity. ESS7 - Indigenous Peoples/Sub-Saharan African Historically Underserved Traditional Not Currently Relevant Local Communities Public Disclosure This standard is not considered relevant at this stage. There are no identified vulnerable or marginalized groups with identities and aspirations that are distinct from mainstream groups as defined under the Indigenous Peoples/Sub- Saharan Historically Under-served Traditional Local Communities in the project area of influence. ESS8 - Cultural Heritage Not Currently Relevant This standard is not considered relevant at this stage. The project is not expected to include minor civil works and therefore no major excavations are foreseen. ESS9 - Financial Intermediaries Not Currently Relevant This standard is not considered relevant for the project. B.2 Legal Operational Policies that Apply OP 7.50 Operations on International Waterways No OP 7.60 Operations in Disputed Areas No B.3 Other Salient Features Use of Borrower Framework No Use of Borrower Framework is not being considered for the Project Sep 20, 2023 Page 9 of 11 The World Bank East Africa Girls' Empowerment And Resilience (P179293) Use of Common Approach No Not applicable C. Overview of Required Environmental and Social Risk Management Activities C.1 What Borrower environmental and social analyses, instruments, plans and/or frameworks are planned or required by implementation? Project will not rely on the Borrower’s Framework but will comply with all environmental and social laws, policies and regulations. III. CONTACT POINT World Bank Task Team Leader: Sara Troiano Title: Senior Economist Email: stroiano@worldbank.org TTL Contact: Lauren Justine Marston Job Title: Senior Economist Email: lmarston@worldbank.org Public Disclosure TTL Contact: Hiska Noemi Reyes Job Title: Senior Social Development Specialist Email: hreyes@worldbank.org TTL Contact: Natalia Agapitova Job Title: Senior Economist Email: nagapitova@worldbank.org TTL Contact: Ian Forde Job Title: Program Leader Email: iforde@worldbank.org IV. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT Sep 20, 2023 Page 10 of 11 The World Bank East Africa Girls' Empowerment And Resilience (P179293) The World Bank 1818 H Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20433 Telephone: (202) 473-1000 Web: http://www.worldbank.org/projects V. APPROVAL Sara Troiano, Lauren Justine Marston, Hiska Noemi Reyes, Natalia Agapitova, Ian Task Team Leader(s): Forde Practice Manager (ENR/Social) Africa Eshogba Olojoba Cleared on 18-Aug-2023 at 04:42:8 EDT ADM Environmental Vaniah Emode Andrianjaka Specialist: ADM Social Specialist: Camilla Gandini Public Disclosure Sep 20, 2023 Page 11 of 11