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RUFIN’s Gender Unit wins Innovation grant
Mon Feb 13 2012The Gender Unit of the FGN/IFAD funded Rural Finance Institution Building Programme (RUFIN) has been awarded a grant of $2,000 as co-funding for the implementation of an Innovation Plan based on the universal Learning Route on Gender and Rural Microfinance.
This is the first time a Nigerian project is winning the grant.
RUFIN’s Innovation plan, tagged: ‘Advocacy and Community-Led Mobilization For Gender mainstreaming and Empowerment’, seeks to create institutional awareness/sensitization on gender issues in relation to microfinance activities at the community levels, as well as deepen the knowledge and skills of RUFIN staff in the implementation and promotion of gender equity and women empowerment.
The grant was awarded by PROCASUR, a Chile-based non-profit organization working to reduce poverty by increasing the innovation capacities of development projects, associations and beneficiary organizations and local governments working in the implementation of poverty reduction initiatives.
RUFIN beat nine other entries at a contest held in March 2011 as part of activities at a regional workshop on the Learning Route held in Uganda under the auspices of FAO-IFAD and PROCASUR.
The plan is expected to attract resources from the RUFIN management as a precursor to the release of the grant which will support planned activities over an 8-month implementation period.
The workshop, which had as its theme; Learning Route: Gender and rural microfinance-New approaches, services and products in Africa sought to sensitize and train practitioners in the rural microfinance industry on how to scale-up best practices, the solutions available in the microfinance sector and increase their understanding of gender issues.
Fourteen practitioners from ten countries - Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Rwanda and Zambia, China, Japan, Brazil and Belgium - participated in the workshop.
Commenting on the grant, Ms. Lydia Ameh, Gender Specialist in RUFIN, described it as a welcome development that would not only give the programme recognition and hence visibility, but also support the Unit’s Gender mainstreaming efforts in rural microfinance.
She explained that RUFIN will adopt the Bokonzo Joint Cooperative Model (BJCM) drawing from its experience in Gender Action Learning Systems (GALS), in the implementation of the Plan, because the integration of the model into BJCM’s value chain finance over the years had resulted in a holistic empowerment and participation of the poor.
‘’Integrating this model into RUFIN activities will not only reinforce gender sensitization and awareness at the community levels but will contribute to community-led design, implementation and monitoring of effective mainstreaming of gender issues .
‘’The GALS, in particular, is unique in the sense that it establishes sustainable participating processes for gender mainstreaming linked to economic decision making and advocacy’’.
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RUFIN’s Gender Unit wins Innovation grant
Mon Feb 13 2012The Gender Unit of the FGN/IFAD funded Rural Finance Institution Building Programme (RUFIN) has been awarded a grant of $2,000 as co-funding for the implementation of an Innovation Plan based on the universal Learning Route on Gender and Rural Microfinance.
This is the first time a Nigerian project is winning the grant.
RUFIN’s Innovation plan, tagged: ‘Advocacy and Community-Led Mobilization For Gender mainstreaming and Empowerment’, seeks to create institutional awareness/sensitization on gender issues in relation to microfinance activities at the community levels, as well as deepen the knowledge and skills of RUFIN staff in the implementation and promotion of gender equity and women empowerment.
The grant was awarded by PROCASUR, a Chile-based non-profit organization working to reduce poverty by increasing the innovation capacities of development projects, associations and beneficiary organizations and local governments working in the implementation of poverty reduction initiatives.
RUFIN beat nine other entries at a contest held in March 2011 as part of activities at a regional workshop on the Learning Route held in Uganda under the auspices of FAO-IFAD and PROCASUR.
The plan is expected to attract resources from the RUFIN management as a precursor to the release of the grant which will support planned activities over an 8-month implementation period.
The workshop, which had as its theme; Learning Route: Gender and rural microfinance-New approaches, services and products in Africa sought to sensitize and train practitioners in the rural microfinance industry on how to scale-up best practices, the solutions available in the microfinance sector and increase their understanding of gender issues.
Fourteen practitioners from ten countries - Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Rwanda and Zambia, China, Japan, Brazil and Belgium - participated in the workshop.
Commenting on the grant, Ms. Lydia Ameh, Gender Specialist in RUFIN, described it as a welcome development that would not only give the programme recognition and hence visibility, but also support the Unit’s Gender mainstreaming efforts in rural microfinance.
She explained that RUFIN will adopt the Bokonzo Joint Cooperative Model (BJCM) drawing from its experience in Gender Action Learning Systems (GALS), in the implementation of the Plan, because the integration of the model into BJCM’s value chain finance over the years had resulted in a holistic empowerment and participation of the poor.
‘’Integrating this model into RUFIN activities will not only reinforce gender sensitization and awareness at the community levels but will contribute to community-led design, implementation and monitoring of effective mainstreaming of gender issues .
‘’The GALS, in particular, is unique in the sense that it establishes sustainable participating processes for gender mainstreaming linked to economic decision making and advocacy’’.
Understanding Result Based Monitoring & Evaluation - By Mrs. A.U. Ufaruna RUFIN: Creating Financial Opportunities for the YouthHow The Rural Poor Can Access Financial Services RUFIN registers over 5,000 Rural Microfinance InstitutionsMinister wants IFAD to continue the fight against povertyIFAD/RUFIN Program to Boost Nutrition Level of the Akwa Ibom State Rural PoorTab 3
RUFIN’s Gender Unit wins Innovation grant
Mon Feb 13 2012
The Gender Unit of the FGN/IFAD funded Rural Finance Institution Building Programme (RUFIN) has been awarded a grant of $2,000 as co-funding for the implementation of an Innovation Plan based on the universal Learning Route on Gender and Rural Microfinance.
This is the first time a Nigerian project is winning the grant.
RUFIN’s Innovation plan, tagged: ‘Advocacy and Community-Led Mobilization For Gender mainstreaming and Empowerment’, seeks to create institutional awareness/sensitization on gender issues in relation to microfinance activities at the community levels, as well as deepen the knowledge and skills of RUFIN staff in the implementation and promotion of gender equity and women empowerment.
The grant was awarded by PROCASUR, a Chile-based non-profit organization working to reduce poverty by increasing the innovation capacities of development projects, associations and beneficiary organizations and local governments working in the implementation of poverty reduction initiatives.
RUFIN beat nine other entries at a contest held in March 2011 as part of activities at a regional workshop on the Learning Route held in Uganda under the auspices of FAO-IFAD and PROCASUR.
The plan is expected to attract resources from the RUFIN management as a precursor to the release of the grant which will support planned activities over an 8-month implementation period.
The workshop, which had as its theme; Learning Route: Gender and rural microfinance-New approaches, services and products in Africa sought to sensitize and train practitioners in the rural microfinance industry on how to scale-up best practices, the solutions available in the microfinance sector and increase their understanding of gender issues.
Fourteen practitioners from ten countries - Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Rwanda and Zambia, China, Japan, Brazil and Belgium - participated in the workshop.
Commenting on the grant, Ms. Lydia Ameh, Gender Specialist in RUFIN, described it as a welcome development that would not only give the programme recognition and hence visibility, but also support the Unit’s Gender mainstreaming efforts in rural microfinance.
She explained that RUFIN will adopt the Bokonzo Joint Cooperative Model (BJCM) drawing from its experience in Gender Action Learning Systems (GALS), in the implementation of the Plan, because the integration of the model into BJCM’s value chain finance over the years had resulted in a holistic empowerment and participation of the poor.
‘’Integrating this model into RUFIN activities will not only reinforce gender sensitization and awareness at the community levels but will contribute to community-led design, implementation and monitoring of effective mainstreaming of gender issues .
‘’The GALS, in particular, is unique in the sense that it establishes sustainable participating processes for gender mainstreaming linked to economic decision making and advocacy’’.
RUFIN Coordinator urges Nigerian MFBS to go global.Imo State pays counterparts to RUFIN, collects project vehicleRUFIN’s Gender Unit wins Innovation grant RUFIN empowers village savings groups, says coordinatorNational sensitization workshops for stakeholders ends on a high noteRUFIN gets Monitoring and Evaluation Committee for programme implementation RUFIN Launches WebsiteTab 4
RUFIN’s Gender Unit wins Innovation grant
Mon Feb 13 2012
The Gender Unit of the FGN/IFAD funded Rural Finance Institution Building Programme (RUFIN) has been awarded a grant of $2,000 as co-funding for the implementation of an Innovation Plan based on the universal Learning Route on Gender and Rural Microfinance.
This is the first time a Nigerian project is winning the grant.
RUFIN’s Innovation plan, tagged: ‘Advocacy and Community-Led Mobilization For Gender mainstreaming and Empowerment’, seeks to create institutional awareness/sensitization on gender issues in relation to microfinance activities at the community levels, as well as deepen the knowledge and skills of RUFIN staff in the implementation and promotion of gender equity and women empowerment.
The grant was awarded by PROCASUR, a Chile-based non-profit organization working to reduce poverty by increasing the innovation capacities of development projects, associations and beneficiary organizations and local governments working in the implementation of poverty reduction initiatives.
RUFIN beat nine other entries at a contest held in March 2011 as part of activities at a regional workshop on the Learning Route held in Uganda under the auspices of FAO-IFAD and PROCASUR.
The plan is expected to attract resources from the RUFIN management as a precursor to the release of the grant which will support planned activities over an 8-month implementation period.
The workshop, which had as its theme; Learning Route: Gender and rural microfinance-New approaches, services and products in Africa sought to sensitize and train practitioners in the rural microfinance industry on how to scale-up best practices, the solutions available in the microfinance sector and increase their understanding of gender issues.
Fourteen practitioners from ten countries - Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Rwanda and Zambia, China, Japan, Brazil and Belgium - participated in the workshop.
Commenting on the grant, Ms. Lydia Ameh, Gender Specialist in RUFIN, described it as a welcome development that would not only give the programme recognition and hence visibility, but also support the Unit’s Gender mainstreaming efforts in rural microfinance.
She explained that RUFIN will adopt the Bokonzo Joint Cooperative Model (BJCM) drawing from its experience in Gender Action Learning Systems (GALS), in the implementation of the Plan, because the integration of the model into BJCM’s value chain finance over the years had resulted in a holistic empowerment and participation of the poor.
‘’Integrating this model into RUFIN activities will not only reinforce gender sensitization and awareness at the community levels but will contribute to community-led design, implementation and monitoring of effective mainstreaming of gender issues .
‘’The GALS, in particular, is unique in the sense that it establishes sustainable participating processes for gender mainstreaming linked to economic decision making and advocacy’’.