Deadline: 18-Sep-2017 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
EEU has adopted a Womens Affairs Policy and Procedures to guide the institutions actions on gender mainstreaming. Informed by the National Gender Mainstreaming Guidelines developed by the MoWCYA, the stated policy objective is to realize preferred gender equality system [sic] and protect human rights of women employees in the institution. It is applicable to all functional units and employees of the EEU. EEU has also recognizes how the energy sector can contribute towards the gender targets outlined in GTP II and has aligned its gender actions accordingly. In addition, Power Africa has recently completed a report on Integrating Gender into EEU: A Mapping and Needs Assessment which is also expected to guide proposed gender actions.
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parliamentarian workshop organized by UNICEF where I learned about the different forms of malnutrition that we face. There, I discovered that my country, Cameroon, has an overall stunting prevalence of 32% for children under age five. In other words, one in three children under the age of five is affected. I now know of the devastating effects of malnutrition on the health of families, children and adolescents and consequently on the development of our country. As a parliamentarian, I’ve worked to serve my constituency and set up a community health insurance which helps improve the coverage of vulnerable children and young people. These challenges are our daily reality, but I was surprised to see them highlighted by the President of the World Bank in Washington, DC when I traveled there for the World Bank’s Spring Meetings.
Over the past 15 years, the World Bank Groups’ Community Development Carbon Fund (CDCF) has contributed to reducing over 4 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent and created community co-benefits aligned with sustainable development goals (SDGs) for approximately 17.5 million people. Ecofys, a Navigant company and headquartered in Utrecht, The Netherlands, has supported the Bank’s efforts and recently presented a 
Netherlands for the World Bank 
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