Insights of the World Bank Inspection Panel: Responding to Project Gender-Based Violence Complaints Through an Independent Accountability Mechanism
The World Bank Inspection Panel is an independent complaints mechanism for people who believe they have been or will be adversely affected by the World Bank not complying with its operational environmental and social safeguard policies in projects that it funds. The Panel’s process seeks redress for affected communities. It investigates the Bank, not its member or borrower countries. Although the Bank has a 2003 operational directive that seeks to narrow gender gaps and a gender strategy that sets targets, assesses progress toward gender equality, and incorporates gender dimensions into its operations, the directive does not explicitly target harm3 such as gender-based violence (GBV). However, under the Directive for Addressing Risks and Impact on Vulnerable and Disadvantaged Groups pursuant to the 2018 Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) the Bank now has additional coverage, including a requirement that staff conduct due diligence on the risks to individuals and groups who might be adversely affected or excluded from project benefits due to gender, sexual orientation, or gender identity. This report is the sixth in the Panel’s Emerging Lessons Series. It draws on the main lessons of two groundbreaking investigations in which Bank operations faced allegations of inadequate social risk assessment, management, and supervision that contributed to project-related GBV and harm in two transport projects. The insights provided here explain how these investigations inspired institutional transformation of the Bank’s approach to GBV and the importance of Independent Accountability Mechanisms (IAMs) such as the Panel for responding to claims of project-related GBV.
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| Format: | Working Paper biblioteca |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington DC
2023-05-02
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| Subjects: | GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, REPORTING, ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM, SEXUAL HARASSMENT, |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099831004242340358/IDU07a1793f40c7c104a720b85e07f8f10bdfe1f https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/39771 |
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| Summary: | The World Bank Inspection Panel is an
independent complaints mechanism for people who believe they
have been or will be adversely affected by the World Bank
not complying with its operational environmental and social
safeguard policies in projects that it funds. The Panel’s
process seeks redress for affected communities. It
investigates the Bank, not its member or borrower countries.
Although the Bank has a 2003 operational directive that
seeks to narrow gender gaps and a gender strategy that sets
targets, assesses progress toward gender equality, and
incorporates gender dimensions into its operations, the
directive does not explicitly target harm3 such as
gender-based violence (GBV). However, under the Directive
for Addressing Risks and Impact on Vulnerable and
Disadvantaged Groups pursuant to the 2018 Environmental and
Social Framework (ESF) the Bank now has additional coverage,
including a requirement that staff conduct due diligence on
the risks to individuals and groups who might be adversely
affected or excluded from project benefits due to gender,
sexual orientation, or gender identity. This report is the
sixth in the Panel’s Emerging Lessons Series. It draws on
the main lessons of two groundbreaking investigations in
which Bank operations faced allegations of inadequate social
risk assessment, management, and supervision that
contributed to project-related GBV and harm in two transport
projects. The insights provided here explain how these
investigations inspired institutional transformation of the
Bank’s approach to GBV and the importance of Independent
Accountability Mechanisms (IAMs) such as the Panel for
responding to claims of project-related GBV. |
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