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Lao PDR
Created at
2020-06-30
Last update
2022-03-19
Last full update
2022-08-17

Any gender-specific information about the investment and its impacts

Comment on gender-related info
The Project has the potential to bring significant benefit to the community and to women in particular. Potential benefits for women include increased levels of education, employment opportunities and health and sanitation service advances. A Scholarship Pilot Program (established in 2010) to promote ability, achievement and gender equality in primary school by offering scholarships for selected students. The women in the villages are much more prone to collaborate with Stora Enso than the men [SLE's staff said. SIANI, 2018 ] If not managed appropriately, the project has the potential to exacerbate problems in the area generally, and specifically enhance gender inequalities (Source: UNDP 2011)