Building Resilience of Youth, Women, and Vulnerable Groups through Social Protection Floor in Liberia using ICT

Realizing the promise of sustainable development in Liberia requires strategies that provide targeted support to those areas furthest behind to address growing inequalities that undermine national progress, stability and resilience. One of these areas is North-Central Liberia where the residents of Nimba, Bong and Lofa counties, particularly women and children, face deep-rooted and persistent challenges, including entrenched poverty, high levels of unemployment and informal employment, hunger and poor nutrition, and worsening rates of sexual and gender-based violence.

The goal of the programme is to harness the potential of information and communication technology (ICT) and digital technology to build resilient food and social protection systems for the attainment of the SDGs for all. To this end, the key objectives are to (i) increase access to digital innovation for women and youth in the target counties for community-driven food system planning, sustainable livelihoods, health services and community empowerment, and (ii) build local and community capacity, including through the Human Security Business Partnership (HSBP), for food systems planning, implementation and management, cooperatives development, and livelihood diversification, with a focus on mainstreaming gender equality.

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