Promote local labor force participation, particularly for
women in the sector value chain. A Gender Strategy and Action Plan
has been developed and will be integrated into the Project Operations Manual
(POM) to ensure that women and girls are not victimized or excluded from the
benefits of the project. The project will incorporate in the
gender strategy some actions specifically through mentorship programs for local
women to learn to work in different aspects of the construction to provide them with
tools to access jobs in the sector, educating
workers on harassment and gender issues, developing a mentorship program for
local women from the community, engaging female engineering students from the
University of Belize to conduct internship with the various design, engineering and
construction aspects of the project and finally, including solar illumination at bus
stops to increasing the security.