Plateforme AGGRC

Sovereign and Scalable : Innovative and Gender Inclusive Risk Financing for Africa's Agrifood Resilience and Transformation

Thierry — 2025-10-29T15:44:54Z

Side Event Organizers : Government of Rwanda, ARC
Venue : AD3- This is likely to change to Mezzanine room upstairs because AD3 is small.
Time : 8:00-9:00 AM (Kigali time)

- Agenda / Renforcement des capacités/Formation , Sensibilisation et communication, Rwanda, Intégration de la dimension de genre

Gender and DRM Side Event on the Margins of the 15th CoP of the African Risk Capacity

Thierry — 2025-07-21T09:42:54Z

On the sidelines of the ARC's 15th Conference of the Parties in Kigali, Rwanda, the ARC Gender Division and Affaires mondiales Canada | Global Affairs Canada (GAC), a key partner in advancing ARC's gender mainstreaming efforts, co-hosted a panel discussion to examine the role of gender integration in Disaster Risk Management and climate change response.

The session convened other ARC partners critical in fostering synergies with GAC-funded initiatives, with the goal to identify shared priorities, complementarities, and potential overlaps across programmes. Participants shared experiences and outlined lessons learnt in the integration of Gender in DRM and climate change response through the ARC, Replica and ADRIFI mechanisms. They also explored strategies to enhance stakeholder collaboration, ensuring cohesive efforts in addressing interconnected climate resilience challenges. Humanitarian partners, the World Food Programme (WFP) and the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), contributed to the discussions as key enablers of African countries' participation in ARC risk pools. The WFP collaborates on the ARC Replica initiative, which enables humanitarian actors to secure sovereign insurance coverage for participating countries. AfDB oversees the Africa Disaster Risk Financing (ADRiFi) Programme, a flagship initiative for enhancing the resilience and response capacity of African nations to climate-induced disasters. ADRiFi focuses on advancing disaster risk management and financing strategies by integrating risk assessment, mitigation, risk transfer mechanisms, and preparedness planning. In 2019, ARC, supported by Global Affairs Canada / Affaires mondiales Canada, developed and adopted its Gender Strategy. As part of its principles of engagement, the organisation adopted a differentiated approach to gender equality issues in DRM, committing to closing the gender gap, which is central to achieving aspiration 6 of Africa's Agenda 2063. This framework recognises that the important role of women in agriculture is essential for food security and economic growth. The event concluded with a road map for a strengthened collaboration, with clear indications on expected deliverables of each mechanism, developed. An immediate outcome was the commitment from partners to hold joint working meetings regularly to explore areas of collaboration in ARC member states.

Annual Training of ARC Government Coordinators

Thierry — 2025-07-21T09:42:22Z

Gender equality is a cornerstone of resilient communities In the face of escalating climate risks and public health threats, gender mainstreaming in Disaster Risk Management (DRM) is not optional but essential. True resilience demands that all people's unique vulnerabilities and capacities, especially women and marginalised groups, are recognised, valued, and addressed. At ARC, we understand that without gender-responsive DRM, we cannot achieve the Africa We Want, nor can we fulfil the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or the Agenda 2063 vision.

On April 25–26, 2025, on the margins of the 15th ARC Conference of Parties (CoP) in Kigali, Rwanda, ARC convened a landmark Gender Training Workshop for Government Coordinators from Eastern, Southern, and Western Africa. This dynamic workshop is an annual exercise aiming at enhancing the gender mainstreaming capacities of our Government Coordinators and this years' segment introduced the Gender Audit methodology. This powerful, participatory tool will assist our Member States in systematically assessing and integrating gender equality principles into their DRM policies, plans, and programmes. Expressing gratitude to the participants, Dr Christy Adokiye George, Head of the ARC Gender Division, stressed : "This training is more than a capacity-building exercise ; it is a call for action. I am deeply grateful to all our Government Coordinators for their unwavering dedication. Together, we are redefining resilience — not just as an ability to bounce back from crises, but as transformation rooted in equity, dignity, and empowerment for all." Retselisitsoe Molefe, Government Coordinator of the Kingdom of Lesotho and Chair of the CoP, emphasised : "Gender equality must be at the heart of everything we do in building resilience. As DRM practitioners, we are called to recognise that sustainable resilience cannot be achieved if we leave behind the voices, needs, and leadership of half our population. This work is fundamental to creating a stronger, healthier, and more unified Africa." At ARC, we proudly champion a vision of resilience in which no one is left behind and where climate and disease threats are addressed with inclusive, transformative, and enduring solutions. The journey continues, and it is one we walk together.

Training of Regulators in Women's insurance

Thierry — 2024-10-02T12:42:15Z

The training was developed in collaboration between the African Risk Capacity and the International Finance Corporation. The collaboration stems from the focus of both organisations on empowering women, especially in the field of insurance for women. For this purpose, ARC gender Unit and IFC Women Insurance developed the modules centered on the role of insurance regulators in promoting women's Insurance market.
Both organisations agreed to collaborate on activities that ensure that selected ARC member states, regulators are targeted to create awareness in terms of gender sensitivity, and the key activity in this context would be Gender training for regulators.
The training was thus piloted in Cote d'Ivoire and Zimbabwe in 2023. Because of the positive feedback , it was decided to duplicate the training in other member states.

The main objective was to create awareness amongst insurance regulators and train them, in order to promote women's insurance market in Rwanda ; and to sensitise the regulators about the importance of a sensitive approach in the insurance industry and promote women's economic empowerment through insurance.

The two days' workshop was attended by Insurance regulators in Rwanda, Representatives of the Insurers Association of Rwanda, Government Institutions supporting finance initiatives , the Ministry of Agriculture and animal resources (MINAGRI), the National Bank of Rwanda and covered the below topics :

IFC & the Women's Insurance program ;
Gender and Gender Sensitivity ;
Opportunities in Women's Insurance Market ;
The Importance of Gender-disaggregated Data & Role of the Regulators in promoting the Women's Market ;
ARC Gender Strategy ;
Gender And Disaster Management ; and
Gender and Disaster Risk Governance.