News

Charting a New Path: Stakeholders Validate Blueprint for Women's Entrepreneurship Empowerment in Nigeria

29 October 2023

International collaboration and commitment set the stage for a three-year strategy to bolster women's entrepreneurship and enterprise formalization in Nigeria.

Publication

Strengthening childcare provision in Moldova through public and private efforts – opportunities and constraints

24 August 2023

Market system analysis of the childcare sector in Moldova

ILO Brief

Childcare leave and services from a women ’s entrepreneurship development perspective

20 December 2022

Webinar

Gender-Sensitive Approaches to Value Chain Development: Learnings and Guidance

Value chain development and gender equality: two goals that are deeply intertwined, yet often understood separately by international development organisations.

Women's entrepreneurship development

IWD Webinar: Unlocking potential of women entrepreneurs: Provision of gender inclusive financial and business development services

The webinar, organized by the ILO’s Women’s Entrepreneurship Development Programme and the “Rebuilding Better: Fostering Business Resilience Post-COVID-19” Project, discussed the key role of financial and business development service providers in unlocking women entrepreneurs’ potential.

News

How are business development service providers utilizing ICTs to serve women entrepreneurs during the COVID-19 pandemic?

10 February 2022

Financial and Business Development Service providers are playing an important role in supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a research collaboration with the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, the Women’s Entrepreneurship Development Programme and the Rebuilding Better: Fostering Business Resilience Post-COVID-19 Project, supported by J.P. Morgan, explored how service providers have adapted Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) to deliver services to women entrepreneurs in response to COVID-19.

Webinar

Género y Emprendimiento (GET Ahead) – Experiencias de Latinoamérica

Women's entrepreneurship development

'Going digital with women entrepreneurs in South-East Asia' with the ILO, ITCILO and Google Primer

The ILO Rebuilding Better Project is hosting a combined launch event and workshop for women entrepreneurs in Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand. The event will equip women business owners who are looking to optimize their online presence with new skills, while officially launching three new ITCILO – Google Primer digital training programmes.

Video

Women entrepreneurs in Cape Verde receive support for growing and formalizing their businesses

11 November 2021

Webinar

Training Equitably: Gender-Sensitive Approaches to Supporting Women in Business