All projects: entrepreneurship, gender equality
Promoting Financial Literacy Among Vulnerable Groups in Egypt
This Dutch funded project aims to maximize the benefits of the formal financial sector through raising awareness among vulnerable groups.
Women Entrepreneurship Development and Economic Empowerment
The ILO Women’s Entrepreneurship Development and Economic Empowerment (WEDEE) Project works towards enhancing economic opportunities for women by supporting women who are starting, formalizing and growing their own enterprises and by mainstreaming...
Empowering Women and Girls in Vulnerable Situations through Decent Work in Madagascar
The project works toward the social reintegration of women who have suffered from obstetric fistulas through stable long-term incomes.
The promotion of Gender Equality and Women's Economic Empowerment in Somalia
The EU Gender project supports the promotion of gender equality and women’s economic empowerment in the workplace in Somalia through economic participation supporting broader equality and participation.
Joint UN Program on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Kenya
This Joint Programme brings together 14 United Nations Organizations under one programmatic framework and provides for a strong platform to better serve the needs of Kenya in the area of gender equality and women’s empowerment.
Promoting Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in the World of Work in Brazil, Angola, South Africa India, China (BASIC)
This project aims to tackle sex-based discrimination and promote workplaces where women and men enjoy equal rights and respect, as well as equal opportunities and treatment.
The Way Forward after the Revolution: Decent Work for Women in Egypt and Tunisia (Phase I)
This project aims to increase women's participation in the labour market, and to improve labour markets institutions to better assist women in post-revolution in Tunisia and Egypt.
Empowering women for peace and recovery in East Sudan
The project seeks to provide seeds funding for the priority areas of peace building through women economic empowerment and will work as a pilot to stimulate other donors who committed to support the implementation of ESPA (East Sudan Peace...
Joint UN Programme on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Ethiopia
The Programme supports the Government of Ethiopia in its efforts to further improve the lives of Ethiopian women and support the realization of their rights, in line with its international commitments.
Women Entrepreneurship Programme in Yemen
The project contributes to the national goal of economically empowering Yemeni women and encouraging them to engage in self-employment or improve their existing businesses.
Promoting Women’s Entrepreneurship Development and Gender Equality (WEDGE)
Contributes to the creation of greater opportunities for low-income women and their families to secure decent employment and income through women’s enterprise development.
Boosting Youth Employment is using an integrated approach and this in the framework of the Decent Work Country Programmes developed for...
ILO Growth Oriented Women Entrepreneurs (GOWE Kenya)
UN Joint Programme on Gender Equality (JPGE)
This project is a component decentralised to the ILO through the Country Office for Zimbabwe (CO-Harare) under the United Nations of the Joint Programme on Gender Equality (JPGE). The JPGE addresses four priorities that were identified through a...
Youth and Women Economic Empowerment Project
The Project aims to contribute towards the reduction of unemployment, among the youth and women, through the creation of employment opportunities in a number of areas, including agribusiness value chains and artisanal mining. The direct...
Green enterPRIZE Innovation & Development in Zimbabwe
The proposed project seeks to contribute to solving a series of inter-related development problems, such as high levels of youth employment, low levels of formal and growth oriented entrepreneurship and unsustainable production processes of SMEs in...
Women’s Economic Empowerment project in Somalia
The project on women economic empowerment is a joint initiative between UN Women and ILO with the support of UN Women and Swedish International Cooperation Agency (SIDA) promotes women’s economic empowerment through enhancing their entrepreneurial...
Promoting Women’s Entrepreneurship Development and Gender Equality, Phase III
The Women’s Entrepreneurship Development and Gender Equality (WEDGE) project (2008-2011) promotes women’s entrepreneurship and support women entrepreneurs to create decent employment, achieve women’s empowerment and gender equality, and work toward...