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AI and Data Science Bootcamp for Women* and Minorities by FAIR Forward

Beyond the Blueprint: Joining hands for Gender Transformative Approaches

Build Women’s Skills in Construction

Mujeres Shuar se certifican en buenas prácticas agrícolas.

Gender Inclusivity Drive – GIZ Brazil 2024

New Face of Woman in Rural Areas

Breaking ground: Empowering Indigenous Women as Guardians of Biodiversity in Laos

Mainstreaming decent work conditions for women gig workers: paving way for digital and fair work

Learning about and Operationalizing Intersectional and Gender-transformative approaches in GIZ practice

CITIES: trazando la ruta hacia el enfoque género transformador

Joint Gender Transformative Approaches Working Group (GTA-WG)

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Empowering Women Through Innovative Flower Waste Management

The choice to pursue a corporate career and motherhood are not mutually exclusive: A tale of breast-feeding moms

Promotion de l’Electrification Rurale pars les Energies Renouvelables (PERER) – GIZ Madagascar

From gender approach to practice at GIZ Colombia

GIZ Forest and Climate Change

INA goes Feminist

Tejiendo Innovación

Innovación social y tecnológica para la producción ycomercialización de sombreros y artesanías hechas con paja toquilla, a partir delempoderamiento de la mujer 45_Espanol_GG1_APLAK_Fondo de Innovación

Capitalizing On Good Practices of Gender Mainstreaming at GIZ

The A2ii-SSN Report on the Gender Equity Survey of the Argentinian Insurance Market

Refroidissement Respectueux de l’Ozone et du Climat en Afrique de l’Ouest et Centrale (ROCA)

The urban transformation is female!

Technical Support for the Comprehensive Technical Education Initiative with Egypt – TCTI

Gender Mainstreaming and Inclusion – Creating Impacts for East Africans

Transforming Lives: Empowering Gender-Based Violence Survivors

Step aside Gentlemen – Female Innovators coming

Destination WEE in ICT in Jordan

Anti-sexual harassment in the workplace A practical guide for employers

Planting seeds of change in India: How communal gardening and nutrition trainings improve nutrition security for women and young children and transform gender roles

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Geschlechtergerechtigkeit im Rohstoffsektor für eine sozial-ökologische Transformation

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Renforcement de la résilience des femmes à travers les cultures de diversification

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The Pink Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in Patna as part of the Circular Waste Solutions Project in India

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Importance of Research and Analysis and Gender Mainstreaming in a Sustainable Economic Development Project

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¡Intercambio de saberes entre y para mujeres! Una apuesta por la incidencia política, económica y social de mujeres rurales en Colombia.

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EmpowHER: ERADA’s Gender Equality Chronicles

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The Investment Climate Reform (ICR) Facility: Making Business easier for Women

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Output 3 Sustainable Business development and output 4 Fostering employment & Employability

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Renforcement de la participation socioéconomique des déplacées internes, des réfugiées et des communautés hôtes vulnérables (PAPSE)

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A holistic GIZ approach to promoting gender equality and diversity in Malawi

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The Cities Challenge Empowering women* as active shapers of sustainable urban development

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Elevating Gender Equality Initiatives in Lao PDR: Advancing through the Continuation of the Emission Reductions Programm

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Le droit et l’influence des femmes : « pilier de l’autonomisation des réseaux PFNL » cas de la zone de Messamena

Breaking Chains, Building Voices: Gender Transformative Approaches in Plastic Waste Management for Inclusive and Sustainable Communities- Trivandrum

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Beitrag der Grünen Innovationszentren in der Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft

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TechHER: Fortalece tu liderazgo en el mundo tecnológico

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Women United for Export

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Promotion of Solar Water Pumps- Indo-German Energy Programme

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Indo-German Energy Programme – Access to Energy in Rural Areas (IGEN ACCESS)

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Employment for Development Employment/Promotion for Women for the Green Transformation in Africa

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Combating Sexual Harassment: Empowering Labour Market Actors in the Agri-Food Sector in Western Kenya

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Gender Equality in the Maasai Mara, Kenya

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Revolutionizing Urban Mobility through Gender Transformative Interventions in India

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Alliances for Trade Facilitation (A4TF): Sensitization for Women in Cross Border Trade Ghana

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Textilarbeiterinnen in Bangladesch: Faktenbasierte Pfade zur Überwindung struktureller Benachteiligung von Frauen

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Fund for Regional Stabilization and Development within ECOWAS

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Unraveling the Ties: How Violence Against Women Impacts Food Security in Ecuador

Violence against women (VAW), in most cases perpetrated by their (former) partners, leaves physical and psychological aftereffects on women and their families. These consequences range from physical and emotional ailments to economic costs for the assaulted women and their households.

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New Call for Proposals to Promote Women Economic Empowerment in African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries

The Investment Climate Reform (ICR) Facility invites public and private sector organisations operating in African, Caribbean, or Pacific (ACP) countries to submit proposals to receive free technical assistance aimed at advancing Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE). The ICR Facility can help

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Strengthening women as a future pillar of the Tunisian economy

Tunisia has a wealth of women’s skills capable of making a difference in the growth rate of the national economy. The country aspires to double the number of women owners of small and medium-sized enterprises and facilitate their access to

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Breaking Ground: Exploring the Gendered Impact of the Energy Transition on Mining Communities

31.05.2023, 10:45-11:45 AM (CEST) This side event at the margins of the BMZ High-Level Forum on Mineral Supply Chains will be jointly organized by the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) and the multi-stakeholder group Women’s

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A winner creates decent jobs for women in Tunisia

25-year-old Samar Belkhala comes from the Tunisian coastal town of Teboulba in the Monastir Governorate. Teboulba is a small town traditionally characterized by fishing. To earn her pocket money, Samar often worked in the harbor during her semester breaks. Her

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Yoonu tekki ci taar ak xarala yu bees yi ! Réussir dans le secteur de la beauté par l’innovation et la technologie, c’est possible !

Le Programme « Réussir au Sénégal » célèbre l’entrepreneuriat féminin dans le secteur de la beauté Selon l’Agence Nationale de la Statistique et de la Démographie (ANSD), près de 60% de la population active du Sénégal est constituée d’entreprises individuelles. L’agence renseigne

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Madagascar Gender Month 2023

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DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality

The GIZ Vocational Training Sri Lanka (VTSL) project, commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Swiss State Secretariat for Migration (SEM), aims to align vocational training with the local market demands. The project

First Export Consortia of women owned/led businesses in Tunisia launched

In Tunisia, the month of March was dominated by feminist foreign and development policy. Shortly after Svenja Schulze presented the strategy for feminist development policy for the BMZ, the new strategy was put into practice in the country. With the

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Small Steps Towards an Empowered Tomorrow

Check out the knowledge product ‘Small Steps Towards an Empowered Tomorrow’, compiled by the Gender Working Group, Natural Resource Management and Agroecology (NRMAE), GIZ India. The Working Group primarily supports projects in its activities towards gender sensitisation, gender equality and

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Gender Month Mozambique 2023

In Mozambique, a full Gender Month is being celebrated every year between March, the 8th (International Women Day) and April, the 7th (Mozambican Women Day). In 2023, GIZ Mozambique and EnDev were elected to follow the main theme of the

Gender Month Events of the Regional Programmes E4D and WE4D

GIZ GENDER MONTH 2023 Events organised by the ‘Employment and Skills for Development in Africa (E4D)’ and the ‘Employment promotion for women for the green transformation in Africa (WE4D)’ programmes   Together with the programmes‘ regional partners in sub-Saharan Africa,

Table ronde “digitalisation et inlcusion”

Ensemble, nous allons nous plonger dans un sujet qui a plus d’actualité que jamais: celui de la digitalisation. Dans unc adre convivial et interactif, nous allons revoir les concepts de base, discuter les opportunités et les défis qu’y sont liés

“Rana hna – Les femmes algériennes dans le secteur des déchets”

Le projet PEMLO vous invite à découvrir son exposition de témoignages des femmes actives dans le domaine des déchets au sein des différentes communes pilotes. 08.-14.03. GIZ Algérie Alger

Lancement Concours Tremplin « Women Sports Entrepreneurship »

En Afrique, environ 20 millions de jeunes arrivent sur le marché du travail chaque année, ce qui représente le plus grand potentiel de main-d’œuvre du monde. Pour atteindre l’objectif de « ne laisser personne pour compte » et d’une «

New BMZ Feminist Development Policy: Approaches and Implementation in Cameroon

In the context of the International Women’s Day, the GIZ gender month and the publication of the new German feminist development policy, GIZ Cameroon is organising a panel discussion on this policy. The policy underlines the importance of working in

Gender Equality Week Egypt – REPRESENTATION – Business Future is Female

Agenda March 8th German Gender Equality Week REPRESENTATION – Day 3 – Business Future is Female – is the closing event of the GEW 2023 on International Women’s Day 2023. Hosted by the German Embassy in Cairo, in cooperation with

Tech’Action 4 Women

Les 07 et 08 Mars 2023 le Programme Migration pour le Développement (PME) organise au Centre Sénégalo-Allemand  une formation pour quinze (15) femmes entrepreneurs en activité. Cet atelier de formation initié en partenariat avec l’Agence Nationale pour la Promotion de

Panel sur : « les mutations du digital en cours dans le monde du travail : opportunités et menaces pour les travailleuses et travailleurs »

Le Ministère du Travail, du Dialogue social et des Relations avec les Institutions, en partenariat avec la GIZ, à travers le projet : « Ensemble vers la réforme du travail », organise un panel sur : « les mutations du

💭 Imagining Women-Centric Digital Futures

💭 Imagining Women-Centric Digital Futures To be able to create thriving futures for women, we first need to imagine and envision what we want to create 🌌. But, designing for everyone often leads to one-size-fits-men solutions 😕.   On the

Women Together in the Pacific – A Talanoa on Women in Climate Change

Background: Women face disproportionate vulnerabilities to climate change across the world. Men and women often have different roles and responsibilities, determining whom has access to power and decision-making authority within the household and community. These social dimensions impact women’s access

Lauching Central Asia Feminist Development Team

We are launching our CAFD Team. Our mission is to raise awareness about feminist development policy; inform and support the operationalisation of feminist development policiy in our work across Central Asia and to set an example of creative and innovative

Gender Issues in Cross-Border Trade: A Virtual Roundtable

  Thursday, 16.03.2023, 10am UTC What are the challenges for women in cross-border trade – and how can we adress them? We cordially invite you to a roundtable to discuss challenges of women and small-scale traders. We are eager to

develoPPP impacts gender inclusivity in textile supply chains

With develoPPP, GIZ pools resources, knowledge and capital from companies and development cooperation so that both sides achieve more than they would alone (win-win). With this interactive event, we want to showcase the possibilities of cooperation with the private sector

Feminist Approaches in Alternative Development: The Case of Albania

14. March, 08:00-09:00 CET, Vienna International Center This side event is held in the margins of the 66th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) and organized by GIZ’s Global Partnership on Drug Policies and Development (GPDPD). It

Rethinking the digital economy for gender justice and decent work

GIZ’s project ‘Future of Work’ and ILO invite you to the webinar series, taking a closer look at the realities and future of women’s work in the digital economy. After a very successful first session, the second webinar will take

Words as weapons: The unseen scars of emotional violence

GIZ Bangladesh organised the 16 days of activism event against gender-based violence virtually on 9 December 2021, marking the Begum Rokeya Day and the Human Rights Day that is on the 10 December 2021. The event’s theme was “Words as

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MenstruAction – From Enthusiasm to Action: See how the GIZ Staff Initiative joined the Global Menstrual Health and Hygiene Movement

Update! Find the newest version of the MenstruAction publication here: FINAL-GIZ_MenstruAction-Publication-2023-03-20-WEB-SP Just in time for Menstrual Hygiene Day on 28th May, the GIZ Staff Initiative MenstruAction celebrates the journey from its beginnings until today in a new GIZ publication, illustrating

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La Caravane de l’Entrepreneure – Networking and sharing event for female entrepreneurs in Cameroon

On International Women’s Day 2022, the Cameroon Women Entrepreneur Network (CWEN), with support from GIZ Business Scouts for Development and the Gender Focal Point of Cameroon, organised a 2-day networking and sharing event for female entrepreneurs based in the Septentrion,

“Support of Regional Economic Cooperation in Asia (SRECA)” brings together Chinese, German and Mongolian women entrepreneurs

In 2022, “Support of Regional Economic Cooperation in Asia (SRECA)” brings together Chinese, German and Mongolian women entrepreneurs for the second time.  Last year, the SRECA project, which is implemented by GIZ on behalf of the BMZ, initiated a triangular

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Fostering economic participation of vulnerable groups including IDPs in the Sea of Azov region

GIZ-AGRIJOBS 4 YOUTH PROJECT-Kisumu county-Kenya

Women inclusion in the Zambian water and sanitation sector

Gender for Basic Education and Professional Training in Mozambique

The Women Development and Training Centres in Libya (WDTC)
A space run BY WOMEN FOR WOMEN

ADVANCING WOMEN IN THE ENERGY SECTOR
– A MULTILEVEL PATH FOR A GENDER-EQUITABLE ENERGY TRANSITIO

GIZ GHANA – GovID Programme

Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Team
Promoting Women’s Economic Empowerment in a holistic, cross organizational way

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CONTRIBUTIONS DES FEMMES DANS L’AMELIORATION DES REVENUS

NO WOMEN, NO PEACE: THE GIZ-KAIPTC “INSPIRING AFRICAN WOMEN LEADERS IN PEACE & SECURITY PROGRAMME” AND ITS AIM TO CLOSE THE GENDER GAP IN THE AFRICAN PEACE & SECURITY SECTOR

Empoderamiento de las mujeres indígenas Wayuu en la actividad artesanal como modelo
sostenible en el Parque Nacional Natural Bahía Portete Kaurrele en La Guajira, Colombia

DE LA SENSIBILIZACIÓN A LA TRANSFORMACIÓN

Inclusive Business and Women Economic Empowerment at the Base of the Economic Pyramid

Proyecto para el Fortalecimiento de las Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil en México (PROFOSC)