Together with the Municipality of San Salvador, the GIZ projects ALTERNATIVAS and CaPAZ are organising a dialogue workshop to identify the different challenges concerning gender inequalities, which have become more acute for young people in the context of the COVID-19…
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Conmemoración del 8 Marzo por el Empoderamiento de las Mujeres (Zacatecoluca, El Salvador)
The GIZ projects ALTERNATIVAS and CaPAZ support the Municipality of Zacatecoluca (El Salvador) in organising the Women’s Festival of Zacatecoluca that will provide information on psychosocial support for survivors of gender-based violence, local TVET measures, information on migration and services…
GIZ INDIA ꟾ Gender Makes Business Sense – Insights from a Gender Transformative Approach
GIZ India Gender Week 2022 MS TEAMS Online Exchange On : Gender Makes Business Sense (GmBS) – Insights from a Gender Transformative Training Day : 10th March Time : 3:00 – 4:30 pm Indian Standard Time. Meeting link : provided…
Does AI advance gender equality? The effects of AI on the working lives of women
When: March 11th, 9.30-1015 Where: Online via this Teams link Are AI and Gender Equality Friends or Foes? Globally, studies show that women in the labor force are paid less, hold fewer senior positions and participate less in science, technology,…
Women’s Entrepreneurship in the Diaspora: Virtual Round-table and Networking Event
On Friday, 25th February the Programme Migration and Diaspora will be celebrating women’s entrepreneurship in the diaspora with an online Round-table and Networking Event. You are warmly invited to join us and be inspired by female founders innovating for impact.…
How to grow women-led ventures
Women face special challenges when starting and growing a business. Accelerators provide mentorship and training. However, many are unduly tailored to the needs of men. Including more women as mentors, investors, and jury members can help to attract more women…
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Why donors should be more gender-sensitive in their programming
Women have suffered disproportionately from the economic fallout of COVID-19, shows a new policy brief by the DCED Working Group on Women’s Economic Empowerment. Although donors adjusted operations and issued new support in response, they should also adopt and promote a multidimensional and…
GIZ INDIA ꟾ Gender Breakfast Meeting
Date/time: 8th March 2022, 11:00-12:00 IST Place: MS Teams Meet Title: Gender Breakfast // Close the GAP – A Grand Challenge for Gender and Progress Content: Project Her&Now (GG2 project : Womens Economic Empowerment) and the Programme Migration & Diaspora…
The WEE Initiative of FMB
When: Tuesday 8th of Märch 2022 11:00-12:30 CET Where: MS Teams GIZ’s FMB launched the Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Initiative: To improve low-threshold availablity (access, framework conditions) for gender-sensitive orientation of WEE programmes; To make available to secroral planners cutting-edge…
Shaking up the Status Quo, Shaping Gender-Transformative Change! Read the latest GTA publication
How do we effectively work towards gender equality and women’s empowerment in our projects? Read the latest publication of the SNRD working group on Gender-Transformative Approaches (GTA) to find out! As part of SNRD Africa and the Sector Network Natural Resources and…
Posted in Gender Week Blog Tagged with: EconomicEmpowerment, GenderEquality, GenderTransformativeApproaches, Rural development, SNRD, Women Economic Empowerment
We can only achieve it together! GIZ colleagues from more than 28 countries join hands for a world free of period poverty and stigma
No one should be kept from realizing their full potential because they menstruate! GIZ colleagues worldwide – from interns to the Chair of the Management Board – raise their hands to support the cause. Just as the red…
Posted in Gender Week Blog Tagged with: Awareness Raising, GenderEquality, Health, MenstrualHygiene, Menstruation, ReproductiveHealth, WASH
Achievements and Challenges of women in Rwanda
8 March | Virtual event |
Sessions, discussions and music
Empowered female entrepreneur
8 March | publication |
An article about a female entrepreneur overcoming intersectional discriminations was published in a magazine and online.
Launch of a podcast to promote gender equality, skills development and TVET in Mongolia – Episode 1: Gender and Career
15 March | online publication and podcast – find links here |
Starting the first episode of the series in honor of the International Womens’ Day will set a sign for gender equality in TVET and skills development.
Lanzamiento de Grupo de Trabajo de Género e Integridad Empresarial
11 March | 17.00 CET | online event for GIZ staff |
Join the efforts of local organizations in Mexico and Colombia that are already working on the issue of Gender and Business Integrity.
#YoTambienMeQuedoenlaEscuela
9 March | 18.00 CET | online event for GIZ staff |
Workshop to raise awareness on the importance of learning as well as promoting dual education as an alternative staying in school.
Taller participativo “Inclúyete al género: Análisis con perspectiva de género de las brechas de inclusión financiera para las mujeres mexicanas”
8 March | 10.00 CET | for the Gender Working Group |
Workshop to share an analysis of the existing gender gaps in financial inclusion issues and the benefits of promoting it through the programs promoted by GIZ.
Online Conference “Access of women in rural areas to property rights”
26 February | Online conference for invited guests |
The online conference focused on increasing the cooperation for active promotion of positive examples of gender equality, establishment of mechanisms for education and information of the women from the rural areas for their economic and social development.
Launch of Gender Equality Toolbox for Inclusive Business Models in Mozambique
10 March | 10.00-11.CET | GIZ virtual event |
Launch of the gender equality toolbox for the inclusive business models and developmentpartnerships with the private sector.
Women economic empowerment/ Women entrepreneurship
All week | physical and virtual events in French|
One or more events every day, exploring gender equality in many different sectors.
Accès au foncier de la femme
8 March | TBD | conférence pour GIZ employé-es à Madagascar |
Le Ministère de l’Aménagement du Territoire et des travaux Publics et la GIZ ProPFR, vont organiser une conférence-débat portant le thème “Accès au foncier et développement durable”
COVID-19 Impact Analysis on Gender Equality in Tunisia
10 March | 10.00 CET | Online event for GIZ staff in French |
Presentation and discussion of the findings of a COVID-19 impact analysis on gender equality in Tunisia, including
Promoting Women’s Employment: What works?
12 March | 10.00-12.00 CET | virtual event for GIZ staff in Albanian language |
stocktaking of women’s employment promotion interventions in Kosovo
GIZ INDIA ꟾ Gender Day Online Meet 2021
11 March | 10.00-11.00 CET | public virtual event |
Join in to discuss how the pandemic has affected Equality, what we can and should do given our work and how to progress towards a gender equal world.
GIZ INDIA ꟾ Gender Breakfast Meeting
12 March | 16.30 – 17.30 CET | virtual event for GIZ India |
We will explore corruption’s linkages to gender equality issues and how it impacts women’s empowerment.
Webinar: Gender Lens Investing
8 March | 16.00 -17.15 CET | public virtual event|
This webinar outlines the concept of gender lens or gender smart investing, and takes a deep-dive into the regional experiences from Latin America and the Caribbean.
Generation Equality Forum – GIZ internal Info Session
4 March | 09:30-10:00 CET and 16:00-16:30 CET | virtual event for GIZ staff |
The SP Gender informs about the Generation Equality Forum, Germany’s role and thematic focus in the Action Coalition Economic Justice and Rights.
Gender Meets Tech: Young Iraqi startups develop digital solutions to end gender-based violence
11 March 2021 | 13.00 CET | virtual public event |
Two GIZ project will discuss their jointly implemented online hackathon to find innovative digital solutions to prevent violence against women and girls in Iraq.
Striving for Generation Equality – What a short film has to do with women entrepreneurship promotion in India
9 March | 11:00-12:30 CET | GIZ online event |
Join us for an exclusive screening of the critically acclaimed short film B. Selvi & Daughters followed by a discussion of the the film campaign and female entrepreneurship in the context of Generation Equality.
Mes de la Equidad, la Igualdad y la Justicia de Género en la GIZ Bolivia y Paraguay
All week | private events for GIZ Paraguay and Bolivia staff and one public song competition |
One week full of activities, events and competitions about gender equality
Reaction – Reflection – Action: follow-up discussion on women’s economic empowerment and Covid-19
11 March | 13.30 – 15.00 CET | This is a virtual event |
What options are there towards more gender transformative change and against “business as usual”? How do we shape our COVID-19 response in collaboration with donors, partners and target groups? Do we have good experience to draw upon?
Women Economic Empowerment – Best Practices from Zambia’s Agricultural Projects
17 March | 09.00 – 11.00 CET | Virtual event |
If you ever wondered what role Women Economic Empowerment can play in your project, hop in and get inspired!
WBG Women, Business and the Law 2021 report and findings & German policy provisions and actions aimed at closing existing gender gaps
10 March | 15.00 – 16.30 CET | public virtual event |
Presentation, discussion and exchange with high-level members of the WBG, BMZ and GIZ.
Women´s Economic Empowerment in Africa (WEE) – Working towards Gender Equality in times of COVID-19
1 March | 10.00 – 12.00 CET | Public virtual event – watch recording here |
As many Covid-19 measures build on existing social and economic structures which are not gender-neutral, the effects of the pandemic affect African women particularly hard.
Multimedia exhibition: Meet the seven “Game Changers – Women in Agriculture”!
Women in rural areas bring about great changes every day despite many obstacles. As part of the special initiative ONE WORLD – No Hunger, seven women from Africa and Asia have been awarded for their commitment to agriculture. From now…
Posted in Gender Week Blog Tagged with: Agriculture, femaleleadership, Rural development, SDG2, SDG5, Women\'s Empowerment, WomensRights
Women Success Stories from South East Europe
To promote economic empowerment of rural women through the support of women entrepreneurship, it is crucial that women are informed about property rights, in particular in relation to agriculture businesses. This collection of success stories from women from South East…
Posted in Gender Week Blog Tagged with: GenderBasedViolence, GenderEquality, Rural development, Women Economic Empowerment
PRESENTACIÓN GIRLS DAY MÉXICO
Fecha: 10 de marzo, 2020. Participantes: José Medrano y Alfonso Figueroa – Sistema de Formación Dual México (GIZ) | Patricia Valdés – Business Partner (NESTLE) | Aprendices de empresa-escuela | Nancy Legorreta-Directora general de la agencia de publicidad (Kreatif Media).…
Ghana: Video Screening ATVET for Women
On occasion of the GIZ Gender Week 2020, the GIZ South Africa and GIZ African Union in South Africa offices hosted an interactive session on ‘Gender Equality and Empowerment is my Culture: From Attitude to Action’. As part of this,…
Change comes from within – Gender Coaching and Gender Transformative Change in Agricultural Technical Vocational Education and Training (ATVET4Women)
During the on-going Gender Week 2020, ATVET4Women would like to give you an appetizer of our ‘Gender Coaching’, which we have developed to become gender-transformative change makers in Africa. We will also show an example of the gender-transformative change that we…
Don`t miss! A Panel of Gender experts discussing Zebra style Politics & Women’s Rights
Panel Discussion concerning “Zebra style politics and women’s rights – How has this approach contributed towards curbing cultural barriers to gender equality?” This session marks the official opening of the Gender Week 2020! Refer to attachment for detailed agenda, speakers…
Economic Empowerment of Women in South East Europe
Two days Regional Workshop (Western Balkan 6 Countries) on strengthening the notarial practices in South East Europe by implementing the gender responsive share of land ownership. The workshop will cover the following sessions: – The LAT methodology and countries’ reporting…
Women in Mining Photo Exhibition
During March we will host a photo exhibition in Bonn (in front of the Mäanderkantine) showing different women working in artisanal and small-scale Mining in Westafrica. Learn about how the mining sector affects women and girls differently than men and…
Ethiopia/South Sudan: Proposal for the GIZ Gender Competition 2020
Introduction: Magnitude and Scope of Gender Inequality in Ethiopia In Ethiopia, 80 percent of the population resides in rural areas and women provide most of the agricultural labour in these communities. However, their contributions often go largely unrecognized and their…
Bangladesh: Empowering women in the garments industry – Business-driven approaches to gender mainstreaming
A new business-driven approach to women’s empowerment in the ready-made garment industry. On behalf of – German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Applicant – GIZ Bangladesh Gender Working Group Context As the biggest contributor to Bangladesh’s…
African Union: Gender within the African Continental Free Trade Area
Promoting gender equality The Programme Support to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is one of the main projects within the GIZ African Union portfolio, based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Our ever-growing team is supporting the African Union…
Pakistan: Creating agents of change in Pakistan
A larger part of the work that the Financing Sustainable Development (FSD) component of the Support to Local Governance Programme (LoGo) has been focused on during the last few months has been on aligning the businesses of women entrepreneurs in…
Sharing space: Gender in GIZ Lebanon’s project world
The highlight of the week will be a small conference (rather gathering style with some snacks) where some the project participants/beneficiaries will be invited to talk about their experiences. It will be a great opportunity for first-hand insights into the…
Regional: COMPETITIVE CASHEW INITIATIVE (COMCASHEW)
REFLECTING THE REALITY OF WOMEN’S ACTIVE ROLE IN THE CASHEW VALUE CHAIN CONTEXT AND INITIATIVE Women are actively engaged throughout the cashew value chain; about 80% of labor in harvesting and more…
Libya: Women Development and Training Centers
1- Libyan Context and Implementation Environment: After Gadhafi’s coming to power in 1969, the civil and Shari’a courts were merged and civil courts with jurisdiction over family matters were created. The personal status laws which govern legal procedures…
Pakistan: Vision needs Attitude – Attitude meets Action
1. Promoting gender equality Gender parity is fundamental to whether and how economies and societies flourish. The constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan gives equal rights to both women and men. However, in actual women are rarely equal to their…
Pakistan: Mera Hunar Mera Fakhar – My Skill My Pride!
Promoting gender equality: Pakistan has more than 2.2 million population with the 60% youth across the country. We as the national of Pakistan face numerous challenges while being in the cluster of youth population specially when we speak about women…
GIZ India : Gender Market Place : ”When ‘Attitude Meets Action”
GIZ India Gender Day 2020 : When ”Attitude Meets Action” We at GIZ India kicked off the Gender Week 2020 with a Gender Breakfast Meeting organized on Monday, 3rd March by the project – Womens Economic Empowerment (Her&Now). The Breakfast meeting focused…
Mozambique: GENDER TOOLBOX FOR FEMALE INCLUSION IN MUNICIPALITIES
MOZAMBIQUE/GOOD FINANCIAL GOVERNANCE PROGRAMME CONTEXT AND INITIATIVE While the Mozambican constitution declares equal rights for everyone and takes an explicit stance against discrimination, women do not have the same degree of access to political decision- making processes, education and economic…
Pakistan: The 1st Women Digital Empowerment Portal for the women of Khyber Pakhtunwa
The 1st Women Digital Empowerment Portal for the women of Khyber Pakhtunwa – the second largest province with more than 50% women population – now caters to the Social Economic Political and Legal needs of W O M E N.…
Togo: Lutte contre les stéréotypes sexuels dans le système d’apprentissage professionnel et réduction de l’influence négative des déterminants socioculturels du statut de la femme sur l’économie locale
1. Brève présentation du Togo Le Togo est un petit pays situé en Afrique de l’ouest. Il couvre une superficie de 56 785 km² avec une population de 7,6 millions d’habitants[1] dont 51% vit en milieu rural. Pays non industriel, l’économie…
Indonesia: “INCLUSIVE, GENDER EQUAL LABOUR MARKET IN THE MAKING”
“INCLUSIVE, GENDER EQUAL LABOUR MARKET IN THE MAKING” A Journey of Social Protection Programme in Indonesia in Doing the Implementation Differently Social Protection and Mainstreaming Gender Issues While at It In the context of the bilateral cooperation…
Laos: Promotion of Gender Equality through the engagement with the Green Climate Fund
Context Lao PDR is a landlocked, Least Developed Country with dwindling forest cover, from 70% in the 1960s to 58% in 2015. Forests are not only an important sector for Laos´ national economy, but are also central to the income,…
Pakistan: Gender Disparities in Local labour Market
Background Evidence-based employment policy-making requires identifying and quantifying the best practices and inefficiencies in the job market, such as underutilization of skilled workforce and lack of decent job opportunities. This is the first step in designing employment policies aimed…
Laos: Gender Equality in Micro Finance
CONTEXT AND INITIATIVE: The GIZ “Microfinance in Rural Areas – Access to Finance for the Poor (AFP)” is part of the Lao-German Development Cooperation and commissioned by German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), implemented through GIZ (Deutsche…
Georgia: A Gently Fermenting Revolution – Women in the Georgian Wine Business
Private Sector Development and Vocational Education and Training in South Caucasus 1. Context Georgia is one of the oldest winemaking countries in the world. Viticulture and viniculture, have a long tradition dating back over 8000 years. In today’s time, the…
Madagascar: Women Empowerment for a Greener Future in the South-West of Madagascar (Atsimo-Andrefana)
Supported by PAGE, the Environmental Project of GIZ Madagascar The environment, forestry and renewable energy sector are at the centre of the bilateral cooperation between Germany and Madagascar. The Programme d’Appui à la Gestion de l’Environnement (PAGE) is a support…
Cameroon: A strong voice for equal opportunities
Radios and women entrepreneurs in rural Cameroon call for gender equality Five radio stations in the rural north of Cameroon produce a series on micro-entrepreneurs of nontimber forest products (NTFP). In fifty programmes, the women talk about their business and…
India: INCUBATION AND ACCELERATION SUPPORT FOR WOMEN-LED ENTERPRISES IN INDIA (Her&Now)
PROMOTING ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN Gender Competition 2020 – GG2 – 1st Place CONTEXT AND INITIATIVE The Indian start-up scene is on the rise. Across the metropolitan cities incubators and accelerators are set up to provide support for aspiring entrepreneurs.…
Pakistan: Inspiring Change – Women in Action in the Textile & Garment Industry of Punjab
Introduction to GIZ’s Labour Standards Programme in Punjab In the area of labour and environmental standards, particularly in the textile and garment industry in Pakistan’s Punjab province, GIZ’s Labour Standards Programme (LSP) is carrying out activities which aims to improve…
South Africa: „Woman in Plumbing”, – or why pipes don’t care who installed them
A review on implementing gender issues in a male dominated work environment South Africa has one of the most progressive, equality supporting constitutions in the world which states that: “No person may unfairly discriminate directly or indirectly…
Colombia: Programa de Acceso a Tierra para Mujeres
Desde el inicio del proceso de restitución de tierras en el 2012, se ha hecho visible una problématica estructural de la sociedad colombiana: las mujeres no disponen de la propiedad de sus predios rurales. Por eso, cuando se abrió la…
Yemen: Towards Gender Equality
GIZ Gender Competition 2020 The Youth Employability Improvement Program (YEIP) in Yemen is part of the Special Initiative on Stabilization in the Middle East and North Africa funded by German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented…
Bolivia: Comunidades de Práctica (CdP) en Género y Energía en La Paz y Cochabamba
A partir de estas políticas internas, el PEERR organizó un grupo focal para la realización del “Análisis de género del Programa de Energías Renovables PEERR II”. Resultado de ello, se reconoció la necesidad de crear un espacio de encuentro entre…
Germany: From Zero to Gender
Context and initiative According to the latest predictions of the World Economic Forum it will take another 108 years to close the existing economic gender gap on a world-wide average. The German development cooperation in collaboration with partners from the…
Mexico: GIRLS’ DAY MÉXICO: GÉNERO EN LA FORMACIÓN PROFESIONAL DUAL
Programa Desarrollo del Modelo Mexicano de Formación Dual (MMFD) Presentado por José Medrano y Alfonso Figueroa I. Fomento a la igualdad de género La educación es un eje central para el desarrollo humano. De la formación depende en buena medida…
Economy Wins When Women Work – “E4W” : PAKISTAN
Pakistan is an enormously diverse, multiethnic and multicultural society characterized by uneven development and distribution of resources. There are massive inequalities along social strata, regions, religions, gender and urban-rural manifestations. By international comparison, Pakistan is one of the countries with…
East Africa: “Transforming Women in Business into Economic Contributors in the East African Community”
1. Promotion of Gender Equality in the GIZ-EAC Programmes An important objective of the GIZ programmes supporting the EAC Integration Process is to ensure that women in the region are actively contributing to the integration process, for example through cross-border…
Uganda: Smart Farming: Taking Action to Change Attitudes in smallholder farming households
Smart trainings made in Uganda: Taking action to change gender attitudes in smallholder farming households Context and initiative Agriculture is a key engine in local and regional economic development in East Africa and a critical source of income for…
DRC: Projet Renforcement et Efficacité des Services Eau en République Démocratique du Congo
“Mettre la personne qu’il faut à la place qu’il faut plutôt que le sexe qu’il faut à la place qu’il faut.” Ruffine Mabanza, Point Focal Genre du projet RESE Si la problématique Genre est présente dans bien des secteurs,…
India: Community Nutrition Gardens: Empowering women in rural India
Introduction: The GIZ Food and Nutrition Security, Enhanced Resilience Project (FaNS) is part of the global special initiative ‘One world – No Hunger’ of the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). FaNS aims to improve the food and…
Regional: Competitive African Rice Initiative
Business-driven women working in rice value chains in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria and Tanzania Context. Rice is one of the key staple foods in Africa. The demand is rapidly increasing: the population is growing, people are moving to urban areas…
Albania: Talents and Ideas for Albania’s Future – Women can make it
Type of intervention: Street fair – “ Shero- talk” The “German October” is a traditional event which occurs in Albania since 2007. The activities are mainly organized by the German Embassy in Tirana in cooperation with other German actors in…
Pakistan: Economy Wins When Women Work – “E4W”
Pakistan is an enormously diverse, multiethnic and multicultural society characterized by uneven development and distribution of resources. There are massive inequalities along social strata, regions, religions, gender and urban-rural manifestations. By international comparison, Pakistan is one of the countries with…
Gender-Transformative Change in Agricultural Skills Development
Women are the backbone of Africa’s agricultural sector. How many times have you heard this phrase? Over and over, experts have highlighted the importance of women in the agricultural workforce and in rural development. Too often, words have failed to…
Let’s talk Gender – from local to national, on and offline!
GIZ Colombia and APC (Presidential Office for int. Cooperation) launched their gender publication and participated in an international campaign for Women in Rural areas of Latin America From the fifteen stories that brought to life the publication Junt*s transformamos Colombia…
Posted in Gender Week Blog Tagged with: Displacement, GIZ Colombia, Indigenous communities, Peace building, Rural development
KENYA: PROMOTING FEMALE PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
SUPPORT TO PUBLIC FINANCE REFORMS (SPFR) PROGRAMME, KENYA CONTEXT AND INITIATIVE The public procurement sector in Kenya is mostly male dominated. Female procurement officers are lowly ranked and women often unable to access procurements, and/or unaware of procurement opportunities to…
TOWARDS GENDER EQUALITY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
GIZ’S COLLABORATION WITH SADC IN GENDER MAINSTREAMING CONTEXT Achieving politically stable, socially just and sustainable economic development that reduces poverty is one of the greatest challenges in Southern Africa. The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is an alliance of…
Nepal: A GENERATION’S DREAM OF TRANSFORMATION COMES TRUE
SUPPORT OF MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN THE PEACE PROCESS IN NEPAL CONTEXT AND INITIATIVE Gender inequality was one of the root causes of 10 years of armed conflict in Nepal. In the current post-conflict context, the Nepali-German Support of Measures to…
All things Gender: interactive mapping tool
Looking for Gender-related documents and strategies? Our mapping tool might help! As the only GG2 project in agriculture and skills development (TVET), we are always trying to keep up with Gender news and developments. Our project supports the African Union…
Posted in Gender Week Blog, Year 2019 Tagged with: Agriculture, Agriculture & Farming, gender, genderweek, mapping, Youth
Round table “Mauritanian Working Women”
Dans le cadre du partenariat établi autour de l’élaboration et la mise en œuvre de la feuille de route pour l’engagement avec la société civile en Mauritanie, l’UE et les Etats membres participants (l’Allemagne, l’Espagne et la France) organisent…
Women and their environment across the ages
The German cooperation is celebrating women’s day with a day of discussions around the change women face due to a changing natural environment and changes in the legal situation of women in the past hundred years in Europa and in…
Resumen del Seminario “Juntas Crecemos con Energía, mujeres liderando la innovación con Energías Renovables y Eficiencia Energética”
Conversatorio_final Desde Chile compartimos un ejemplo de buena practica: Seminario “Juntas Crecemos con Energía, mujeres liderando la innovación con Energías Renovables y Eficiencia Energética” Para difundir las posibilidades que las Energías Renovables y la Eficiencia Energética ofrecen a los emprendimientos…
Kick-off: IDA Community MAP & Employment
Kick-off: IDA Community MAP & Employment 6.3.2019, 14:00-15:30, CET Finding work, but how? When an applicant has secured a job abroad, but their partner is unable to find employment, plans for a foreign assignment can begin to fall apart.…
Tagged with: Economic Empowerment
Au service de la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle
“Femme et entrepreneuriat vert au service de la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle au Bénin » Organisation d’une causerie débat autour de ce thème. Cette causerie-débat aura pour support un petit documentaire sur les femmes qui produisent, distribuent et utilisent le composte au…
#RealGroundbreakers – Get involved in the social media challenge!
Dear Colleagues, We are not alone. IFAD invites all IFAD Partners to join the celebration of International Women’s Day 2019 showing solidarity with rural women, the #realgroundbreakers! The #RealGroundbreakers is a global campaign for the economic and social empowerment of…
Posted in Gender Week Blog, Year 2019 Tagged with: Agriculture, Economic Empowerment, Rural developemnt
Movie Screening: A Land for Women
Women in Namibia have traditionally gotten the short end of the stick with regards to land ownership. Even though over 40% of rural households are headed by women, they still struggle against traditional practices and prejudices. The special initiative “One…
How gender stereotypes are influenced by Kosovo’s education system?
“GIZ Kosovo marks gender week with lively debates and reflection of its own gender perceptions” Like previous years, the GIZ Kosovo Gender Group marked the Gender Week with two interesting events – this year with a special emphasis on reflection…
Tanzanian women entrepreneurs bring powerfoods from Africa to Europe
Freshly prepared, dried, as powder or oil, as food supplements or cosmetics – Baobab and Moringa can be used to make a wide variety of products. So far, however, African plants can hardly be found in local and European shops because…
Posted in Gender Week Blog, Year 2019 Tagged with: Agriculture & Farming, Economic Empowerment, entrepreneurship, Food Groups, Networking
The way forward: dual training for young women in the hotel industry in Bolivia
Bringing together economic and development interests never has been more concrete and exciting. Within the ExperTS network and as part of a pilot project, a three-month training programme for the hotel industry was developed and implemented. The training was oriented…
Posted in Gender Week Blog, Year 2019 Tagged with: Economic Empowerment, tourism industry, vocational training
Women can do anything! Crafts, entrepreneurship, local governance!
Women can do anything! Get active in the craft sector, build enterprises, construct communities. A dual apprenticeship system exists in Kpalimé, Togo. Yet, young women are largely underrepresented in classes. They lack role models who could inspire them to go…
GIZ India Gender Meet: Gender Reloaded
GIZ INDIA GENDER DAY 2019 SYNOPSIS REPORT FOR GIZ GENDER MEET: GENDER RELOADED 7th March, GIZ Office, New Delhi, India GIZ India organized a Gender Meet: Gender Reloaded’ on Thursday, 7th March, 2019 to take into cognizance the new reloaded…
Geld. Macht. Unabhängig. Money, Power, Independence.
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 6:30 PM Schwarzkopf Stiftung Sophienstraße 28-29, 10178 Berlin, Mitte, Deutschland https://www.eventora.com/el/Events/money-power-independence-geld–1 Equal pay for equal work? Gender equality is claimed to be one of the EU’s founding values, written since 1957 in the Treaty of Rome.…
EmpowHERment! Economic empowerment of refugee women: Unleash potential – transform societies
Lama Ahmad © GIZ/C. Cannizzo (Berlin, March 11, 16:30 – 18:30 o’clock) Flight and displacement cannot just increase gender-specific risks for women, but also open up new room for maneuver: in fragile contexts, gender relations can be renegotiated and tasks…
Enabling Equality and Economic Empowerment for all Women and Girls – A Thought Leadership Roundtable around Gender and Disability
For more information on the speakers, please see the flyer: Disability and Gender event during GIZ Gender week Description of the event: One in five women globally live with disability, about 80% of them in the global south. In Zambia,…
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