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Page : Ensuring digital education and educational routes for girls and women
million fewer women than men have access to the internet. Women are 25 per cent less likely than men to use digital technologies for basic purposes. x This " gender digital divide" means that women have less [...] Technologien Men Women Gender digital divide Consequences of the digital gender divide The digital gender divide has a negative impact on women participating socially, economically and politically. [...] guidelines 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (Ziel 4), 2015 Initiative „EconomicEmpowerment of Women“ G7-Verpflichtung, Elmau, 2015 More on "Education" Gender equitable education …
25.09.2023 News : A new business-oriented approach to strengthen women in the textile supply chain
the benefit of empowering women, it is not possible to change anything. The most important tool developed was the self-assessment which is based on the UN’s WomenEmpowerment Principles (WEPs). The suppliers [...] as a whole benefits from economic equality. However, in many parts of the world women are being fundamentally restricted and disadvantaged in participating economically and having opportunities to [...] decided to implement the project in Bangladesh. The goal of WE Women has been to reduce the gender gap in management positions by giving women opportunities for skills training and mentorship. At the same …
Page : Support for female entrepreneurs
businesses from growing. Women Men Worldwide, women make up only about a third of all company owners. Opportunities to strengthen women entrepreneurs Economies with a high share of female entrepreneurship [...] assistance, education, advanced training, consultancy and merging women-run businesses into a cooperative. More on "Economicempowerment" Financial inclusion Promoting decent employment Di [...] Potential of Women’s Business in Africa, p.36, 39 Source: IFC (2017) Crafting a Future for Women Entrepreneurs Source: World Bank Group (2019) Profiting from Parity: Unlocking the Potential of Women’s Business …
Page : Promoting decent employment
Social restrictions and their effects: Women Men Women earn on average 20 per cent less than men and work more often in the informal sector. Many women and girls face discriminatory social norms, [...] training are women. x The main reason why women are unable to participate in the labour market is their disproportionate share of unpaid care and domestic work, 75 per cent of which is performed by women. x Women [...] More on "Economicempowerment" Support for female entrepreneurs Financial inclusion Digitalisation Footnotes Source: Mc Kinsey (2015) The power of party: How advancing women’s equality …
Good Practice : #eSkills4Girls-Initiative
skills is often limited for women due to a variety of socio-cultural factors. Currently, women are underrepresented at all levels in the technology sector. In addition, women and girls are exposed to an [...] close the digital gender gap and to invest more in digital skills for women and girls. This not only contributes to the empowerment of women and greater equality in the digital world, but also opens up new [...] literacy among girls and women. Through the EQUALS Digital Skills Fund, the BMZ supports 10 initiatives each year that teach digital skills to girls and young women. In 2019, 10,000 women and girls took part …
28.02.2022 News : „The relevance of care work for gender equality” – Side event at the 66th session of the Commission on the Status of Women
Status of Women (CSW66). The side event will take place on 16 March, from 4:30pm-5:45pm CET (11:30am - 12:45pm EST) . This year’s priority theme is set on achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all [...] of the Global Alliance for Care , the Governments of Mexico and Germany, with co-sponsorship by UN-Women, International Labour Organization (ILO), and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), [...] all women and girls in the context of climate change, environmental and disaster risk reduction policies and programmes . The high-level event seeks to discuss the need to incorporate the care agenda in …
Page : Our Topics
to anchor women's rights as a cross-cutting issue and to establish the actual overcoming of gender -based discrimination as a goal of development cooperation. EconomicEmpowermentWomen, Peace, Security [...] Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women ( CEDAW ) in 1979 or the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing 25 years ago. Numerous states and communities of states, such [...] harmful social norms, structures, institutions and established power relations still deny girls and women equal participation in public, social and political life. All too often they are unable to develop …
Activity : Empowering youth to claim their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR): a joint project on addressing teenage pregnancies in Rwanda
and young women who have participated in the trainings and campaigns have been given access to information about their rights and can claim them. The project has contributed to the empowerment of young [...] German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Despite the efforts of the Rwandan government, the rate of teenage pregnancies is rising, and young mothers are experiencing increased [...] of school to care for their child, thus, loose the opportunity to learn a profession and achieve economic independence. In addition, they are often refused official registration at registry offices if they …
25.04.2022 News : New study takes an intersectional look at the impact of Covid-19 on gender equity
" Study on the impact of Covid-19 on gender equality with a focus on intersectionality and economicempowerment" recently commissioned by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) [...] implementation of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda therefore is that development cooperation strengthens the participation of marginalized groups, promotes the protection of women activists, peacebuilders [...] defenders as well as preventing and counters violent extremism. Women and girls in all their diversity are also particularly affected by the economic consequences of the pandemic , both in short and long term …
File : Advancing_women_s_digital_Financial_inclusion_Report_by_Better_Than_Cash_Alliance.pdf
Corporation to launch the WomenEmpowerment Initiative. The WomenEmpowerment Initiative researched gaps for women in financial access and tailored services and technologies to women to help address those [...] financial, economic and health shocks is improving. Five ways that DFS have contributed to women’seconomic participation are outlined below. 2.1 Five DFS enablers to increase women’seconomic participation [...] Discrimination against women in laws and regulations 3.2.1 Laws that discriminate against women undermine women’s account ownership Women frequently face legal obstacles to economic participation. In some …
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