strategy
Promoting women entrepreneurs
Synonyms:
Supporting women's entrepreneurshipAssisting women entrepreneurs
Strengthening entrepreneurial capacity of women
Description:
To strengthen the entrepreneurial capacity of women in the informal productive sector, ensuring access to credit, to enable them to become self-employed. This is the sure way of creating jobs and a sustainable way of eradicating poverty. Implementation:
International institutions promote entrepreneurship amongst women primarily through access to credit. FAO is however concerned with the marketing channels open to women. Narrower:
Helping women in exporting Facilitates:
Working from homeAlleviating female povertyImproving opportunities for women's self-employment Facilitated by:
Developing entrepreneurial skillsProviding affordable loans to womenInvolving women entrepreneurs in national expertise groups for sustainability Organizations:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations International Labour Organization International Trade Centre United Nations Conference on Trade and Development United Nations Development Programme United Nations Industrial Development Organization World Food Programme United Nations Economic Commission for Africa United Nations Economic Commission for Europe United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Women's World Banking United Nations Development Fund for Women United Nations Children's Fund Subjects:
Society → WomenSocial Activity → Self employed
Communication → Promotion
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
