Women's economic empowerment : Autonomisation économique des femmes : note d'orientation

This includes increasing skills and access to productive resources, improving the enabling and institutional environments, and assisting women in their ability to make and act upon decisions in order to benefit from economic growth and development. [...] Taking into account the underlying social and cultural factors that limit women’s ability to interact with and benefit from markets, such as unpaid and inequitably distributed domestic and care work, limited mobility, and the prevalence of sexual and gender-based violence, is essential if initiatives are to address the full range of constraints to women’s economic empowerment. [...] The SEG Strategy stresses the importance of building economic foundations that empower women in areas such as labour regulations and economic decision making; supports efforts to establish, nurture, and grow viable women-led microbusinesses and small and medium-sized enterprises; and provides labour market demand-driven skills and knowledge to women so that they can take effective advantage of eco [...] Both the SEG Strategy and the Food Security Strategy recognize the importance of natural resource management and agriculture to sustainable growth and the important role that women play in agricultural production and the reduction of rural poverty. [...] Providing inclusive and innovative services and resources, including to microentrepreneurs and smallholder farmers in the formal and informal sectors, can improve the viability and profitability of women’s enterprises.