Public Procurement and Women’s Economic Empowerment in East Africa – Challenges and Opportunities

This means that buyers and suppliers look at the impact This report seeks to provide contextual information on the current of all the contracted activities related to women’s and men’s state of gender-responsive procurement in the Growth and interests and concerns and design and deliver contracts in a way Economic Opportunities for Women program (GrOW) program in that reduces gender inequalities”. [...] 10 Public Procurement and Women’s Economic Empowerment in East Africa The purpose and structure of this report This report aims to provide contextual information on the current state of gender-responsive procurement in the Growth and Advancing Economic Opportunities for Women program (GrOW) in the East African countries of Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and gender equality Uganda. [...] Only, 22% of WOBs policy issued by the Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion has regularly participate in public procurement training, suggesting highlighted the gender gap in public procurement and the absence of there is likely a correlation between capacity to tender and any mechanism to ensure gender equality in public procurement and tendering success. [...] 17 Public Procurement and Women’s Economic Empowerment in East Africa The Rwandan government’s gender policy recommends the whether the recommendations in the Gender Equality report are introduction of incentives in the form of affirmative action in the implemented, it is important for policy makers and civil society to procurement framework to ensure that women actively participate take advantage. [...] 20 Public Procurement and Women’s Economic Empowerment in East Africa responsive procurement and aims to ensure that all citizens are The impact of the Dominican Republic scheme offered equal legal services regardless of gender, while also The approach to gender-responsive procurement by the aiming to increase the overall efficiency and quality of services.