The promotion of gender equality and women’s economic empowerment in Somalia

The Proposed Action supports the promotion of gender equality and women’s empowerment in the workplace in Somalia through economic participation supporting broader equality and participation. The Somalia gender profile suggests there have been some notable examples of women and women’s organizations challenging traditional, male-dominated, power structures, the militias and the causes and course of conflict. However, they have not achieved the critical mass to effect sustainable social and economic change and are clearly under-represented in the political, economic and social spheres . To support the overall objective, the project will improve the (self) employability of women through training on entrepreneurship and enterprise skills. This has been identified as gap through ILO surveys of local economies and markets. The project will also facilitate an enabling environment through the development of private business support services. These activities will promote gender equality and contribute to reducing poverty through enhancing opportunities available to women and improving the enabling environment for women in business. Therefore, the project addresses the immediate symptoms of gender inequality as well as the longer-term root causes of inequality as well as promotes the economic empowerment for women.

Project symbol

SOM/12/03/EEC

Admin unit

CO-Addis Ababa

Start date

01/08/2012

End date

31/07/2014

Total allocation

762115

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

739661

Development Partners

Delegation of the European Union to Kenya

Country/Countries

Somalia

Outcomes

Sustainable Enterprises