Inclusive Economic Horizon for discriminated women; From narrow economic opportunities to fair share in the workforce - CEOSS Inclusive Economic Horizon for discriminated women; From narrow economic opportunities to fair share in the workforce - CEOSS The overall objective of the project is:

 Contributing positively and effectively with the concerned duty bearers and stakeholders to eradicate poverty, gender based inequality and discrimination of poor and marginalized women in rural and urban areas, and work to increase their economic opportunities , accessibilities and active participation in the work force.

 

 The proposed project is targeting 280 poor and discriminated artisan women graduates and those with lower levels of education who are working in the informal economy sector, 200 will be targeted for the informal economy sector and 80 will be targeted from the artisans women. Proposed interventions for the women in the informal sector will include women empowerment activities to enable them to be self organized and have their self representation to be able to advocate for their rights at the local community level: the process starts by electing women representatives and forming their local democratically elected committees, provision of a series of workshops to enhance the role of the democratically elected committees. Local community sensitization and raising awareness activities, regarding the importance of work in the informal sector and its benefits towards women socioeconomic situation in the community. Activities will be carried out to engage the duty bearers , the supporters, private sector representatives, to play an active role in women empowerment and enrollment in the formal sector and workforce. Provision of activities for building the skills of the targeted women to increase their productivity and small business performance.

 As for women artisans, interventions will include needs assessment activities in order to identify challenges and problems faced by those women in the labor market. Accordingly, a set of training activities will be carried out to fulfill the needs in the area of gender equality and women's rights in the workforce. The trainings will also cover the administrative skills needed by artisans women to be able to compete in the workforce. Furthermore, another set of activities will be provided for the women artisans which include building linkages, effective marketing and competitiveness ability; through roundtable discussion and a variety of meetings. The project stresses the sharing of knowledge, information and sustain the continuation for the targeted women artisans The overall objective of the project is:
Contributing positively and effectively with the concerned duty bearers and stakeholders to eradicate poverty, gender based inequality and discrimination of poor and marginalized women in rural and urban areas, and work to increase their economic opportunities , accessibilities and active participation in the work force.

The proposed project is targeting 280 poor and discriminated artisan women graduates and those with lower levels of education who are working in the informal economy sector, 200 will be targeted for the informal economy sector and 80 will be targeted from the artisans women. Proposed interventions for the women in the informal sector will include women empowerment activities to enable them to be self organized and have their self representation to be able to advocate for their rights at the local community level: the process starts by electing women representatives and forming their local democratically elected committees, provision of a series of workshops to enhance the role of the democratically elected committees. Local community sensitization and raising awareness activities, regarding the importance of work in the informal sector and its benefits towards women socioeconomic situation in the community. Activities will be carried out to engage the duty bearers , the supporters, private sector representatives, to play an active role in women empowerment and enrollment in the formal sector and workforce. Provision of activities for building the skills of the targeted women to increase their productivity and small business performance.
As for women artisans, interventions will include needs assessment activities in order to identify challenges and problems faced by those women in the labor market. Accordingly, a set of training activities will be carried out to fulfill the needs in the area of gender equality and women's rights in the workforce. The trainings will also cover the administrative skills needed by artisans women to be able to compete in the workforce. Furthermore, another set of activities will be provided for the women artisans which include building linkages, effective marketing and competitiveness ability; through roundtable discussion and a variety of meetings. The project stresses the sharing of knowledge, information and sustain the continuation for the targeted women artisans