Women’s economic empowerment (WEE) is key to not only increased gender equality but also inclusive economic development and sustainable poverty
reduction.
This paper presents the continuation of MDF’s work in WEE, particularly in programming and measuring the link between access and agency
It looks at:
- MDF's approach to WEE
- the importance of understanding the barriers that women face in seeking and maintaining employment, including cultural norms, and assesses how integrating local context into the programming can lead to more effective interventions
- case studies from MDF projects in Fiji, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Sri Lanka and Timor-Leste
- the lessons MDF has learned to date and how applying them to future interventions will benefit other economic development programmes, particularly those applying market system approaches