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Theme: Women's Economic Empowerment

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  • Worker Story

    Small World, Big Goals: A Home-Based Garment Worker in Delhi

    From her Delhi home, Farida-ben embroiders garments for foreign retailers. Denied an education and other options, she has done this work...

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  • Worker Story

    Gaining Ground: The Cooperative Life of a Smallholder in Uganda

    With lives and livelihoods governed by so many forces beyond their control, women coffee producers like Jenipher Wettaka know it takes more...

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  • Global Reports

    Progress of the World’s Women 2015-2016: Transforming Economies, Realizing Rights

    From the UN Women website:”Progress of the World’s Women 2015-2016: Transforming Economies, Realizing Rights, UN Women’s flagship report,...

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  • Project Reports

    FLOW Additional Funding Report

    This report captures the results achieved by 28 projects operating under FLOW, that received additional funding during 2013-14. The results...

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  • Global Reports

    Macroeconomic policy and women’s economic empowerment

    This discussion paper is the result of a collaboration initiated in consultation with several members of the United Nations Secretary-General’s...

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  • Presentations

    Women’s Empowerment in Emerging India

    These remarks were presented at the 2016 India Conference at Harvard.

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Eliminating Legal Barriers from the Perspective of the Informal Economy

    This document was one of the five policy briefs prepared by the WIEGO Network for the United Nations High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Introduction & Training Module 1: Understanding Gender and Employment Relations

    This is the first in a series of seven training modules titled Developing Leadership and Business Skills for Informal Women Workers in Fair...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Training Module 2: Understanding Women’s Economic and Social Contribution to Effective Poverty Reduction

    The second in a series of seven training modules titled Developing Leadership and Business Skills for Informal Women Workers in Fair Tr

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Training Module 3: Promoting Democratic Participation and Accountability

    The third in a series of seven training modules titled Developing Leadership and Business Skills for Informal Women Workers in Fair Trade. ...

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