Integrating Gender and Including Women in Value Chain Development: Training Facilitation Guide

Public and private sector leaders, international donors, and human rights advocates agree on the importance of promoting women’s economic empowerment. During recent years growing evidence shows that empowering women not only advances human rights but is also smart economics. But how, specifically, can this empowerment be accomplished? This training presents concrete recommendations and tools that development professionals can use to facilitate the effective integration of women into growing market systems and to support women in achieving empowerment. The training is expected to take about 1.5 to 2 days to deliver.