‘Gender Equality in Trade’ Training for BSOs
Our partner IPD aims to integrate Germany’s Feminist Development Policy into its projects by promoting female empowerment in trade and fostering gender equality. It involves local business support organizations (BSOs) in raising awareness of gender-specific needs in trade promotion. IPD asked Globally Cool to train BSO employees on empowering women in trade and to support them in creating gender-sensitive services.
Year
2024
Country
Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Ecuador, Kenya, Morocco, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan
Type of activity
- Coaching
Activities
- Developed a gender—sensitive assessment for services delivered by BSOs in Africa, Middle East and Latin America.
- Empowered local officials to work on gender focused services and inclusive trade strategies.
- Co-created concept notes with potential gender sensitive services for each BSO.
- Facilitated sharing of lessons learned and best practices for all BSOs.
Results
- Conducted regional training sessions on gender continuum for BSOs.
- Discussed gender equality and female empowerment in the context of trade.
- Coached the BSOs in analyzing their services with a gender lense.
- Provided one-on-one coaching: to various BSOs in Colombia, Ecuador, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Senegal, Ivory Coast and Kenya with customized advice on gender sensitive services.
- Reviewed concept notes of each BSO and suggested recommendations and service focus.