Promoting Women’s Entrepreneurship Development and Gender Equality (WEDGE)

Contributes to the creation of greater opportunities for low-income women and their families to secure decent employment and income through women’s enterprise development.

Partners: Vietnam Women Entrepreneur Council under Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Target Beneficiaries: Women and men entrepreneurs, especially women managing micro- and household businesses.

Regional Focus: National level in two target provinces which include Phu Tho and Quang Nam.

Objective

To contribute to the creation of greater opportunities for low-income women and their families to secure decent employment and income through women’s enterprise development.

Activities

  • Build capacity on gender mainstreaming for officials of relevant government agencies and other partners involved in women’s entrepreneurship development at national level and provincial level in the selected provinces;
  • Build capacity of BDS providers to improve their services delivery to women entrepreneurs; and
  • Provide suitable business training and after training services to women entrepreneurs.

Project outcomes

  • Improved enabling environment for women entrepreneurs;
  • Improved capacity of business development service providers to deliver services to women entrepreneurs; and
  • Improved capacity of business development service providers to deliver services to women entrepreneurs.

For further information please contact:

Mr Nguyen Thai Minh
National Project Coodinator
Tel: +84 4 38489314
Email