| Reporting Organization: | TradeMark East Africa |
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| Total Budget ($CAD): | $ 15,000,000 |
| Timeframe: | March 29, 2018 - June 30, 2022 |
| Status: | Implementation |
| Contact Information: | Unspecified |
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| Sub-Saharan Africa - $ 15,000,000.00 (100.00%) | |
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| Law, Governance & Public Policy (55 %) | |
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| Sexual & Gender-based Violence (45 %) | |
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This project aims to promote the economic empowerment of women traders in Eastern Africa, and works to reduce sexual and gender-based violence towards them. The project is focused on addressing the constraints which limit the participation of East African women traders in economic activities and cross-border trade. Project activities include: (1) establishment of cooperatives and market access platforms for women traders; (2) simplifying, translating and disseminating documentation on trading requirements for small scale traders (most of whom are women); (3), sensitizing border officials on gender; (4) adopting gender-sensitive cross border trade charters; (5) establishing safe working spaces for women; (6) developing and operationalizing a reporting mechanism on violence against women; (7) providing technical support to women traders in the areas of advocacy, dialogue and strengthening membership services; and (8) sex-disaggregated data collection; and conducting evidence based research on issues affecting women traders and lobbying with public agencies.
| Gender and age: | Adult women |
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| Total Direct Population: | 150,000 |
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Return to topThe expected outcomes for this project include: (1) 30% reduction in incidences of violence against women traders at select border posts in Eastern Africa; (2) 15% increase in trade values for women-traded goods and increased access to markets and trade-related services for at least 150,000 women traders; and (3) improved policy, regulatory and institutional environments to support women in trade.
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