Ideas from women for their communities: women entrepreneurship, sustainable environmental practices, youth emplopyment

Sometimes it seems difficult to reconcile the many "competing" requirements of integrating concerns of gender equality with programme design, and identifying actions and initiatives that satisfy the policy objectives in cooperating with partner countries. Gender analysis is a tool that brings focus to the questions "How to mainstream gender in programme design?" The different sector briefing notes in the EU Resource package helps among others in identifying the questions to ask gives examples (including of indicators) and further resources, which any programme manager can use directly in their daily work. http://eugender.itcilo.org/toolkit/online/story_html5.html

This story from Ghana is a fine illustration of the benefits of women entrepreneurship and its impact on both community and environment. http://ghanabamboobikes.org/en/