Women Empowerment for Employment Initiative (WEE)
Women Empowerment for Employment Initiative (WEE) is an initiative under the Women 2030 Project that seeks to empower unemployed young women/girls between the ages of 17–24 in construction-related fields like interior design, plumbing and painting. The project is supervised by the Women Environment Programme (WEP) in Nigeria and funded by the European Union, running June–September 2020 in Accra and Tema.
Women2030 (Women CSOs networking to realize the Sustainable Development Goals, Post-2015) is an EU-funded coalition of 5 global and regional women and gender networks working towards the realization of the SDGs in 52 countries: Women in Engage for a Common Future (WECF), Women Environmental Programme (WEP), Global Forest Coalition (GFC), Gender and Water Alliance (GWA), and Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD). WECF is the lead applicant; WEP is the lead partner in Africa.
Activities
- Mobilization and Screening
- Technical skills training
- Entrepreneurship skills training
- Integrated Foundation and Life Skills Training
- Mentoring and Internships
Expected Outcomes
- 10 unemployed young girls/women empowered with opportunities in interior designing, plumbing and painting to overcome poverty.
- Increased female participation in male-dominated skill areas.
- Women empowerment in deprived communities promoted.
Implemented in Accra (Plumbing and Painting) and Tema (Interior Design) over 3 months (June–September 2020).