Social Development Direct Limited

Work and Opportunities for Women WOW Programme

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Description

The Work and Opportunities for Women (WOW) programme is a new flagship programme funded by UK’s Department for International Development (DFID). The objective of WOW is that women have access to improved economic opportunities through business interventions in supply chains and economic development programmes. The five year programme aims to enhance the economic empowerment of 300,000 women working in global value chains by September 2022. It will achieve this goal by supporting businesses, organisations and programmes that are ready and willing to act on women’s economic empowerment; enabling players across the supply chain ecosystem to drive change; and influencing the UK and global agenda on women’s economic empowerment.

Objectives

Output 1 – Partnerships with business to improve women’s participation in supply chains: Businesses improve women’s access to higher-return and higher-productivity jobs and roles in supply chains, with improving working conditions. Output 2 - Partnerships with business to improve data and transparency on women’s work in supply chains: Women’s work in supply chains is made more visible, to improve global knowledge on women’s economic contribution. Output 3 - Increased knowledge and support for delivering women's economic empowerment through economic development programmes: DFID and HMG economic development programmes reach larger numbers of women beneficiaries and improve global knowledge on how to deliver results for women and girls through economic development interventions. Output 4 - Support to multiple partnerships and initiatives that respond to the recommendations of the UN HLP (UN High Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment) report: Multiple partnerships and initiatives are identified and supported to respond to the seven drivers of change identified in the UN HLP report.

Target Groups

WOW’s priority sectors are garments, agriculture and personal care. The DFID focus countries that the programme is most likely to work in are those where global companies have supply chains e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria and Ethiopia.

Other

This programme has two components. Component A will establish partnerships with global and British businesses to improve economic opportunities for women in their supply chains, including improving data. Component B will be a flexible funding mechanism to enable the UK to demonstrate global leadership in responding to the recommendations of the High Level Panel for Women’s Economic Empowerment (HLP).

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Location

The country, countries or regions that benefit from this Programme.

Developing countries, unspecified, Europe, regional, India, Nigeria, United Kingdom

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