Stimulating Sustainable Economic Growth Through Women's Participation in the Economy

Results achieved at the end of the project (December 2016) include: (1) 3 291 women and 221 businesses reported increased income; (2) approved 17 standards and mechanisms in favour of women’s economic rights; (3) 719 women assumed roles related to proposal development and implementation including 118 in activity implementation and 27 becoming part of decision-making bodies; (4) approved 67 norms related to women’s rights with 3 implemented in different regions; (5) trained 5 163 people (62% women) on sexual and reproductive rights resulting in greater awareness of their rights within legal and health services contexts; (6) developed 23 proposals at the regional and subnational level aimed at protecting sexual and reproductive rights; (7) adopted at the national and local level 14 standards and policies in favour of women and 2 regulations in favour of the lesbian bisexual transgender queer and intersex plus population for the right to a life free of violence; and (8) contributed to the adoption of Law 348 which guarantees women a life free of violence. Also supported the Gender Identity Law enacted in May 2016 which allows transgender people to change their name sex and photo on official and private documents.