Women Included: Nurturing Growth and Security - WINGS

The project aims to enhance the economic prosperity of women and the most vulnerable and marginalized people in Ukraine. It targets women affected by war and the most vulnerable including rural women internally displaced women with partners or family members in the military and women with disabilities among other marginalized women`s groups. The project also aims to target local and regional authorities the business community and state employment centres through gender-sensitivity workshops and advocacy campaigns to holistically address women’s economic challenges. Project activities include: (1) implementing community-based events and training for local authorities to advocate for developing local and regional programs to support women’s economic engagement; (2) providing basic and advanced information technology skills training and scholarships to young vulnerable women to increase their employment and entrepreneurship opportunities; (3) providing training on various business-related topics including basic business skills and offering a Business Model Validation program. This program aims to help early-stage entrepreneurs advance their start-up enterprises through skills-based training and access to seed financing; and (4) providing technical assistance to regional and local employment centers in target regions to increase the capacity of employment centers. This enables them to provide gender-sensitive employment services and women’s economic empowerment programs.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) enhanced economic security of rural women and the most vulnerable or marginalized especially those affected by the conflict; and (2) enhanced employment and entrepreneurship opportunities for women and the most vulnerable or marginalized