Knowledge Gateway on Women’s Economic Empowerment

The goal of this project is to increase women’s economic empowerment improve their lives and their communities by providing them with access to information and networking opportunities through a Knowledge Gateway. The Knowledge Gateway is an on-line 'one-stop service' giving women access to the latest and most-up-to-date information technical resources and best practices on business and economic opportunities among other things. The Gateway provides a mechanism for ongoing learning and exchange among users including women entrepreneurs practitioners and policy-makers on issues that are critical to advancing women’s economic empowerment.

The expected intermediate outcomes for this project include: (i) increased collaboration and networking on women’s economic empowerment by connecting users including women entrepreneurs development practitioners and policy-makers from developing and developed countries; (ii) increased access to use of and sharing of information knowledge and resources on women’s economic empowerment by users including women entrepreneurs development practitioners and policy-makers from developing and developed countries; and (iii) greater influence by women and gender equality advocates on policies and strategies to promote women’s economic empowerment.