Making Trade Work for Women in Eastern Africa - Covid-19 Crisis Pool

This project supports activities that respond to the COVID-19 pandemic as it relates to women traders in Eastern Africa within the scope of the overall project. In particular the project focuses on facilitating the movement of food supplies across the region and for sustaining distribution of grain and fresh produce with mitigation measures to reduce the risk associated with the pandemic. Project activities include: producing and disseminating COVID-19 prevention information materials; undertaking infection reduction awareness and training for border officials; provision of Personal Protective Equipment for border officials and women traders; building a protected open air market space for women traders near the border post to support continued business within a safer space.

The expected outcomes for this project include: a reduction in incidences of violence against women traders at select border posts in Eastern Africa and an increase in trade values for women-traded goods and increased access to markets and trade-related services while mitigating for the risks of the COVID-19 pandemic for women traders.