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GEMS3 Women’s Economic Empowerment Learning Series: Case Study 1

Exploring empowerment outcomes for female entrepreneurs

While poverty and socio-economic disadvantage is a challenge shared by many men and women in Jigawa, Nigeria; women face additional gender-specific discrimination.

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GEMS3 Women’s Economic Empowerment Learning Series: Case Study 1

Women’s Economic Empowerment is one of GEMS3’s design principles.

The programme, in addition to its objective of increasing income and jobs for women, aims at boosting the voice of women in the practice and ownership of business.

GEMS3 ensures engagements are sensitive and responsive to the needs of both men and women.

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Contents

  • Background
  • Facilitating Women’s Economic Empowerment through groundnut production
  • Conclusions
  • Annex: Methodological notes

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