5.4 Policy Priority 4: Gender Responsive Economic Recovery for Women

Policy Priority 4:

Gender Responsive Economic Recovery for Women

4.a

Adopting a targeted procurement strategy by different entities (Government/private sector/NGOs) for services from women owned SMEs, when relevant

4.b

Support Female Owned Small and Medium Enterprises to rebrand and recover by creating an online e-shop platform for women entrepreneurs and female dominated food or agricultural cooperatives with support for branding and marketing strategies 49 . Women in the informal sector as well as small farmers should be targeted for equitable access through specific regrouping, empowerment programmes and schemes, including internet access bundles, provision of mobile apps (etc.).

4.c

Ensure that large-scale infrastructure projects and investments create descent jobs for women and enabling them to acquire new skills

4.d

Implement programmes that mitigate women’s disproportionate care-giving responsibilities where women’s re-entry into the labour force is coupled with efforts to educate men on changing gender roles

4.e

Carry out gender analysis to formulate gender- sensitive needs-based economic recovery frameworks and sector strategies for jobs and livelihoods.

4.f

Support systematisation of data regarding participation in informal economic activities (disaggregated by sex, age, location and disability status)

49 See also 5.d. in terms of provision of schemes for equitable access to ICT