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Women micro entreps join GREAT Women Project 2
SIQUIJOR, March 29 (PIA) -- Women micro entrepreneurs (WME) here joined the first provincial convergence on Gender Responsive Economic Actions for the Transformation of Women (GREAT Women) Project 2 spearheaded by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in the province. The convergence initiative is done in coordination with the Department of Labor and Emploment (DOLE), Department of Science and
Techology (DOST), Department of Agriculture (DA), and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). Building on GREAT Women Project 1’s success, the GREAT Women Project 2 (GREAT-2) provides a timely opportunity to improve sustainability, productivity and competitiveness of women’s micro-enterprises and to continue to enhance the enabling environment for economic empowerment of women, said DTI Provincial Director Nimfa Virtucio.
She said GREAT-2 focuses on women micro entrepreneurs and aims to establish linkages with selected small and medium enterprises (SMEs) for markets and technical partnerships with compatible value chain development approaches. Project orientation was handled by DTI-7 Trade and Industry Development Specialist (TIDS) Epifania “Joy” Suralta who also talked about Gender and Development (GAD). She said the government is striving to address the constraints to women’s economic empowerment as fundamental to sustainable economic growth, poverty reduction, and food security, and to the achievement of gender equality. A recent study by the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) showed that 63 percent of managers/owners of businesses they surveyed were women. Of this, 52 percent were micro-entrepreneurs while the remaining 48 percent were owners of small and medium enterprises. Suralta said GREAT gives bigger focus on improving competitiveness and sustainability of women enterprises as one of the government’s effort to achieve more inclusive economic growth. (rmn/rac/PIA7/Siquijor/DTI-Siquijor)
DTI7’s Joy Suralta (above photo) and DTI-Siquijor Provincial Director Nimfa Virtucio talked about Gender and Development (GAD) and Gender Responsive Economic Actions for the Transformation (#GREAT) of #Women Project 2 during the provincial convergence for women micro entrepreneurs in Siquijor province. (rac/PIA7-Siquijor)