by Municipality of Miagao | Mar 15, 2012 | Gender and Development
The vision of the GREAT Women Project aims to support and promote the economic empowerment of women, especially those in microenterprises, by contributing to the creation of a gender-responsive enabling environment.
The goals of the GREAT Women Project are to foster efficient, responsive, transparent, and accountable governance at all levels, and to support the development of sustainable SMEs that can create more, better and decent jobs for both men and women.
The purpose of the GREAT Women Project is to contribute to a gender-responsive enabling environment for the economic empowerment of women, particularly women in microenterprises.
by Municipality of Miagao | Mar 15, 2012 | Gender and Development
There are several reasons why the GREAT Women Project is pursuing women’s economic empowerment:
In the Philippines, microenterprises are leading engines of economic growth. Microenterprise development is a major viable strategy for women’s economic empowerment.
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by Municipality of Miagao | Mar 15, 2012 | Gender and Development
Magna Carta of Women
On August 14, 2009, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed Republic Act 9710, also known as the Magna Carta of Women.
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by Municipality of Miagao | Mar 15, 2012 | Gender and Development
About the GREAT Women Project
The Gender-Responsive Economic Actions for the Transformation of Women (GREAT Women) Project is a governance and capacity development project that aims to promote and support a gender-responsive enabling environment for women’s economic empowerment, particularly those in microenterprises.
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by Municipality of Miagao | Feb 16, 2012 | Gender and Development
The Municipality’s Great Women Project in partnership with the University of the Philippines Visayas College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences – Institute of Fish Processing Technology (CFOS-IFPT) conducted a training on the Processing of Fermented Fish and Shrimp on March 8-9, 2012. The training involved the Subana Women Group (wives of fisherfolks of Baybay Norte, Miagao), recipient of the CIDA-LGU GREAT Women Project in collaboration with LGU Miagao and UPV CFOS IFPT
