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- July 2008 - Women's Entrepreneurship Development
Voices of Women Entrepreneurs in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia - (pdf 4,291 KB)
Women’s entrepreneurship helps reduce poverty, promote gender equality and empower women. The ILO’s Women’s Entrepreneurship Development and Gender Equality (WEDGE) and Developing Entrepreneurship among Women with Disabilities Projects (DEWD) Projects, both funded by the Government of Ireland, in Africa are showing how learning business knowledge and skills not only creates jobs, but also extends empowerment to the future, promotes decent work and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
This booklet highlights some of the personal experiences of women entrepreneurs in four East African countries – Ethiopia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia – who have benefited from the ILO-Irish Aid Partnership Programme.
- Voices of Women Entrepreneurs in Ethiopia - (pdf 4,086 KB)
This booklet features women entrepreneurs from Ethiopia who have benefited from ILO-Irish Aid supported services, activities and training for women-owned businesses.
- Voices of Women Entrepreneurs in Tanzania - (pdf 3,198 KB)
This booklet features women entrepreneurs from Tanzania who have benefited from ILO-Irish Aid supported services, activities and training for women-owned businesses.
- Voices of Women Entrepreneurs in Uganda - (pdf 3,947 KB)
This booklet features women entrepreneurs from Uganda who have benefited from ILO-Irish Aid supported services, activities and training for women-owned businesses.
- Voices of Women Entrepreneurs in Zambia - (pdf 2,857 KB)
This booklet features women entrepreneurs from Zambia who have benefited from ILO-Irish Aid supported services, activities and training for women-owned businesses.
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- AbilityAP
The ILO AbilityAsia Pacific disability programme (AbilityAP) has been researching and collecting laws and policies from around the region that relate to the workplace rights, training, employment and social protection of people with disabilities. This work has been carried out in collaboration with the ILO-Irish Aid project, "Promoting the Employability and Employment of People with Disabilities through Effective Legislation".
Governments and disability activists often request information about what other countries are doing to promote the rights and welfare of disabled persons. To meet these frequent requests the ILO has organized a database of relevant laws, policies and information about the implementation of these laws and policies and compiled them on the AbilityAP website. In some cases the text of the law or policy can be found directly on the website but, more often, a link has been established to a government or related website. These linkages are more likely to ensure that the most current law or information is available.
While the ILO has been collecting and posting this information for about a year, the current listing is the most comprehensive to date and, to our knowledge, represents research not available in any other single location. While emphasis has been placed on Asia Pacific countries, other countries are also represented.
The ILO is now, or will be working with, the UNESCAP, the Asia Pacific Center on Disability, GLADNET and the World Bank to share and further develop this knowledge base, which, in light of the proposed UN Convention to Protect and Promote the Rights and Dignity of People with Disabilities, should be of paramount interest.
To access this wealth of information, please go to National Laws/Information on the AbilityAP website.
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