Project profile — Stimulating Sustainable Economic Growth Through Women's Participation in the Economy

• Bolivia (100.00%)

• Secondary Education: Vocational training (11330) (15.00%)
• Post-Secondary Education: Advanced technical and managerial training (11430) (15.00%)
• Government And Civil Society, General: Decentralisation and support to subnational government (15112) (25.00%)
• Banking And Financial Services: Education/training in banking and financial services (24081) (15.00%)
• Agriculture: Agricultural education/training (31181) (10.00%)
• Cottage industries and handicrafts:
Cottage industries and handicrafts (32140) (10.00%)
Textiles, leather and substitutes (32163) (10.00%)

• Gender equality (principal objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (significant objective)
• Participatory development and good governance (significant objective)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (significant objective)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

Canada is contributing to a joint project with the Netherlands project to strengthen women’s empowerment in Bolivia. Canada contribution is aimed at increasing women’s access and control over natural and productive resources (e.g. markets, property, credit, technology), access to employment, as well as enhancing women's role in decision-making in public, private and civil society sector organizations. It is expected that these results are achieved primarily by investing in training, support services and income-generating activities for women.

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Results achieved at the end of the project (December 2016) include: (1) 3,291 women and 221 businesses reported increased income; (2) approved 17 standards and mechanisms in favour of women’s economic rights; (3) 719 women assumed roles related to proposal development and implementation, including 118 in activity implementation and 27 becoming part of decision-making bodies; (4) approved 67 norms related to women’s rights, with 3 implemented in different regions; (5) trained 5,163 people (62% women) on sexual and reproductive rights, resulting in greater awareness of their rights within legal and health services contexts; (6) developed 23 proposals at the regional and subnational level aimed at protecting sexual and reproductive rights; (7) adopted at the national and local level 14 standards and policies in favour of women and 2 regulations in favour of the lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex plus population for the right to a life free of violence; and (8) contributed to the adoption of Law 348, which guarantees women a life free of violence. Also supported the Gender Identity Law, enacted in May 2016, which allows transgender people to change their name, sex and photo on official and private documents.

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