Project overview

The proposal aims to enhance women's access to green and circular entrepreneurship and disaster risk reduction in Zamboanga to contribute to promoting inclusive and sustainable development, women's rights and the green economy in the Philippines. The project focuses on indigenous-dominated neighbourhoods where more than 51.29% of the population lives in poverty, especially women. The main causes of the feminisation of poverty and the violation of women's rights were identified as lack of access to economic resources, low capacity in disaster risk management and environmental protection, and limited social participation. The proposal was designed in a participatory manner, in response to the needs and problems identified by the communities, involving women, public and private institutions.

OBJECTIVES

General Objective: Contributing to inclusive and sustainable development, women’s rights and green economy in the Philippines.

Specific Objective: Empowering women’s access to green and circular entrepreneurship and their protection to disasters.

OUTPUTS

1. Women improve income-generating capacities in sustainable, green and circular economies.

2. Adopted participatory environmental and risk management plans for a just green economy.

3. Promotion of an enabling social environment for women's participation in sustainable local economies.