WOMEN EMPOWERMENT 2.0
“After taking first steps to addressing gender-related issues at a number of EHPEA member farms and implementing pilot welfare programmes in the workplace in partnership with BSR HERproject, we will strengthen interventions to achieve a ‘change in mindset’ towards lasting improvements in the lives of women and communities.”
Tewodros Zewdie | EHPEA Executive Director
KEY Targets
- Increase the health and gender knowledge, behaviour, and access of 20,000 general workers of target farms:
- Train HR managers and nurses of 30 farms on gender sensitive management
- Train 300 gender committee members on personal hygiene,food and water hygiene, nutrition, family planning and gender based violence to provide training to workers, and refresh training to 500 others
- 20,000 workers trained and refreshed by gender committee members
- Improve the practices, policies, and procedures of 42 farms to support gender sensitive management, prevention of harassment, and worker welfare:
- 80% farms with a gender committee
- 70% farms adopting a gender policy
- 6 voluntary councelling and testing campaigns on IVH
- 1 community edutainment event
Partner
Ethiopian Horticulture Producer Exporters Association (EHPEA)
Key Topic
Working Conditions
Region
Ethiopia
Status
Project under way (2017-2018)