72051422R00013 - Attachment J.11 - USAID Colombia Womens Economic Empowerment.pdf

Women’s Economic Empowerment exists when women have the power to act freely, and exercise and increase their rights over economic assets and resources to benefit themselves, their families, and their communities on equality conditions.

38% of USAID mechanisms contribute to women's economic empowerment.

Since 2018, USAID has invested approximately USD $14.8 million in women's economic empowerment.

Colombian women (22.5% rural)

Workforce

Female-headed households (26% rural)

22.6 million

6 million

Unemployment Rates

There are 18 women for every 10 men living below the monetary poverty line

PovertyDemographics

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St or y

FEMALE LEADERSHIP

urban women live below the monetary poverty line rural women live below the monetary poverty line

2 out of 10

4 out of 10

6.3% National

13.6% Rural women

10.2% Urban women

SOURCE: 2019, DANESOURCE: 2018, DANE SOURCE: 2018, DANE

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USAID and Women's Economic Empowerment in Colombia

36% of USAID economic growth beneficiaries are women.

In December 2019, Miriam García Soto, from the municipality of Vegachí, was awarded by the Antioquia’s Mining Secretariat with the Golden Woman prize for her dedication over the past 30 years to the mine she inherited from her father.

Miriam is a current beneficiary of the Artisanal Gold Mining Activity and because of her work as a female leader in the mining sector, she is a role model for young girls in the region.

beneficiaries women (31%) Up to the end of March 2020

3,475 1,061

USAID/Colombia mechanisms contributing to women's economic empowerment: Cacao for Peace, Community Stabilization Activity, Connecting Landscapes, Conservation and Governance, From fear to trust, Community Development and Licit Opportunities, The Cacao Effect, Inclusion for Peace Activity, Rural Finance Initiative, Investment for Peace Fund, Martin Luther King Scholarship Program, Land for Prosperity, Producers to Markets Alliance, EMPROPAZ, Artisanal Gold Mining, Natural Wealth, Sport Power II, Bitter Casava for a Sweet Milk.

Promoting women’s entrepreneurship and providing women with access to capital, markets, technical assistance and networks.

Striving to remove the legal, regulatory and cultural barriers that constrain women from fully and freely participating in the economy.

Advancing workforce development and vocational education to ensure women have the skills and training necessary to secure jobs.

Women Succeeding as Entrepreneurs

Women Enabled in the Economy

Women Prospering in the Workforce

16,477 government officials, traditional authorities, and men and women trained in land tenure and property rights.

USAID in partnership with Colombian Government agencies has facilitated the land titling and restitution to 1,699 women.

Colombian economic rural development has been enhanced by strengthening environmental services and sustainable production

Working with Colombian Government agencies, municipalities, and private sector is a USAID priority to promote legal, procedural, and market frameworks that enable women’s land ownership and financial self-sufficiency

Efforts to get women into the workforce have been emphasized among rural, Afro-Colombian and Indigenous women

Supported the access of 2,363 women in the workforce with full-time jobs in the most challenging geographical areas of the country.

Provided 832 women with occupational guidance and training in employment skills.

Benefited 125 young women and university students with the two years of the Martin Luther King Jr.

Fellowship, which provides English language and leadership training.

In partnership with Fulbright Scholarship, provided scholarships for 5 Afro-Colombian women in master's or doctoral programs at universities in the United States.

Equipped 4,368 women with environmental services and/or biodiversity conservation skills, improving the livelihoods for 27% of women through income generation.

Training and technical assistance provided to 2,238 women that enabled them to participate in beekeeping, rubber and cacao production, including the establishment of market linkages for these products.

Improved 209,711 women’s access to formal financial products and benefited 75,577 women with access to credit products valued at USD $267 million.

679 hectares of productive initiatives are led by women that received technical assistance.

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Examples of USAID/Colombia work towards the Women’s Global Development Prosperity Initiative

Figures timeframe: January 2018 - March 2020