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SheTrades
Description/achievement of initiative

On September 2015 the International Trade Centre launched the SheTrades initiative. Developed through extensive consultations with a diverse group of stakeholders, SheTrades is a wide-ranging initiative to empower women economically through greater integration in global trade and investment, with a goal to connect one million women to markets by 2020. SheTrades is a global programme of work around seven key actions, supported by a digital web and mobile platform. The actions provide a framework for the private sector, governments, international organisations, civil society and others to implement specific, measurable commitments that support women’s economic participation through trade.

Implementation methodologies

- Call to Action - A call that sets out a framework for companies, governments, civil society organisations, and any other stakeholder in development, to make specific, measurable pledges that contribute to the goal of integrating women more fully into the global economy. - SheTrades - the digital platform is an innovative channel that contributes to ensuring scale, reach and measurability of impact through a unique matchmaking feature that ensures women entrepreneurs are more visible to buyers, and in particular to companies with supplier diversity goals. It has a functionality that provides stakeholders with useful tools and content, and a tracking and benchmarking system towards the operationalisation of decisive partnerships.

Arrangements for Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer

Capacity- building opportunities for women entrepreneurs, buyers and trade and investment support institutions are available for SheTrades platform members. Information related with E-learning courses, technical webinars, and manuals on how to increase the capacity of women business to connect with international markets, are offered through the web and mobile app.

Coordination mechanisms/governance structure

The coordination of this initiative is at the center of the Women and Trade Programme at the International Trade Centre.

Partner(s)

Over 200 partners (e.g. Accenture, Barclays Kenya, BPW, DHL, Google, KAGIDER, SDI International, Sidley Austin, UN Global Compact, Vital Voices, WEConnect International, ZimTrade, among others)
Progress reports
Goal 5
5.5 - Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life
5.a - Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources, in accordance with national laws
5.b - Enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology, to promote the empowerment of women
5.c - Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels
Goal 8
8.2 - Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including through a focus on high-value added and labour-intensive sectors
8.3 - Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services
8.a - Increase Aid for Trade support for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, including through the Enhanced Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance to Least Developed Countries
09/2020
Connect one million women to markets by 2020
Other, please specify
SheTrades is an initiative of the ITC Women and Trade Programme which is supported by United Kingdom Aid through the Department for International Development (DFID), the Australian Government, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, as well as with s

Basic information
Time-frame: 09/2015 - 09/2020
Website
Partners
Over 200 partners (e.g. Accenture, Barclays Kenya, BPW, DHL, Google, KAGIDER, SDI International, Sidley Austin, UN Global Compact, Vital Voices, WEConnect International, ZimTrade, among others)
Countries
Contact information
Vanessa Erogbogbo, Head of Women and Trade Programme, womenandtrade@intracen.org
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