Girl Power
300 young girls on the road to employment in Côte d’Ivoire Closing ceremony for cohort 2 The completion rate for girls in lower secondary school rose from 34.6% in 2013-2014 to 54.6% in 2017-2018, according to the Ivorian government. But what happens to these girls who leave school so early ? And those who don’t […]
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – SUPPORT FOR ASSOCIATIONS WORKING TO COMBAT GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
As part of the Feminist Opportunities Now (FON) project, Empow’Her is launching a call for applications from local associations interested in developing a project to generate funding ! Associations based in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Niger or Guinea Conakry working for women and against gender-based violence are eligible THE FEMINIST OPPORTUNITIES NOW PROJECT The aim […]
Cartier Women’s Initiative and Empow’Her: Highlighting Women Who Make a Difference in French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa
Since 2006, Cartier Women’s Initiative has been supporting and rewarding women impact entrepreneurs to help them grow their businesses and strengthen their leadership. Through human, social and financial capital support, Cartier Women’s Initiative promotes social and environmental change by giving the women it supports the keys to develop their businesses. Three winners will be distinguished […]
[STUDY RESULTS] Why are there less women leaders in the social entrepreneurship sector?
In its day to day work, Empow’Her has noticed that there are too few women social entrepreneurs in France, but also that there are very few existing data on the topic. Thus, we have conducted a four months study (October 2016 to January 2017) to understand the specific struggles met by women social entrepreneurs and to highlight […]
Young Ambassadors for Equality: ready, set, go!
Last night, we launched the 2017 edition of our “Young Ambassadors for Equality” program. This awareness program spread over 12 months will consist in training 30 people aged 18 to 30 year old so they can raise awareness on gender equality among their peers. But… what’s the Young Ambassador program? The idea came from several observations: Young people […]
