Gender in Turkmenistan

 

The aim of the project being implemented throughout 2004-2009 period, is to support capacity development of rural women to be engaged into income generating activities and to strengthen capacity for gender mainstreaming among policy and decision makers and NGOs.

 

The first component of project aims at creating self-employment opportunities for rural poor women. Unemployed or underemployed women from low income families were selected, trained and guided in income generation activities. Based on potential self employment opportunities small grant programme was implemented, used as seed money for procurement basic tools and materials to start up income generation activities. The second component focuses on supporting the process of monitoring the implementation of the CEDAW and National Action Plan as well as expanding awareness on CEDAW and gender equality, enhancing advocacy and problem solving skills and formulating project proposals in response to women’s needs identifying in the women’s needs assessment.