{"id":7858,"date":"2025-03-07T09:27:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T09:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gundihillinc.com\/s\/site\/?page_id=7858"},"modified":"2025-05-16T10:54:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T10:54:36","slug":"empowering-women-for-employment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sitenet.org\/?page_id=7858","title":{"rendered":"Empowering women for employment"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7858\" class=\"elementor elementor-7858\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-70f8aba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"70f8aba\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-68e286b\" data-id=\"68e286b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e57f663 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e57f663\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"539\" src=\"https:\/\/sitenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-1-e1742196391213-1024x539.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8099\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sitenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-1-e1742196391213-1024x539.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sitenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-1-e1742196391213-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sitenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-1-e1742196391213-768x404.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sitenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-1-e1742196391213.jpg 1428w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ffa4fe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4ffa4fe\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a96f63\" data-id=\"1a96f63\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd907bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd907bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><strong>Empowering Women and Marginalized Groups<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>SITE recognizes the unique barriers faced by women and marginalized groups; persons with disabilities (PWDs) and refugees. We promote inclusive employment opportunities and&nbsp; best practices.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><strong>Employment and Economic Opportunities<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Entrepreneurship &amp; financial literacy skills, access to market and services.<\/li>\n<li>Informal sector ecosystem mapping &amp; interventions to improve access to resources (business licensing, credit, affirmative funds, financial inclusion, safe work spaces, technology).<\/li>\n<li>Encouraging women\u2019s participation in leadership roles and community, business, and political decision-making processes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>Persons with Disabilities (PWDs)<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-start=\"3\" data-end=\"216\">Implementing strategies to improve service delivery for persons with disabilities (PWDs), strengthening disability organizations, and ensuring their inclusion in local decision-making processes.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3\" data-end=\"216\">Established strategies for service delivery examples; (Meru, Machakos, Uganda), registration with National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD), strengthening disability organizations for advocacy groups and local decision-making processes.<\/p>\n<div><strong>Refugees Support<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Equipping refugees with entrepreneurship skills to start and grow businesses, helping them integrate into host communities and contribute to national development initiatives such as, the Shirika plan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Business Rights<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Advocating for women\u2019s rights and social protection, addressing gender-based violence, discrimination, and promoting gender equality.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a0c23d1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" 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