The UNITAR Social Entrepreneurship Training Program for Women aims to empower women with the knowledge and skills of entrepreneurship and mentor them to develop self-led entrepreneurial initiatives and solutions (social or commercial) that will harness digital technologies to address socio-economic challenges in their respective countries.
(UNITAR) – The COVID-19 pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges to the people around the world, especially in the areas of public health and threatened millions of jobs and livelihood opportunities with huge socio-economic implications. The pandemic is likely to reverse much of the progress made towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including in the Horn of Africa and further exacerbate youth unemployment, poverty, social inequality, and climate change.
Entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship have a promising future to address issues related to socio-economic development and to build back better. By providing women with knowledge and skills in entrepreneurship, they can have an opportunity to participate and engage more meaningfully in society through developing own initiatives and businesses (social or commercial) that are self-designed and self-led, and contribute positively to their own society.
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Social Entrepreneurship Training Program for Women targets eighty (80) women from Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya, and guide them in developing successful entrepreneurial initiative and solutions that will harness digital technologies to address social-economic challenges in their respective countries.
The program is being conducted with the financial support of the Government and the People of Japan.
Participants will be selected through an open call for applications based on specific criteria including:
- Age (between 18 and 40);
- Geographical and sectoral representation within the country;
- Deep interest in entrepreneurship and frontier technology;
- Good oral and written English skills; and
- Keen passion to learn by doing and highly motivated to succeed to provide positive impact to the society.
UNITAR strongly encourages and welcomes all those women with solid understanding and experience in engineering or technology.
Please read this Call for Applications for more information (PDF file) – Call for Applications. Note also that the deadline for the application is 6 September 2020 at 23:59 (JST).
Click here for application.
Source: UNITAR