What is WEMAN?
WEMAN is a community-led global process aiming at innovation, learning and advocacy for Gender Justice in economic interventions and institutions.
WEMAN partners facilitate gender action learning with women and men in poor communities. Women and men identify and implement their own individual and collective strategies for increasing women’s economic rights as stated in CEDAW.
Gender justice aims and strategies identified at community-level are integrated into institutional decision-making and practice and gender advocacy at the macro-level.
WEMAN is a long term process spearheaded by Oxfam Novib as part of its economic justice and gender justice programmes, networking and building capacity of livelihoods and gender practitioners.
WEMAN GOALS
Goal 1: Empowerment and improvements in livelihoods which are significant and sustainable for women, and their families and communities, particularly from low income and vulnerable groups.
Objectives by December 2010:
- At least 35,000 low income women and men in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe have developed individual life action plans.
- At least 20,000 of these plans have been at least partially implemented, increasing incomes and empowerment.
- These plans have increased women’s leadership and voice in decision-making.
Goal 2: Gender justice mainstreamed in economic development interventions and institutions including: financial services, livelihood/market/value chain development and economic policy and decision-making.
Objectives by December 2010:
- At least 60 participating organisations have developed and implemented sustainable action plans for incorporation and further promotion of WEMAN Good Practices.
- At least a further 600 key organisations and individuals have endorsed and are actively promoting these Good Practices.
- This contributes to an equitable enabling environment for women’s empowerment and livelihood improvement.