What are some of the tools to support women’s economic empowerment?

There is a wide range of tools that are considered to be key prerequisites for enabling women’s economic empowerment. However, there are huge differences globally in how they are implemented. In general, the following tools have proven to be effective in supporting WEE:

• Enabling women to make independent decisions;
• Having open discussions about changes in social norms;
• Access to education and training;
• Access to income;
• Access to decent & flexible work opportunities;
• Access to child-care support;
• Providing incentives for men to take over a part of the care and family work;
• Having policies to promote workplace equality;
• Access to financial services; Providing support for women’s entrepreneurship.