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Where are women in the economy of
Cambodia?
Women in the Economy
High female participation in waged
employment and in enterprises:
• 44% in industry
• 49% of workers
• 36% in services
• 50% in agriculture
• 62% of all private business
The Rectangular
Strategy for Growth, Enhancement of the
Employment, Equity Agricultural Sector
Employment Generation
Physical Infrastructure
Further Rehabilitation
and Construction of
Legal and
Development and
Fighting
Private Sector
Judicial
Corruption
development
Partnership in
Reform
Good Governance
Public Armed
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Administration Forces
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dl r o w eht dna noi ger
Reform Reform
Favorable macro-
economic and
financial environment
Facilitating Common
Linkages to Facility Unit
Business Markets Formation of
Skills Training Associations
Micro
Enterprise Women-friendly
Market-oriented Development Environment
Skills Training Skills &
Human Socio- Life Skills Training
Resource Cultural
Empower Functional Literacy
Mobile Training Devel.
Unit
Business Counseling
Access to & Support
Micro Credit
Facilitating Facilitating
Linkages to Savings & Credit
MFIs Groups
Problems faced by Women in Micro
enterprise
• They are essentially invisible- Little support available
• Have little or no access to market, credit institutions,
• Lack of information, technology and support services
• Poor transport, water and electricity
• Illiteracy, low education and skills
• Work burden
The Enterprise Development Approach
• Existing approaches to • Limitations to these
i.g.a. & MSME approaches
development promotion
1-skills training (WID No market demand
Center) →Not able to use skills to
2-Production focus earn income
3-Product focus → Not able to sell
4-Technology focus products that have
been produce
5-Locality focus
→ Potential markets may
be outside of the
location
Future directions
Kompong Chhnang
Women’s Development
Center (Upgrading)
Phnom Penh
Project Coordination Unit
(MOWA)
• Goal
The overall goal of
this project is to
reduce poverty by
increasing access to
services that support
women’s social and
economic
empowerment.
Project
Components
A.
WDC Facility
Development
and
Upgrading
(45%)
B. C.
Life Skills MSE
and Development
Advocacy and Support
Support
(45%) (25%)
D.
Capacity Building
and Project
Management
Support
(40%)
Component A
WDC Development and Upgrading
Outputs
WDC Siem Reap (95% complete)
WDC Kompong Chhnang (90%
WDC Kompong Chhnang complete)
Component B
Life Skills and Advocacy
Support
Outputs
Demand-driven programs and activities
Community Resource Assessments in 30
villages
21 ‘Home Safety’ Workshops in 15
villages with 630 participants
Upcoming activities
‘Life Skills and Family Income
Generation’ Workshops
‘Domestic Skills’ Workshops
‘Family Management Skills’ Workshops
‘Women Worker Rights’ Workshops
Community Resource Assessment Workshop in Kompong
Chhnang, May 2007
Total : 87 courses
Participants: 2,431persons ( Men 44,
Women
988 )
Component C
MSE Development and Support
Outputs
‘Gender and Enterprise Workshops’ in 28
villages with 580 participants (49
men)
Formation of producer groups
Mats: 48 groups in 10 villages with
483 members
Bamboo baskets: 8 groups in 5
villages with 101 members
Product development and marketing
Identification of designers and resource
persons
Improved handicraft production (9 men)
Market testing of mats in the Phnom Penh
Night Bazaar
Investigation of market for bamboo
handicrafts
Product development on new design and
marketing ( sedge mat and bamboo
handicraft)
Upcoming activities
Market opportunities identification and
value chain analysis consultancy
Preparation of Enterprise Development
Action Plans for community
Component D: Capacity Building and Project
Management Support
Outputs
Capacity building and mentoring support
to MoWA Economic Development
Department staff to support WDCs and
PDWAs
Capacity building and mentoring support
for WDC and PDWA staff in Siem Reap
and Kompong Chhnang:
facilitation skills
data gather and analysis
facilitating community resource
assessments
facilitating gender and enterprise workshops
facilitating home safety workshops
Project management support
ADB Review Mission with Project Team in Kompong Chhnang,
February 2008
Upcoming activities
Continue capacity building and mentoring
support linked to field activities
Finalize the management structure of
WDCs
Develop plan for sustaining WDC activities
upon project completion
Partnerships in advocacy and
action
LIne
Ministries
Private
Sector
Donors
Increasing
Women’s
Economic
Opportunities
Educational
Financial
Institutions
Institutions
Civil
Society