Designing for Empowerment: Economic Inclusion Programs for Women

This session explores how economic inclusion programs can more effectively support women by addressing gender-specific constraints and strengthening agency, participation, and access to opportunities. Speakers from Bangladesh, Kenya, and Malawi share practical lessons from program implementation, including approaches such as structured apprenticeships for young women, community sensitization, women’s empowerment training, and gender-transformative dialogue models.

The discussion highlights how governments and partners are integrating gender-responsive elements across program design and delivery, and what this means for achieving sustained outcomes at scale.