Key Activities
- Conducted a nationwide gender audit with ECAM to address workplace discrimination, harassment, and violence.
- Developed a training manual and delivered capacity-building sessions for ECAM staff, members, and partners.
- Produced a strategic action plan to guide ECAM’s efforts in promoting gender-responsive workplaces.
- Conducted a technical study with NABW to assess climate-related risks facing women-owned businesses.
- Produced a gender finance checklist, training manual, policy brief, and strategic action plan to support resilience-building.
- Delivered a capacity-building workshop for women entrepreneurs and associations on risk assessment, business continuity, and advocacy.
Outcomes
- ECAM used the audit to influence legal reviews, engage CEOs and boards on ILO C190, and develop a validated model policy on workplace violence and harassment.
- Mobilised companies to adopt GBV policies, doubling participation in the Gender Equality category of the Employer of the Year Awards.
- NABW reported improved business planning and resilience among women entrepreneurs, with adoption of risk management strategies and business continuity practices.
- Several entrepreneurs resumed operations after climate-related setbacks, showing increased confidence and market engagement.
- NABW secured a grant (July 2025–January 2027) to lead advocacy on financial inclusion, using ICR-supported tools and resources to inform implementation.
Region
Malawi
Theme
Workplace Inclusion | Climate Resilience | Women’s Economic Empowerment
Partners
Employers' Consultative Association of Malawi (ECAM), National Association of Business Women (NABW)