WAGE Moldova
Project duration
OCTOBER2020
JANUARY2023
Reducing Barriers to Women’s Economic Empowerment in Moldova (WAGE Moldova) is a multi-disciplinary program aimed at building and supporting an alliance of women’s organizations to improve the enabling environment for Moldovan women engaged in economic activity. Launched in October 2020, and implemented Women and Girls Empowered Consortium (WAGE), in partnership with CIPE and ABA ROLI, the program works to strengthen the organizational capacities of women’s business associations (WBAs) and women’s civil society organizations (WCSOs) to represent and provide business development support and other services to Moldovan women and to foster collective action among WBAs and WCSOs to address legal and societal barriers to women’s participation in the economy.
The program, launched in October 2020 and implemented by the Women and Girls Empowered (WAGE) consortium in partnership with CIPE and ABA ROLI, aims to strengthen the organizational capacities of women's business associations (WBAs) and women's civil society organizations (WSOs) to represent and provide business development support and other services to women in Moldova and to cultivate collective action by WBAs and WSOs in addressing legal and societal barriers to women's participation in the economy.
Central Program goals
To strengthen the organizational capacities of women business associations (WBAs) and women’s empowerment organizations (WCSOs) to represent and provide services to Moldovan women.
To foster collective action among WBAs and WCSOs to address legal framework implementation gaps and societal barriers to women's economic empowerment.
Capacity Building for Women’s Organizations
WAGE will assess the capacity and needs of women’s organizations and will offer targeted capacity building through a combination of group training workshops, one-on-one coaching, and small grants to implement action plans developed with technical support from WAGE.
Fostering Collective Action Among Women’s Organizations:
WAGE will establish and support a Women’s Empowerment Alliance that will address barriers women face to entrepreneurship and employment. The Alliance will produce an assessment of the opportunities and barriers to women’s economic empowerment, using a participatory process guided by WAGE’s Women’s Economic Empowerment assessment tool. The Alliance will then develop and advocate policy recommendations to diminish the identified barriers.
Source of funding
The project is implemented between October 2020- January 2023 and is funded by the U.S. Department of State Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues.
The organization that wants to become a member of the Alliance should submit a written request. Additionally, the organization shall submit a short bio or the CV of the organization. All the documents must be submitted via email: [email protected] The Alliance will decide by majority vote on the accession of the new member. The organization will be notified of the decision by email.
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