Supporting women’s ability to succeed and advance economically leads to healthy and productive households, growing businesses, and the well-being of communities and nations.

An estimated $28 trillion could be added to the global annual GDP by 2025 by advancing women’s equality. Women’s economic empowerment (WEE) refers to a process by which women expand their ability to succeed and advance economically, and where they have the power to make and act on strategic life decisions in a context where this power was previously denied. There is a growing body of evidence demonstrating the importance of women’s participation in market as smallholder farmers, employees and owners of enterprises, and clients of financial institutions. Increasingly, diverse stakeholders from public, private and civil society are focusing on women’s empowerment as a true driver of development.

What We Aim to Achieve

SEEP is dedicated to addressing systemic barriers that limit women’s empowerment through knowledge mobilization, cross organizational learning, and strengthening partnerships and alliances among diverse market actors. Our learning initiatives are designed to address common challenges amongst practitioners and create tangible opportunities to share promising practices, co-create technical resources, and to promote a collective voice for improving policy and practice.