Beyond participation: making enterprise development really work for women
Beyond participation: making enterprise development really work for women
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超越参与：让企业发展真正为女性服务
DOI：
10.1080/13552074.2012.663638
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发表时间：
2012
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通讯作者：
M. Alemu
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作者：
Sally King;Hugo Sintes;M. Alemu
乐施会自1960年代以来一直参与可持续生计和企业发展，在建立企业以实现社会和经济发展方面积累了实际经验。由于我们认为性别不平等是全球消除贫困的最大障碍之一，因此在过去三年中，我们一直在试行一项创新的企业发展计划（EDP）-这是一项独特的倡议，利用商业方法创造财富，实现经济增长，同时提高妇女在市场和更广泛社会中的力量。本文概述了乐施会鼓励对农村中小型企业进行此类投资的原因，促进妇女在企业发展中的作用的重要性，以及企业发展方案迄今取得的一些成功和面临的挑战。我们希望，我们汲取的经验教训将有助于和激励其他国际发展工作者支持和投资于为妇女服务的中小企业。
Oxfam has been involved in sustainable livelihoods and enterprise development since the 1960s, gaining practical experience in setting up businesses that deliver social as well as economic development. Since we believe that gender inequality is one of the greatest barriers to poverty eradication worldwide, over the last three years we have been piloting an innovative Enterprise Development Programme (EDP) – a unique initiative that uses a business approach to create wealth, and deliver economic growth, while increasing women's power in markets and wider society. This article outlines the reasons why Oxfam is encouraging this type of investment in rural Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), the importance of promoting the role of women in enterprise development, and some of the successes and challenges faced by the EDP so far. We hope that the lessons that we have learned will help and inspire other international development practitioners to support and invest in SMEs that work for women.