Women's empowerment, SDGs and ICT : module C1

The WIFI modules introduce the readers to the foundation concepts of empowerment and entrepreneurship, and provide the basics of how to apply ICTs for starting and managing a small business. It also strengthens capacities of government leaders and policymakers towards providing an environment for ICT-enabled women entrepreneurs through gender-responsive policies, programmes and services.

Women ICT Frontier Initiative Modules :

Module C1: Women's Empowerment, SDGs and ICT

Module C2: Enabling Role of ICT for Women Entrepreneurs

Module W1: Planning a Business Using ICT

Module W2: Managing a Business Using ICT

Module P: An Enabling Environment for Women Entrepreneurs

The primary objective of this module is to introduce the key concepts of: empowerment, women’s empowerment and its barriers and enablers in present times, information and communication technology (ICT) and its challenges and opportunities in promoting women’s empowerment, and the Sustainable Development Goals related to achieving women’s empowerment.

The online course for this module is available on the ESCAP e-learning platform.

E-learning course link: Core Module 1 - Women's Empowerment, SDGs, and ICT