Guidance note for action: Supporting SMEs to ensure the economic COVID-19 recovery is gender-responsive and inclusive
Summary
This document illustrates how the challenges faced by women entrepreneurs in starting and retaining a business are likely to increase in the wake of COVID-19. Among these challenges are less access than male entrepreneurs to information and communications technology, financial services and assets, legal rights, business management skills and networking opportunities. Recovery responses to COVID-19, therefore, should include a gender lens when supporting small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs), as well as the integration of gender-responsive procurement policies to increase the numbers of female suppliers in value chains.
Citation
“Guidance Note for Action: Supporting SMEs to Ensure the Economic COVID-19 Recovery Is Gender-Responsive and Inclusive.” United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, 2020.
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