[{"bbox": [86, 154, 604, 187], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION"}, {"bbox": [86, 221, 507, 251], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.1 Objectives and Expected Outputs"}, {"bbox": [97, 266, 1058, 294], "category": "Text", "text": "The Overall Objective (Impact) of this action is to advance women's economic empowerment in India."}, {"bbox": [97, 319, 1098, 373], "category": "Text", "text": "The Specific Objective (Outcome) of this action is to enhance the enabling environment for economic and social rights for women and girls in all their diversity in India."}, {"bbox": [97, 399, 1007, 426], "category": "Text", "text": "The Outputs to be delivered by this action contributing to the corresponding Specific Objective are:"}, {"bbox": [173, 426, 1130, 452], "category": "Text", "text": "1.1 Increased access to safe and decent economic opportunities for women and girls in all their diversity;"}, {"bbox": [171, 452, 1132, 505], "category": "Text", "text": "1.2 Enhanced gender transformative policies and decision-making processes to improve women's access to safe and decent employment and entrepreneurship;"}, {"bbox": [171, 505, 1132, 558], "category": "Text", "text": "1.3 Positive gender norms that enable and increase women's participation in economic and social life promoted."}, {"bbox": [97, 584, 1132, 690], "category": "Text", "text": "The action will leverage the significant body of knowledge, tools created, and multi-stakeholders partnerships secured under the previously implemented WeEmpower Asia and other women's economic empowerment programmes in India by a foreseen implementing partner, which shall in all likelihood be a UN entity/international organisation."}, {"bbox": [86, 705, 365, 732], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.2 Indicative Activities"}, {"bbox": [97, 751, 1157, 805], "category": "Text", "text": "Activities relating to Output 1.1 - Increased access to safe and decent economic opportunities for women and girls in all their diversity"}, {"bbox": [97, 805, 793, 831], "category": "Text", "text": "1.1.1 Mobilising private companies to commit and implement the WEPs."}, {"bbox": [171, 831, 357, 855], "category": "Text", "text": "This would include:"}, {"bbox": [208, 857, 895, 884], "category": "List-item", "text": "a) providing technical support to companies on implementation of WEPs."}, {"bbox": [208, 884, 1157, 990], "category": "List-item", "text": "b) expanding WEPs Action Dialogue Series for targeted actions by companies on addressing issues around women's equal participation in the corporate sector and leadership (e.g. wage gaps, skill gaps, gender responsive procurement), and convening them around sharing experiences/good practices as well as committing actions."}, {"bbox": [97, 990, 1157, 1043], "category": "Text", "text": "1.1.2 Enabling women's access to decent and safe employment opportunities in STEM, digital and clean energy sectors with a focus on the States of Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Maharastra. This would entail:"}, {"bbox": [208, 1043, 1157, 1097], "category": "List-item", "text": "a) assessing the challenges and documenting good practices adopted by the corporates that enabled women's participation in STEM jobs and disseminating widely;"}, {"bbox": [208, 1097, 1157, 1176], "category": "List-item", "text": "b) mobilising private sector companies including from the BSAC and WEPs signatories for recruiting women in STEM fields including in the digital and clean energy sectors as well as sensitising them on breaking stereotypes;"}, {"bbox": [208, 1176, 1157, 1282], "category": "List-item", "text": "c) strengthening employability/soft and digital skills of women from diverse socio-economic backgrounds; linking women with existing technical capacity building initiatives by corporates/government/industry associations such as the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM);"}, {"bbox": [97, 1282, 1157, 1335], "category": "Text", "text": "1.1.3 Facilitating women's access to finance. This would entail working with stakeholders in the investment ecosystem to:"}, {"bbox": [208, 1335, 1157, 1387], "category": "List-item", "text": "a) assess gaps in investing capital to women-led businesses in collaboration with the relevant stakeholders;"}, {"bbox": [208, 1387, 1157, 1441], "category": "List-item", "text": "b) collaborate with industry initiatives and networks to influence discourse on financing for gender (e.g. GRoW network²⁹, 2X Collaborative, Bombay Stock Exchange, etc.);"}, {"bbox": [208, 1441, 913, 1467], "category": "List-item", "text": "c) enable women's access to innovative financial products and services and"}, {"bbox": [208, 1467, 1157, 1520], "category": "List-item", "text": "d) support matchmaking between providers of financial products and women entrepreneurs for micro and small businesses targeted under the project."}, {"bbox": [86, 1596, 1141, 1647], "category": "Footnote", "text": "²⁹ The Greening of Finance by Women (GroW) Network seeks to advance the role of and integrate women in the green and climate finance landscape. It will be supported under the action entitled Green Transformation."}, {"bbox": [1028, 1682, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 11 of 25"}]