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What will the new organisation be doing?

House of Women (HOW) is a platform for women empowerment. It strives to get as many women as possible involved in the development of our country, Namibia. We intend to achieve this vision through specific core functions such as capacity development, networking and smart partnerships.

1. Capacity Building

Aims:

• Female-owned businesses are: run more efficiently,accessing more resources, and more profitable and sustainable
• More women entrepreneurs
• Increased skills transfer by experienced women
• Increased number of women in leadership, management and technical positions

• The annual Namibia Women's Summit event (the flagship of HOW)
• Extensive training programmes: Women directors' training and mentoring programmes
• Short-term training programmes (regional): Entrepreneurship, business, leadership, management
• Technical skills training (regional and targeted to women leaders): Proposal writing workshop, effective negotiation and communication skills
• Women empowerment curriculum
• Initiatives for Youth

• Increased number of women taking initiative
• High motivational levels amongst women
• Increased levels of awareness on best practices, opportunities and information, role models and women involvement
• Database on women leaders, entrepreneurs, organisations, service providers and other role players, and all women empowerment initiatives.

• Dialogue among women through forums and events
• Regular networking sessions
• Participation in inter / region / national fora
• Development and regular update of database
• HOW website

• Increased sharing and optimizing of resources among women organisations
• Improved integrated planning and streamlined operations among women organisations
• Improved impact through women organizations
• Women issues a high priority on the agenda
• Women organisations speaking through one voice (national agenda)

• One-women-one-nation workshop
• Improve cooperation among organisations working on the same issues
• Lobbying for women agendas with politicians, corporate, etc.
• Workshop with policy makers
• Sign memoranda of understanding with strategic partners, esp. government offices, ministries and agencies
• Representation and active participation in national fora and discussions
• Support to other women organizations

• 2010-08-02 18:01:37 / What will the new organisation be doing?

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