Presented at: GSEF2016 Montreal

Organisation: RESEAU NATIONAL D'APPUI A LA PROMOTION DE L'ECONOMIE SOCIALE ET SOLIDAIRE DU MALI (SSE organization), Gouvernement du Mali (Government and public agency)

Date: September 8, 2016

Presenter: Mr. Madani Koumare (Chairman), Ms. Sissi Odile Dakouo Koné (Assistant National Director of Social Protection and Solidarity Economy)

Contacts: coumaremada@yahoo.fr, minjul2@yahoo.fr

Summary:

Women make up almost 52 % of the Malian population, both in urban and rural areas. They are also the ones that are most stricken by poverty on account of unequal access to technical and financial opportunities to develop their economic initiatives, unequal participation in local governance processes and ignorance regarding their specific rights regarding entrepreneurship. RENAPESS (Mali National Network for the Social and Solidarity Economy), in partnership with the Ministry of Solidarity, works to strengthen their professional and technical skills (targeted modular training), their access to financing (microcredit with education) and their inclusion at the level where their local development challenges are being addressed (participation in local planning processes).