Bolivia: Productive patrimonial assets building and citizenship programme for women in extreme poverty in Bolivia

 

JOINT PROGRAMME QUICK FACTS

Total Budget $9,000,000
Delivery Rate
Main Achievements
  • 324 rural economic units that involve some 500 women received financing in the form of seed capital for local initiatives.
  • 438 women involved in training processes identified their requirements for greater inclusion, including issuance of identity cards, health entitlements and political participation.
  • Municipal authorities informed of women’s legal rights and four municipal governments have developed gender equality support programmes.
Contact Maria Renée Bejarano, Programme Coordinator, mrbejarano@semilla.pnud.bo

The pilot programme focuses on indigenous peasant women living in extreme poverty, helping them to build and consolidate productive patrimonial assets and full citizenship. The programme has two pillars. The first one is a non reimbursable direct monetary transfers’ component that provides seed capital, start up grants, joint venture and risk capital.

The second pillar is focused on training and advisory services, including: a) a component for the development of suppliers who, once a market for their goods is guaranteed, look out that the production of livelihoods for the families involved be sustainable; b) another component for supporting the steps necessary for the provision of housing and c) for changing the procedures of land deeds in order that women can be the sole owner or share property rights with their spouses, thus consolidating their right to own land or receive in as inheritance; d) legal and civic services through which identification documents and civic education for the full exercise of citizenship will be provided.

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