Organization
Value for Women Ltd
Mission
Value for Women Ltd. is a social enterprise aimed at generating transformational social change and increasing the active participation of women in enterprise development. We do this by partnering with others to support women entrepreneurs through coaching, capacity development and leadership building. We also work with partners to undertake research and development, as well as policy work to support enterprise, and to break down the barriers that women entrepreneurs face.
Organizational Expertise
Adoption / Behavior Change, Capacity Building, Gender / Womens Empowerment, Monitoring and Evaluation, Research
Other Organizational Expertise
Business development and economic development through gendered approaches.
Technologies & Fuels
Not Applicable
Clean Cooking Activities
Our organization has been engaging with the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves primarily focused on capacity development activities related to the advancement of women in enterprise, as entrepreneurs, employees and consumers. Growth of the sector has been also central to our efforts, which include identification of growth opportunities with high social impacts. Gender audits, direct support to companies in the sector, gendered value chain assessments, gendered marketing strategy development, inclusive policy development and applied research are tools that have been used by our organization to support the clean cooking solutions sector primarily in East Africa.
Partnership
Collaborative research and direct interventions bringing expertise from other sectors and a long-term trajectory in gender justice and economic development interventions are part of our contributions to a partnership with the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstove. Innovation in the sector is highly relevant and creative ways of bridging business development with gendered approaches are part of our core focus, which has an important alignment with the Alliance's interests. Create shared learning and build capacities in others to create sustainable transformational change are also part of our mission, ensuring that efforts in the sector have a long lasting impact in communities, markets and people.
Regions Operating In
Europe and Central Asia, Latin America and Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Based In
United Kingdom
Address
13 Grange Road
Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 2PG
Website
Primary Point of Contact
Name: Mrs. Rebecca Fries
Title: Managing Director
Email: rfries@v4w.org
Secondary Point of Contact
Name: Mr. Timothy Chambers
Title: Director
Email: tchambers@epven.com
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