Capacity and Resilience Building of Women-Led Businesses
Thematic Studies - Chrysalis / UN Women, 2025
Gender Equality
Women's Economic Empowerment
Social Cohesion
Peacebuilding
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Overview
A comprehensive gender analysis and needs assessment conducted under the Pathways to Peace initiative to support capacity and resilience building of women-led businesses. The assignment examined structural, economic, and social barriers affecting women entrepreneurs, with a focus on strengthening women’s economic empowerment and social cohesion in peacebuilding contexts.
01Methodology
- Comprehensive gender analysis and needs assessment
- Desk review and literature analysis
- Stakeholder mapping and consultations with women entrepreneurs, institutions, and programme partners
- Field-based qualitative data collection
- Analysis of enterprise-level and contextual constraints affecting women-led businesses
- Development of evidence-based, actionable recommendations
02Key Findings
- Identified key gender-based barriers and risks affecting women-led enterprises
- Assessed resilience and capacity gaps among women entrepreneurs
- Highlighted links between women’s economic empowerment and social cohesion
- Provided actionable recommendations to inform programme design and implementation under Pathways to Peace
- Contributed evidence to support inclusive, conflict-sensitive economic empowerment strategies