Country Snapshot: Benin and Platform on Gender and Development
USAID/Benin is strengthening
civil society by promoting women’s role in decision-making.
It supported a network of women’s NGOs to conduct
a needs assessment and write a platform on gender and
development in 2001.
USAID, with the NGO network Centre
de Formation des Femmes Africaines en Management et
en Entrepreunariat (CEFAME), the Group for the Promotion
of Female Participation in Decision making (G/PIFeD)
and the Ministry of Social Affairs and Family, have
used this platform to win support for programs to increase
women’s business management skills, and increase
their ability to design, manage and evaluate small businesses
and micro projects.
