Women’s Economic Empowerment – Rethinking startegies to End Poverty in Women in Africa/Ethiopia
Women’s economic empowerment is vital to achieving gender equality and sustainable development. Women play a critical role in the economy as employees, customers, executives, producers and entrepreneurs.
Program Focus
1. STEM education & capacity building 2. Women Employment & Entrepreneurship 3. Access to Finance and Market 4. Low cost technologies
WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
Women’s empowerment through economic advancement.
Targeting women owned small and medium enterprises,
Empowering women small farm holders to increase their income using low cost agricultural and solar technologies along with skills training.
Key Ecosystems include:
Education & Training
Capital/Finance
Market Information.
Appropriate Technology
Testing the fire production power by burning a piece of wood
One solar oven has 3 trays. On each tray 40 loaves bread is baked at a time.
Summer Girls Coding and Robotics Program
Girls virtual computer class at Dilla STEM center
Putting the dough into the solar bakery
STEM Synergy's first solar bakery product in partnership with lytefire
Photo below : SOLAR TECHNOLOGY TEAM OF STEM SYNERGY ENJOYING THEIR COOKED MUFFIN, COOKIES AND BREAD FROM THE NEWLY MANFACTURED SOLAR BAKERY
Enjoying solar baked cookies and bread at a meeting break
Preparing the dough before placing it into the solar oven
Tortilla baking at STEM Synergy using solar power for wrap sandwich