Strengthening female entrepreneurship through a gender perspective at the heart of the debate in Tétouan

Within the framework of efforts deployed to favour the economic and social empowerment of women and young girls Event: This meeting made it possible to highlight the importance of initiatives and support programmes in favour of women, which aim to transform their skills into profitable and sustainable projects and develop their managerial and leadership capacities, while helping them strengthen their access to national and international markets. To highlight the main challenges faced by women in the world of entrepreneurship and their access to the labour market and to favour the anchoring of the principles of gender justice. These are among the main objectives of a meeting organised in Tétouan, Tuesday 13 October, on the strengthening of female entrepreneurship through a gender perspective. Initiated by the Tétouan commune and the Association for the Protection of Childhood and Family Awareness, this event, which was held in collaboration with the Codespa Foundation and with the support of the Seville commune, was part of the efforts deployed to favour the economic and social empowerment of women and young girls in the urban territory. Speaking on this occasion, Souad Belkadi, provincial director of handicrafts in Tétouan, shared the initiatives and support programmes implemented in favour of women, notably the "Tahfiz Niswa" programme, led by the Ministry of Tourism, Handicrafts, and the Social and Solidarity Economy and aiming to favour the economic empowerment of women and young girls while strengthening their managerial and leadership skills. Ms. Belkadi took the opportunity to recall other initiatives such as Tamayouz and the support programme for exporting women, allowing them to be helped to develop their management skills, improve the quality of their products, and facilitate their access to the international market. For her part, Nadia Chadi, vice-president of the Tétouan commune, affirmed that the realisation of gender justice and the economic empowerment of women constitute one of the essential pillars for ensuring integrated and sustainable development. The speaker stressed the importance of this meeting as a platform for exchanging points of view and expertise on this subject as well as the development of recommendations making it possible to enrich the vision of the commune and the strengthening of its commitments for the promotion of women's conditions. Ms. Chadi took the opportunity to salute the efforts deployed by members of civil society and the support programmes led by the government in this field. She highlighted the example of the Ahmed Ajzoul social centre, which currently welcomes nearly 50 women and young girls. The objective of the centre is to help them train in the various crafts in order to facilitate their integration into active life. Participants agreed on the importance of collective work and the need for coordination between institutions, professional bodies, and civil society to allow women to transform their skills into sustainable and income-generating projects and to favour their contribution to the development process of the city of Tétouan. Receive the latest news from Aujourd’hui Le Maroc directly on WhatsApp