The 10 million-pound fund aims to empower poor women in Egypt, Jordan and the OPTs, increase their income and well-being and ultimately improving their livelihoods and growth opportunities. The programme will do this by increasing their participation in markets through working with market actors to encourage the adoption of new practices and also by addressing constraints in the enabling environment.
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) will work with the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) which will contribute an additional 10 million pounds in shari'ah-compliant concessionary finance through financial intermediaries. The tender for DFID's half of the programme is available at the DFID Supplier Portal.
The AWEF Supplier Networking Google Site is now live. Those interested to join can email roopa-hinton@dfid.gov.uk. More information on the networking event is available from m-sansour@dfid.gov.uk.