Women empowerment through skills training

Empowering Zimbabwean women in the field of agriculture

Digitally Smart has partnered with the Bindura University of Science Education to implement the Empowering Zimbabwean women in the field of agriculture. The aim of the program is to provide the foundation to build and sustain agricultural businesses led by women.

Statement of Needs

Regardless of their active role in agriculture, women own fewer assets, have less access to necessary agricultural yields and receive less education and training in these areas compared to men in Zimbabwe. The main cause of this persistent gap is established traditional gender roles. Women often face more difficulties in owning land, establishing credit and gaining access to proper resources. However, when given the proper tools, women are bond to provide a substantial positive effect on both the economy and agricultural output.

Closing the gender gap is imperative to making progress in Zimbabwe’s economy and increasing agricultural output. By empowering female agricultural actors and increasing their access to appropriate digital training, women have the capacity to support profitable business ventures to capitalize on their professional efforts.

PARTICIPANT APPLICATION

Program Objectives and Outputs

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

• To increase the access of leading female actors to digital training to enhance the field of agriculture in Zimbabwe
• To enhance the full productive potential of women in agri-food systems to become role models to other women

PROGRAM OUTPUTS

At the end of this program the following outputs will be generated:

• Training program delivered online via Learning Management Systems
• Awareness campaign to promote female role models in Zimbabwe

Selection Criteria

This program is limited to female candidates. Moreover, to be eligible to the program the applicant must meet at least one of the following requirements:

• holder of a graduate or an undergraduate degree in the field of agriculture
• university student and completed 2 years of undergraduate study in the field of agriculture
• hhave a minimum of 2 years of formal professional experience or business ownership in the field of agriculture

Admission Procedure

The applications will be submitted online through an application system hosted by Digitally Smart. Applicants will be requested to submit a motivation letter to enrol, which should specify the competencies,skills and professional successes they have achieved to-date. Also,they will describe how they are planning to use the skills gained in the program.

Once applications have been submitted, applicants will receive written communication with the outcome of their application, along with any request for additional information that might be required.

The 20 successful applicants will be automatically enrolled to the program and they will receive the student agreement by email for their signature.

PARTICIPANT APPLICATION