Celebrating SEWA. Towards Human Development through Insutitutional Innovation in Women s Livelihood Security

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1 Celebrating SEWA Towards Human Development through Insutitutional Innovation in Women s Livelihood Security Advancing gender equality issues in party policies and platforms. Ahmadabad -India, November 27-29th 2013 A Case From Tunisia TAMSS

2 Tunisian Association for Management and Social Stability الجمعيةالتونسية للتصرف و التوازن ا لاج ت م ا ع ي facebook.com/taamstn Youtube: tamsschannel

3 Identity Card of TAMSS Born: In Tunis Tunisia Nationality: Tunisian Launching date: 2006 Status : Social and Economic Development NGO Name: Tunisian Association for Management and Social Stability Mother/Founder & President : Chéma Gargouri

4 Vision: Vision and mission Active citizenship and stable society. Mission: Our Mission is to economically and socially include the Tunisian citizens living in poverty and denial by offering them opportunities to build new managerial and technical skills, secure an income, enhance their citizenship, and foster them to be a voice in what happens in their communities. TAMSS

5 Our team A Board of Director: 4 Women & 3 men 23 permanent staff: 14 women & 9 men 3 Consultants and trainers 4 volunteers! TAMSS

6 Title of the Paper: Sustainable NGOs for Sustainable Women s Livelihoods

7 We work with WHO? ALL WOMEN. Educated, uneducated, rural, urban, jobless, Micro entrepreneurs, single, widowed, married, veiled, unveiled, mainly poor but also successful & wealthy (?!)

8 We Target : Women who are denied : 1. Opportunities 2. Choices 3. Access to information 4. Education 5. Skills 6. Access to financial service **

9 TAMSS s goal: underserved women s empowerment From Securing sustainable access to income and resources to meet basic needs (Livelihood Security ) to Strengthen women s ability to gain control over economic, social and political resources

10 Institutional capacity building /mainly women led NGOs Women Entrepreneruship from A to Z Livelihood Programs and Women Empowerment Citizenship and political Participation of mainly women Direct services for the Communities for mainly women

11 Institutional capacity building /mainly women led NGOs Build the capacity of women led, women targeting, women founded local NGOs which demonstrate responsiveness and accountability to women in their communities: 70 NGOs all over the country

12 Women Entrepreneurship and enterprise development Women Entrepreneurship from A to Z Women Enterprise for Sustainability Center - Training - Facilitate access to financing* - Montorship * - Information - Orientation and guidance

13 Continued (Women Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development) «Sector Based approach to Women livelihood» Cultural, Heritage and Historical Tourism: (Ex: Live Your Tour) Make tradition, cultural heritage be an asset in increasing productivity and reducing the vulnerability of women livelihood in exlcuded but naturally and historically rich regions Women in the informal Sector : (Ex Tunisia Inclusive Labor Initiative ) Secure a transtion from the informal to the formal sector (mico credit and informality)

14 Women Citizenship and political Participation Our principle after the Revolution The concept of democracy will only assume true and dynamic significance when political policies and national legislation are decided upon jointly by men and women with equitable regard for the interests and aptitudes of both halves of the population. by the Inter-Parliamentary Council, the plenary policy-making body of the Inter Parliamentary Union, at its 154th session (Paris, 26 March 1994). (plan of Action)

15 Women Citizenship and Political participation: Continued Work with individual women (citizenship and importance of voting) Work with women in political parties to build their capacities Work with political parties to advance gender equality issues in party policies and platforms. Partner with international organizations that are specialized in training of women in politics

16 Direct services within the Communities for mainly women Basic literacy skills to help them acquire knowledge and skills Vocational education and training go a long way in facilitating their economic base. Training in IT and foreign languages Networking activities Listening center

17 Capacity building of institution Sustainable Support for a sustainable Livelihood? Partnerships betweeen the different stackeholders Sustainability Service Delivery and proximity Sector based livelihood) (innovation)

18 Funds : Restricted, Limited in Time. Lack of qualified human ressources Lack of Collaboration : work together for more efficiency Reduandancy Challenges Lack of credibility of many of thengos because of the big # of projects with no real impact Women are always presented as a social case and not as a business opportunity: lack of involvement from the private sector

19 Challenges : continued Lack in the NGOs capacities Absence of women led or targeting NGOs in many communties and regions of the country Competition for funds and not for efficiency on the ground Women do not often support women Women livelihood and ideology : are we the problem or part of the solution? The answer is in the constitution or Government and NGOs collaboration? Nice slogan but hard in reality

20 Thank you Chéma Gargouri Founder & President