Pillars for Development
Women Empowerment
Support for women and girls, particularly women who head households, to live safely, with dignity and with financial independence.
Objective: Empower women and the girl child, particularly women heading households, to achieve safety, dignity, financial independence and an improved quality of life through livelihoods, skills, education support, access to finance, leadership participation and coordinated prevention of and response to gender-based violence.
Pillar convener: to be confirmed
Key initiatives
Women-led livelihoods, skills and enterprise
Training and shared facilities for sewing and textiles, catering and baking, beauty and creative trades, and digital and home-based business, backed by an equipment bank and enterprise incubator.
Girl-child development, education and opportunity
Mentorship and leadership circles, school retention and academic support, dignity and menstrual health support, and STEM, digital and career exposure.
Women-headed household resilience and financial inclusion
A confidential voluntary household register, financial literacy and savings groups, starter kits, and access to markets and procurement opportunities.
Gender-based violence prevention, protection and referral
Community dialogues, a confidential first-response and referral network, safe reporting channels, survivor recovery support and safeguarding rules for the girl child. The Council does not investigate criminal matters: survivors are referred to police, health, legal and social services.
These are plans set out in the Council's Strategic Framework. Progress will be published here once it has been verified.