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The mujeres tejedoras de vida (women weavers of life)
Description of the policy/measure
The mujeres tejedoras de vida project is mainly carried out in vulnerable areas, where the population been a victim of violence and forced displacement. the groups of women are gathered around the particular interests of the affected population, aided by the data collected by the victims unit. a process of psychosocial accompaniment and training in gender issues, product design, entrepreneurship, associativity and marketing is then carried out. the groups that participate in the project improve their handcrafted products and in turn develop new prototypes that meet the needs found in the market.
2005 Convention Monitoring Framework Goal(s)
Area(s) of Monitoring
Cultural Domain(s)
Results achieved
• improvement in the quality of the handicrafts produced by women.• empowerment and strengthening of the endogenous capacities of the intervened groups.• formalization of the groups as productive units.
Financial resources allocated to the policy
2012: $16.683 usd2013: $46.514 usd2014: $64.978 usd2015: $73.549 usd