Outcome IND_D_2.2

More women lead, participate and have access to business opportunities to advance sustainable and inclusive growth

117 (82 Industry Disruptor + 83 Investor Consortium) women entrepreneurs had access to increased business opportunities.

More women lead, participate and have access to business opportunities to advance sustainable and inclusive growth

UN Women’s WeEmpowerAsia India programme partnered with the Empretec Programme of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to build the business capacity of 100 high-growth women-owned businesses during May 2021- March 2022. Empretec India Foundation in partnership with Ernst & Young conducted an Impact Assessment Survey to usher the tangible impacts of the Programme through its various interventions, which are stated below: 76% of the participants recorded increased BUSINESS CONFIDENCE through enhanced decision-making, improved customer satisfaction, better employee connect and clarity in thought for planning financial records 75% of the participants recorded increased DECISION-MAKING ABILITY through better awareness of their competencies, understanding their risks before taking them and conscious demonstration of behaviours for entrepreneurial success 74% of the participants recorded increased COLLABORATIONS as the Programme inherently promotes networking and extension of its approaches in everyday business interactions 66% of the participants recorded increased RESILIENCE by increasing their capacity to evolve based on situations and through peer learning and counter measures in testing situations 63% of the participants recorded increased OPPORTUNITY SEEKING by practising their ability to analyse the market to identify new opportunities and understanding the nuances of an opportunity and how it may be different from information-seeking. 56% of the participants recorded increased COMPETITIVENESS through cognizance of a link between sustainability and competitiveness, understanding the importance of social capital. On the request of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, UN Women undertook research on implementation of laws promoting Gender Equality in the corporate sector and readiness of companies to report against Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting and submitted the recommendations to the Ministry. https://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2023/01/assess-the-implementation-of-laws-on-promoting-gender-equality UN Women leveraged the Business Sector Advisory Council to enter into partnership with TATA Trent that will create decent job opportunities for women in retail sector in TATA’s Westside and Zudio stores in the states of Mahrashtra and Gujarat. During the reporting year, 18 Women's Empowerment Principles Signatories reported implementing following WEPs.