Sobre Mujeres Emprendedoras hacia la Digitalización

A global initiative to empower women entrepreneurs

Women in Digital business (WIDB) was established by the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization (ITCILO) and Microsoft Elevate to bridge the digital divide for women entrepreneurs in the developing world. WIDB works to provide women entrepreneurs with training and coaching opportunities to build their digital skills and leverage them to grow their business

MUJERES EMPRENDEDORAS Y competencias DIGITALES

En todo el mundo, una de cada cinco mujeres tiene la intención de crear una empresa, y muchas de ellas son empresarias de éxito.

Aunque muchas mujeres dirigen empresas exitosas, las persistentes desigualdades de género crean grandes disparidades en las oportunidades para iniciar y hacer crecer un negocio.

De hecho, es menos probable que las mujeres sean propietarias de una empresa que los hombres y, cuando lo hacen, tienden a tener empresas más pequeñas, menos formales y menos rentables.

Con el auge de la economía digital, las mujeres tienen nuevas oportunidades para iniciar y hacer crecer un negocio, pero aún enfrentan muchos desafíos. Especialmente en los países de bajos ingresos, las propietarias de pequeñas empresas carecen de las competencias para desarrollar una estrategia de transformación digital e implementarla. Necesitan servicios de apoyo que les ayuden a comparar opciones, tomar las decisiones adecuadas, alinear inversiones, implementar su estrategia de digitalización, formar trabajadores y garantizar la durabilidad.

En este contexto, dotar a las mujeres emprendedoras de habilidades digitales es esencial para el crecimiento de sus negocios.

The challenge

We realized that there are very few digital skills programmes for women entrepreneurs in the developing world.

On the one hand, you can find many training courses on digital business skills on commercial platforms: these are usually for people from higher middle and high-income countries, with a certain level of education and digital literacy.

On the other, management programmes for women entrepreneurs in developing countries rarely focus on digitalization and even when they do, they struggle to reach the scale of commercial programmes and do not offer a common methodology.

The ITCILO and Microsoft have decided to take on this challenge: Women in Digital Business offers training programmes in digital skills to women entrepreneurs who are looking to digitalize their business. WIDB uses a Training of Trainers approach: we train partners all over the world in using our platform and methodologies, so that they can, in turn, offer WIDB training to women entrepreneurs. This allows us to expand our reach to even the most remote communities.

¿A quien va dirigdo?

Mujeres Emprendedoras hacia la Digitalización está disponible para formadoras y formadores en gestión empresarial y mujeres emprendedoras.

Formadores

Nuestro éxito depende de las capacidades de los formadores que se unen a nuestra red. Es por eso que buscamos capacitadores líderes que quieran involucrarse e impartir los programas de capacitación de MED a mujeres empresarias.

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Instituciones

Nos asociamos con instituciones nacionales e internacionales para impulsar el alcance de nuestra red de formadores.

Mujeres Emprendedoras

Nuestra misión es empoderar a las mujeres emprendedoras para que alcancen su objetivo a través de la digitalización.

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Formador@s Principales

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Emprendedoras

PARTNERS

Women in digital business is an initiative by the International Training Centre of the ILO and Microsoft Philanthropies.

ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE OF THE ILO (ITCILO)

The ITCILO is a leading global provider of learning and training based in Turin, Italy. As part of the International Labour Organization, it is dedicated to achieving decent work while exploring the frontiers of the future of work. For Women in Digital Business, ITCILO is partnering with the Women’s Entrepreneurship Development Programme of the International Labour Organization (ILO-WED). Since 2008 ILO-WED has supported, over the years, the development and roll-out of a series of tested training tools, global trainer networks, and learnings on what works in enterprise development for women entrepreneurs.

About Microsoft ELEVATE

Microsoft Elevate Skills empowers people and organizations to thrive in the AI economy by equipping them with essential AI skills. Microsoft Elevate collaborates with nonprofit, education, workforce, and government partners to expand workforce readiness and new opportunities through incluside learning at scale. Microsoft's curriculum, training, and advocacy prepare workers for the future of work, while insights, research, and leadership development support changemakers driving meaningful AI transformation.