Excerpt and Photo from UNDP (undp.org)
UN Women have held its Project Working Committee Meeting for the Market for Change Project in Honiara. Across the next two days, the project is undertaking a review of activities implemented, and outlining the way forward for the project.
To introduce myself my name is Jilgina Kimisi, and I am so proud to work as project associate for this project for the women of my country because in just this short time, I have been able to see the change that the project is bringing about to the women and the development of my country.
During the first session of the meeting, I had the opportunity to do a little presentation about the component implemented by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Solomon Islands. It´s the first time I participated in this important governance meeting since I started to work for the project just two months ago.
As the Project Associate in Solomon Islands, I spearhead Outcome Two, a component implemented by UNDP which focuses on empowering women entrepreneurs with financial literacy. With the activities implemented under this component, every day is a new opportunity to witness the positive transformation the initiative brings to the women at the markets around the country.