On April 22-23, 2024, CLDP through Africa Women and Youth Empowerment Group (AWYEG), in partnership with African Women’s Entrepreneurship Program (AWEP), the Organization of Women in International Trade (OWIT), the AmCham Business Summit, and the Commercial Service Women Empowered Leave Legacies...

Under the Central Asia Women’s Economic Empowerment project, CLDP supported a year-long mentorship initiative for a group of Central Asian women artisans eager to scale their small enterprises and expand regional trade. The culmination of our collective effort, in partnership with the Smithsonian...

From December 4-8, 2023, CLDP, in coordination with the Department of State, Bureau of South and Central Asia and the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office, organized the Central Asia Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Working Group meeting on the margins of UNCTAD e-Week. The program fostered a public...

CLDP through AWYEG, and in partnership with the Organization of Women in International Trade (OWIT), the American Business Council Nigeria, the Commercial Service Women Empowered Leave Legacies Through Trade and Investment (WELLTI), and the African Women’s Entrepreneurship Program (AWEP), will...

From September 4 - 8, 2023, 80 Government officials, civil society, and private sector representatives from Central Asia and the United States will gather for a Central Asia Regional Inclusive Digital Trade Program co-organized by CLDP and UNESCAP. This program will include U.S.-Central Asia...

On April 13, CLDP conducted a webinar for the three main women-owned business associations in the Dominican Republic (DR). The webinar featured a business finance expert from Visa-DR and focused on financial education. This event is part of CLDP’s programming to improve women’s business access to...

On May 25-27, CLDP and USAID supported the Dominican Republic’s first business fair and conference focused solely on small women-owned businesses in partnership with Asociación Nacional de Mujeres Empresarias, Ejecutivas, y Profesionales, INC (ANMEPRO), Asociacion Dominicana De Mujeres Empresarias...

From April 24 – 26, 2023, CLDP held the Central Asia Women’s Economic Empowerment Working Group (WEE WG) in Baku, Azerbaijan. The working group brought together WEE WG participants and Women and Girls Empowered (WAGE) country leads from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan to...

After agriculture, the artisan sector provides the second largest number of jobs in developing and emerging markets, providing a powerful pathway out of poverty for millions. It is essential for income distribution and job growth across socio-economic levels, in particular for women, who may constitute up to 80% of the sector. It is also a significant vector of political and social stability as it...

The United States Department of Commerce Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP), through the Africa Women and Youth Empowerment Group (AWYEG), and in collaboration with the International Trade Centre (ITC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the Organization of Women in...