WOMEN’S ECONOMIC

EMPOWERMENT
AT PCI INDIA

‘LEADING, TRANSFORMING AND SUSTAINING’

 About Us
PCI India since 1998 has been driving interventions to transform the
lives of communities at scale by solving complex social issues
– partnering with governments, private sectors and development
Women have the power to change organisations. The organisation functions through 4 core development
verticals; ‘Women’s Economic empowerment & Livelihoods, Gender,
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Social Norms, Health & Nutrition, Social
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SDG 5 seeks to achieve gender equality and empower
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all women and girls. OECD (Organisation for Economic
Coorperation and Development) estimated that if
women participated equally with men in the economy,
then it would have added USD 28 trillion or 26% to annual
GDP by 2025. Structural barriers led by lack of access
and freedom to decide and choose economic actions,
prevent women from contributing to sustainable With our presence in 15
growth and development opportunities. states,PCI India through its
direct & indirect
interventions reached to
over 15.2 million
household through
effective community
driven solutions for
positive & enduring
impact.
 WOMEN’S ECONOMIC
EMPOWERMENT& LIVELIHOODS AT PCI INDIA EVIDENCE SHOWCASE
PCI India designs programs for women’s economic empowerment with the aim of
enabling individuals to exercise control over their means of income generation
through self-chosen livelihood opportunity and have governance on productive asset Women invest in household
with autonomy on saving, spending and investment. Our organisation’s specialised assets thereby ensuring
solutions for WEE include creating targeted program that encompass requirements
economic security more
than men.
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of the rural & urban women populace by bridging gaps of skill, financial literacy,
supportive policies and marketplace. Our program pivot on creating women as
entrepreneurs, gainful employees and advocators of their rights and entitlements.
Women are prone to
savings and invest in
securities at household
level.
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Women accessing micro-
credit show less NPA
than men.
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Women engage in farming
and different household
productions without access to
ownership or decent wages.
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Women contribute to
production but are paid
less than men.
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Women’s economic empowerment
ensure access & control over
resources and leads to sustainable
community development, justice
and peace.
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Women leading businesses show
better growth, prospects and
achievements.
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Women’s education leads to
better health and nutrition
outcomes at household
level.
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 PILLARS OF WOMEN'S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

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Build institutional capacity and invest Climate adaptation, resilience and

in women led platform for economic impact mitigation through women
and social empowerment entrepreneurs, producers a n d
collectives
Strengthen community institution & livelihood
collectives for women led social and economic Identify sectors for clean energy technology
reforms at household and community level. adaptation by women at household, farm
& non farm sectors.
Promote gender inclusion by engaging
influential actors. Build knowledge and engage in climate
resilience through producer organisations,
Work with local government structures cooperatives and collectives at both
and build agency capacity for enabling eco- households and production level in rural
system. India.
 MODELS OF WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
PCI India has 6 models of WEE each replicable & scalable across the nation. All our project models focus on integrating 4 accelerators
to development : - Indiviual Autonomy, Community Valuing, Market Participation & Government Engagement.

WEE through Convergence
The Project attempts to draw states focus on
resources and strategic shifts necessary under
MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guarantee Act) for generating
employment for SHG women and promoting
durable livelihood assets.
WEE through Graduation
Approach
An urban ultra poor focused graduation
Bihar with over 5000 families for driving
of extreme poverty through diversified
opportunity ranging from skilling to
promotion.
WEE through Entrepreneurship WEE through Food Enterprises
project in The project aims to create livelihood opportunities for An Urban poor focused project aiming to
them out 15000 women from lower economic strata to become facilitate livelihood opportunities in Tier 1
livelihood micro-entrepreneurs and drive them towards sustainable cities by enabling women own cloud kitchens.
enterpise livelihoods and socio-economic resilience.        
Creating a market for over 30 cloud kitchens
across 3 cities in India.

Goal: Work with SRLMs (State Rural Livelihood

Missions) in Maharastra, Rajasthan, UP, Bihar
and Madhya Pradesh to create over 100,000
Rozgar Diwas and saturate 50 lakh poor
women led HH (Households) to access country
productive assets & livelihood.
Goal: Reach out to 30 high migrant & ultra poor Goal: Reach 100,00 women entrepreneurs in next 4 years Goal: Set up women led LLPs managing 200
destination cities across India and provide enterprise in 10 cities. cloud kitchens in 10 c i t i e s a c ro s s I n d i a a s
solutions for sustainable livelihood to 100,000 women s u s t a i n a b l e nutrition bound food chain led by
& households by 2028. women.

Achievements: Facilitated 225 Rozgar Diwas

engaging over 7000 participants at the Gram
Panchayat level with target of at least 10 lakh
women-owned individual livelihood assets and
community productive assets. The effort led to
completion of over 9 lakh (9,95,010) assets in
the fiscal year 2022-2023.
Achievements: Targeting Patna and Gaya city
Achievements: Mainstreaming 7500 entrepreneurs through Achievements: 30 cloud kitchens, 15 outlets &
in Bihar, BUPGP is creating space for social and
establishment of formal, viable individual and collective 75 mobile units across Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR and
economic transformation of urban ultra-poor to take
enterprise in urban economy and livelihood space.   Hyderabad with 1500 women and 300 logistics
the quantum leap out of poverty through innovation,
personnel ensuring sustainable and expanding
market driven enterprise solutions.
livelhood and access to life with dignity in the
urban economic space.

WEE through Public Procurement WEE through Climate Action

A geography agnostic support to the SRLMs for
enabling women led en t er pr ises levera ge
s c o pe o f prov ision in g goods & services
to government for generating income through
this.
Goal: Convert 50,000 women led enterprises and A climate resilient project enabling 5000 women Goal: Create 50,000 climate smart women
200,000 HH into solar and low carbon energy in Haryana to adopt & transform climate- farmers in Maharashtra, UP, Bihar, West Bengal
efficient energy access in 4 states. sensitive agricultural practices into enhanced and Madhya Pradesh by 2028.
livelihoods through rice value chain.

A market opportunity of over 50,000cr.

The project model hinges on our Women’s Economic Empowerment
expertise in: Aspirations for 2030

Networking and operating with community collectives, panchayati

raj institutions & developmental bodies.
1) Access to Clean Energy for Women Enterprises

Utilising a blended approach to trigger learning within the Current Donor: Proposed
community through our robust capacity building initiatives.
Key Outcome: Empower women led enterprises and HHs from rural
Data Analysing for informed and evidence-based decision making. India on clean energy access to reduce energy poverty.

Designing and facilitating management of community businesses.

Fostering community entrepreneurs.

Developing community market ecosystem. 2) Climate Resilient Agriculture for Women Small Landholders

Synergising government departmental efforts towards unified Current Donor: Proposed

action.
Key Outcome: Ensure women small & marginal landholders
strengthen climate adoptive & resilient agriculture practices to
enhance farm income and sustainable agriculture.
We Offer:

Thematic experts with diverse backgrounds and credentials for

ensuring change that endures.

Transparent ethical and efficient management assures that

capabilities reach ground ensuring rich gains for community and
effective solutions for the country.

Community teams operate with State Rural Livelihood Missions

PCI India believes in change and co-creates
(SRLMs), Community Institutions (CLFs, VOs and SHGs), diverse
sustainable outcomes targeting SDGs through
Government Departments, Local administration to ensure a 360 strong women leadership at communities,
degrees convergence and direc delivery. working with multidisciplinary teams and creation
of cross-functional capabilities connecting policy,
Co-creating impact supported by technology partners, think design and community.
tank agencies, research agencies and Government Departments for
fostering results and sustainability.
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