hindered by this. Access to financial services and training Microfinance post is No financial/banking No banking/financial Vendors unable to attend Vendors unable to attend UNDP training provided - Changed the mindset of available, but limited services available at the services available training as they need to training as they need to women vendors to perceive training or access to market or in the vicinity. Vendors unable to attend mend their stalls or want mend their stalls themselves as women in vendors. training as they need to to be compensated for business. Vendors unable to attend mend their stalls hours lost. Vendors unable to attend training as they need to What vendors have - Improved their training as they need to mend their stalls or want No training has been raised as a need is access interpersonal skills and to mend their stalls or want to be compensated for the What vendors have given to them. to lending schemes and know their rights as fee to be compensated for hours lost. raised as a need is access savings rather than only paying vendors at the markets. hours lost. to lending schemes and training. Financial literacy, savings rather than only - Improved the financial and What vendors have raised customer service and time training. economic security of women Rights as a need is access to management are market vendors including lending schemes and identified by the market record keeping and business savings rather than only management as needs. practices and training. City Council has engaged Westpac to carry on - Build the financial management capacity of the training. local government for transparent and accountable What vendors have raised systems for public market Security as a need is access to revenue lending schemes and savings rather than only - Financial literacy training. programmes were provided and women market vendors were able to save money, Economic open bank accounts and some paid fees for their children. - Financial training also helped in increasing fees collections by RTC. - Provided learning to the women vendors at the market and during off peak business times. UNDP facilitated the
hindered by this. Economic Security and Rights Access to financial services and training Microfinance post is available, but limited training or access to vendors. Vendors unable to attend training as they need to mend their stalls or want to be compensated for hours lost. What vendors have raised as a need is access to lending schemes and savings rather than only training. No financial/banking services available at the market or in the vicinity. Vendors unable to attend training as they need to mend their stalls or want to be compensated for the hours lost. Financial literacy, customer service and time management are identified by the market management as needs. City Council has engaged Westpac to carry on training. What vendors have raised as a need is access to lending schemes and savings rather than only training. No banking/financial services available Vendors unable to attend training as they need to mend their stalls What vendors have raised as a need is access to lending schemes and savings rather than only training. Vendors unable to attend training as they need to mend their stalls or want to be compensated for hours lost. No training has been given to them. Vendors unable to attend training as they need to mend their stalls What vendors have raised as a need is access to lending schemes and savings rather than only training. UNDP training provided - Changed the mindset of women vendors to perceive themselves as women in business. - Improved their interpersonal skills and to know their rights as fee paying vendors at the markets. - Improved the financial and economic security of women market vendors including record keeping and business practices - Build the financial management capacity of the local government for transparent and accountable systems for public market revenue - Financial literacy programmes were provided and women market vendors were able to save money, open bank accounts and some paid fees for their children. - Financial training also helped in increasing fees collections by RTC. - Provided learning to the women vendors at the market and during off peak business times. UNDP facilitated the
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