AFIC- GROW Project Impact On Women Inclusion In Public Procurement
The collaboration between the AFIC and TISA through Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women (GROW) under the project “Fostering Gender-Responsive Public Procurement: Understanding the Barriers and Solutions to Include Women-Led Businesses in Public Procurement in East Africa” continues to play a pivotal role in influencing policy changes at both the national and county government levels […]
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Towards gender responsive public procurement: Project outcomes
Government procurement is the biggest public market in the world, with many governments, including across Africa, spending roughly 15% of GDP on goods, works, and services every year. Given the huge sums of money involved, government procurement has the potential to play a game-changing role in tackling labour market segregation and employment gender gaps, which […]
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Unveiling Gender Realities of Journalists’ Safety in East Africa 2023
Secrecy is the freedom zealots dream of: no watchman to check the door, no accountant to check the books, no judge to check the law. The secret government has no constitution. The rules it follows are the rules it makes up”, U.S. journalist Bill Moyers commented in 1987 in regard to the secrecy of government […]
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Fostering a gender responsive public procurement in Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya, Ethiopia and Rwanda
Fostering a gender responsive public procurement in East Africa In 2021, Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) in partnership with The Institute for Social Accountability (TISA) and Open Contracting Partnership carried out a research study to understand barriers and solutions to include women-led businesses in Public Procurement. It was discovered that only 1% of women-led […]
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WOBs trained on bidding process for public procurement in Uganda
AFIC’s study on Understanding Barriers and solutions to include Women Led Businesses in public procurement in Uganda identified successes, gaps and constraints of women led businesses. This is against the progress made in women’s rights and opportunities, a robust legal frame work for affirmative action yet women entrepreneurs still face significant challenges in participating in […]
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