the opening of a one-stop shop that enables one to start his business in 24 hours
only. Such a measure has given many women the opportunity to emerge in the
informal sector and create their own businesses;
the establishment of pioneer volunteer and entrepreneurship programmes that
provide employability, employment and business creation opportunities for
thousands of girls;
the publication and popularization of the mapping of job opportunities for
young people and women in prefectures and sub-prefectures. It is a decision
support tool to promote the self-employment of young people and women in
these environments;
the establishment of a Support Fund for Youth Economic Initiatives (FAIEJ)
and the implementation of the Community Development Programme in Lomé's
vulnerable neighbourhoods (PDC-L), which enabled 929 women to benefit
from low-income credit interest rate of $ 36 million and about twenty girls
from hairdressing and sewing tool kits.
3.5.2 - Right to food security (Article 15)
616. As mentioned in the previous point, in order to fight against food insecurity, the
State has put in place:
the National Agricultural Investment and Food Security Programme
(PNIASA), in which emphasis is laid on gender mainstreaming. This
programme has three priority projects namely:
Togo Agricultural Development Support Project (PADAT). This project
supported 26,076 women with agricultural kits, technical advice. 3,652
women participated in CEA/GIFS learning activities, 23 attended
entrepreneurship training, and 4 women were trained in monitoring and
evaluation planning and techniques;
Agricultural Productivity Project in West Africa (WAAPP-Togo). It
enabled 5,335 women farmers to benefit from fertilizer kits and
improved rice seeds, 171 women from ESOPs to benefit from funding
and 129 women to benefit from planting canes;
Agricultural Sector Support Project (PASA). The direct beneficiaries of
PASA are approximately 60,000 farmers, 13,000 livestock breeders,
1,600 fishermen and 500 fishmongers, 40% of whom were women and
youth. In addition, about 650,000 households raising poultry and/or
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