How it works

Turn fair participation into opportunity

  • Identify barriers to participation, leadership, finance, technology, training, land, and market access.
  • Design safe, accessible training schedules and leadership pathways with women, girls, youth, and vulnerable groups.
  • Connect digital skills, savings, mentorship, technical learning, green enterprise, and buyer readiness.
  • Track participation, decision-making roles, skills gained, enterprises started, finance accessed, and income pathways.
Women and youth leading digital skills, savings, solar technology, and green-enterprise training in Kenya

Gender equality program

Youth, women, and inclusive empowerment

EarthGuard creates gender-responsive pathways that combine voice, leadership, digital capability, finance, mentorship, green technical skills, and sustainable enterprise opportunities.

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Voice

Leadership and agency

Inclusive planning, representation, mentorship, safeguarding, and decision-making roles.

Capability

Digital and green skills

Practical learning in technology, agriculture, solar systems, research, and enterprise tools.

Finance

Savings and enterprise

Savings groups, financial literacy, business records, product development, and market links.

Evidence

Measure meaningful inclusion

Track attendance, leadership, skills, asset access, income pathways, and participant feedback.

Program focus

  • Gender-responsive program design and participation
  • Leadership, mentorship, and community voice
  • Digital literacy and practical technology skills
  • Savings groups, finance readiness, and enterprise records
  • Green livelihoods in food, water, energy, and recycling
  • Market access, safeguarding, and inclusion measurement

Who benefits

  • Women and women-led producer groups
  • Girls and young women entering green careers
  • Youth seeking technical and enterprise pathways
  • Vulnerable households and under-served groups
  • Schools, mentors, savings groups, and local partners