Toolkit type: Training and methodologies
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Practical Action Partner Safeguarding Training
This training equips partners with the knowledge and skills to prevent, identify, respond to, and report safeguarding concerns, including abuse, exploitation, harassment, and gender-based violence. It emphasizes safeguarding responsibilities, organizational policies, reporting procedures, and protection of children and vulnerable adults.
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Finding Your Voice: Gender, Energy and Agency-Based Empowerment
A Practical Action training presentation developed under ENERGIA’s Women’s Economic Empowerment Program, guiding participants through agency-based tools including the Tree of Life, limiting beliefs, cognitive reframing, behavior change, leadership styles, goal setting, and action planning to build inner strength and entrepreneurial capacity.
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Gender and Social Inclusion Training
A Practical Action workshop presentation developed under ENERGIA’s Women’s Economic Empowerment Program that equips partners with core gender concepts including equality, equity, mainstreaming, intersectionality, gender roles, and the gender equality continuum, with a focus on moving toward transformative programming that challenges systemic inequalities.
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Business Development Services (BDS) for Women Entrepreneurs
This module strengthens entrepreneurs’ awareness of institutional support mechanisms and service networks. It underscores the role of mentorship, training, consultancy, and market facilitation in accelerating business growth.
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Capacity Building Curriculum for ICS Local Micro-Enterprises
This training guide outlines a comprehensive learning pathway designed to enhance the technical, financial, and managerial competencies of LMEs. It integrates practical exercises, participatory learning methods, and performance monitoring tools to support enterprise growth.
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Empowered Entrepreneur Training Handbook
This document covers a practical training guide developed by the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves under ENERGIA’s Women’s Economic Empowerment Program, equipping women in developing countries with entrepreneurial and agency-based skills to participate in the clean cookstoves market and improve their economic livelihoods.
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Leadership and Empowerment: Building Confidence and Agency in Solar Sister Entrepreneurs
Guides women entrepreneurs to recognize themselves as leaders through group discussion and a “Tree of Life” reflective exercise that connects their past experiences, present strengths, and future hopes to build lasting self-confidence.
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Building Confidence and Direction: The Dreamweaver Approach
This guide supports women entrepreneurs in discovering their inner strengths and defining a clear entrepreneurial direction. Through participatory exercises and structured reflection, participants develop personal action plans aligned with their business ambitions.
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Designing Market-Driven Products and Services
This practical module focuses on developing attractive, high-value offerings that respond to market expectations. Participants learn how to refine their product or service concept, assess demand, enhance packaging and presentation, and maintain consistent quality.
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Solar Sister Solution-Seeking Module (Module 9)
An introspective, activity-based session that guides women entrepreneurs to recognize themselves as their own greatest resource by mapping their identity, skills, and networks through the “Bird in Hand” exercise, identifying personal strengths through reflective writing, and applying a practical four-step problem-solving framework to real business challenges, building the self-confidence and critical thinking skills needed to…
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Essential Bookkeeping Skills for Entrepreneurs
This training introduces simple bookkeeping techniques tailored for small businesses. Participants learn how to use cash books, sales registers, expense logs, and basic financial statements to monitor performance and ensure accountability.
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Managing Money: A Solar Sister Financial Literacy Training
This document teaches women entrepreneurs how to separate Capital from Profit using a wallet system, price products with a 20% markup, and reinvest earnings to grow their solar product business.