Women4Change Project

Empowering vulnerable women at community and systemic levels

Logo for Women 4 Change featuring a blue illustration of a woman wearing a hat, holding a child, with the text "Women 4 Change" below.

The Women4Change Project aims at empowering vulnerable women within their communities and work environment. At the community level, women leaders receive training in key knowledge and facilitation skills to strengthen women’s groups in construction site camps and urban slums. These groups serve as safe spaces where women can share knowledge, support each other, and eventually operate independently without BDF’s direct support.

Two women in colorful traditional clothing standing outside a concrete building with a window and door. One woman is wearing a yellow top, and the other is wearing a blue jacket with red and white stripes.

Women leaders are volunteers selected by their community members

These groups serve as safe spaces where women can share knowledge, support each other, and eventually operate independently without BDF’s direct support.

Group of women wearing blue shirts sitting on the floor of a conference room, engaged in an activity around a large cloth on the floor, with chairs along the walls and windows with curtains.

Women leaders facilitate social sharing activities within their women's group

At the systemic level, BDF builds knowledge and evidence on the specific risks and challenges faced by women workers to better advocate for their rights among key stakeholders in the construction sector. BDF also strengthens the gender lens and enhances the user-friendliness of BSI tools for the construction sector.

Three women are writing on a large sheet of paper with colorful markers at a conference or workshop. The woman on the right has long, light brown hair and is wearing a black top. The woman in the middle has long black hair and is wearing a light blue shirt. The woman on the left has dark hair pulled back and is wearing a black shirt. There are other people and a presentation screen in the background.

A user-friendly tool to assess the needs and take action to improve the social condition of women workers