Boosting Women Entrepreneurship Education In Tourism and Hospitality in Sub-Saharan Africa

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In Sub-Saharan Africa, young women are underrepresented in VET, have higher unemployment and NEET rates and experience additional barriers to enter the labour market. Women often lack socio-emotional skills to succeed as entrepreneurs. Moreover, their businesses tend to perform worse and they are less engaged in tourism and hospitality, which is considered a forward-looking economic sector. Building on this context, WITH aims at reinforcing the personal and social competences and the entrepreneurial mindset of young women, thus contributing to skill a new generation of climate and sustainability conscious women intrapreneurs, entrepreneurs and business owners operating in sustainable tourism and hospitality in Sub-Saharan African countries. In that sense, WITH will pursue the following specific objectives: - Empower young women on the soft skills and personal and social competences to succeed as intrapreneurs, entrepreneurs and business owners in the tourism and hospitality industry. - Support trainers and educators in updating their knowledge and practices aligned with labour market needs and international practices, and in acquiring new pedagogical methods to deliver experiential learning opportunities. - Introduce, promote and raise awareness on the concept of sustainable tourism and hospitality, thus helping to skill future professionals, intrapreneurs, entrepreneurs and business owners to be agents for sustainable development. - Boost the definition of demand-oriented and competence-based pathways and increase experiential learning opportunities through reinforced links between public and private institutions active in VET and in the labour market. Coordinated by the Chamber of Commerce of Seville, WITH brings together seven institutions from Spain (CCSEV and INCOMA), Italy (CESIE), South Africa (AWIEF), Nigeria (Chamber of Commerce of Lagos), Uganda (Gift Women Link Foundation) and Malawi (Equip Group).