UN Women, in partnership with HIAS, carried out a baseline assessment of GBV, vocational profile, employability and financial gaps, which allowed it to identify the main needs for strengthening and action in the intervention areas of the project. The results of these diagnoses laid the basis for intervention from a community-based approach to address and reduce the vulnerabilities of migrant and refugee women in response to objective 7 of the Migration Global Compact (MGC).

Within this framework, capacity-building processes based on andragogic approach for the different target audiences identified in the intervention were developed. Women received training based on women's empowerment and personal development, addressing self-awareness, resilience, self-esteem, empathic-active listening and sorority. The second section focused on GBV, and women's rights. The full knowledge of their rights made it possible to empower the participants and promote spaces for inclusion and social cohesion in line with objective 16 of the MGC. Finally, 1,527 women complemented their training with the HIAS My Business methodology in which the business idea was collectively developed. Due to COVID-19 scenario, electronic commerce and co-responsibility of care modules where included based on Chile and Uruguay experience in these regards. It is important to emphasize that, of all migrants, refugee and Ecuadorian women, 62% reported suffered GBV at some point in their lives. 500 women received seed capital trough bank transfer with a monitoring plan and 600 women strengthen their professional profiles with specific vocational scholarships with certification and economic incentives that allow them to integrate in labour market. UN Women and HIAS trained 17 private companies from various sectors on the labor rights of migrant and refugee women and over 200 humanitarian actors in GBV prevention and PSEA. Finally, and with a view to closing the financial gaps, a guideline to migrant women and the financial sector was in place.