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Personal Advancement and Career Enhancement Program (PACE) (Indonesia)
Indonesia
2007
Ongoing
Keywords
Education (career development)
Project description
P.A.C.E. was developed to give women in the apparel industry the foundational life skills, technical training and support that will help them advance in the workplace and in their personal lives. PACE was initially created to support women in the global apparel industry. The programme has since into community settings and more countries to unlock new possibilities for women and adolescent girls around the world.
Primary thematic area
Secondary thematic areas
Skills training
Project details
Umbrella programme
Personal Advancement and Career Enhancement Program (PACE)
Accountable Org(s)
Gap Inc.
Funding Org(s)
Gap Inc.; United States Agency for International Development
Implementing/
Partner Org(s)
Gap Inc.; Swasti; BSR; International Labour Organization; CARE International; International Centre for Research on Women; Walmart; Kampuchea Action to Promote Education
Project contact
Ana Serafin Smith, Director, Communications, Gap Inc. (773-807-9190)
Funding (USD)
Committed
Spent
$
$
N/A
Project website
https://investors.gapinc.com/press-releases/news-details/2021/Gap-Inc.-Announces-Landmark-2025-Goals-to-Drive-Womens-Empowerment-in-Its-Supply-Chain/default.aspx
https://www.gapincsustainability.com/people/pace-changing-one-million-lives
https://www.icrw.org/publications/advancing-women-changing-lives/
https://www.icrw.org/personal-advancement-career-enhancement-program/
https://www.icrw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/PACE_Report_PRINT_singles_lo.pdf
https://www.icrw.org/personal-advancement-career-enhancement-program/
D-Portal link
Project evaluation
Evaluation source
An independent evaluation of the PACE Programme was undertaken in 2013 by researchers at the International Center for Research on Women (authors: Priya Nanda. Anurag Mishra, Sunayana Walia, Shubh Sharma, Ellen Weiss and Jennifer Abrahamson). Evaluation was conducted in six factory sites. In each study site, ICRW surveyed the complete cohort of P.A.C.E. participants both before and after the program was over. In addition, researchers conducted in-depth interviews with approximately 15 P.A.C.E. participants and 7 - 16 factory supervisors per site at the end of the program.
Evaluation methodology
Mixed (survey-based)
Programme targets
Overarching programme goal is to reach 1 million women and girls through supply chain vendor and community partnerships by 2022.
Results achieved
The 2013 evaluation found:
- Across all program sites only 35% of P.A.C.E. participants had a high level of self-esteem at baseline. This rose to 52% at the end of the program, representing at a global level a 49% increase.
- About one and a half times as many P.A.C.E. participants had a high level of self-efficacy by the end of the program compared to baseline (65% vs. 26%).
- The proportion of P.A.C.E. participants with a high level of work efficacy more than doubled, rising from 27% at baseline to 59% at the end of the program.
- The proportion of women across all sites demonstrating a high level ofinfluence on their workplace environment doubled, increasing from 32% to 64% .
By 15 March 2021, over 800,000 women and girls have completed the P.A.C.E. Gap stated that "it is on track to achieve the ambitious goal of reaching 1 million individuals by 2022, operating in communities and factories in 17 countries where our clothes are made".
Targets met?
Overarching programme goal is to reach 1 million women and girls through supply chain vendor and community partnerships by 2022.
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