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Women Entrepreneurship for Promoting Peace and Social Cohesion

The online training aims to enhance the capacity of female students to design a social business model for promoting peace, social cohesion and COVID-19 resilience.

Enrollment in this course is by invitation only
  • Course Number WETPPSC
  • Classes Start
  • Course Length 6 weeks
  • FORMAT Online

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

The online training aims to enhance the capacity of female students to design a social business model for promoting peace, social cohesion and COVID-19 resilience.

  • Understand the basic features of an entrepreneur and business planning canvas
  • Design innovative product/services as well as process
  • Identify the social problems and innovative solutions
  • Design and manage a socially responsible enterprise
  • Identify customers/beneficiaries and their true demand
  • Identify business risks and mitigation strategies
  • Understand the concept of market, value proposition, revenue generation and linkage/network and partnership development
  • Understand the meaning of leadership, management, peace and cohesion and their inter-linkages

WHO SHOULD ENROLL

  • Currently enrolled female students of DU, BRUR, JKKNIU and BRACU who did not receive this training earlier from CPJ BRACU

  • Minimum 3-6 months experience of voluntary work or extra-curricular activities

  • Potential leadership ability with innovative ideas

  • Interested to work for a just, peaceful and inclusive societies

  • Has a compatible device (e.g. smartphone, laptop, desktop) with an internet connection?

Who Enroll

Key Features of the Training

  • Application of 'Design Thinking' approach

  • Innovation for promoting peace and cohesion

  • Idea generation and business development

  • Renowned and experienced trainers

  • Mentorship and financial support for implementing innovative ideas under the Peace Café initiative

  • Participatory learning approach

  • Fully funded online training

  • Learning exchange with the previous training participants

  • Training certificate for successful participants

  • Membership of Bangladesh Peacebuilders’ Network

  • Limited number of seats

TRAINERS

Shamim Ehsanul Haque

Shamim Ehsanul Haque

Assistant Professor at BRAC Business School

Afshana Choudhury

Afshana Choudhury

Deputy Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED), BracU

Sabrina Nourin

Sabrina Nourin

Research Associate, Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED), BracU