In order to ensure its effectiveness, pilot implementation of the GLIA Toolkit was rigorously conducted in its development phase with the help of six Southeast Asian ESOs— Instellar (Indonesia), ONOW (Myanmar), Phandeeyar (Myanmar), Xchange (Philippines), Agile (Cambodia) and SHE investment (Cambodia). Therefore, the content is in line with the needs of women entrepreneurs and in line with the contexts in each country.
In addition, in 2020, we continued our partnership with ygap, the lead for gender in the Frontier Incubators program, to develop new content and case studies to address the challenges faced by women entrepreneurs and released GLIA Toolkit 2.0.
This GLIA Toolkit 2.0 includes impact indicators and new modules related to "Gender in Products and Services," "Negotiation skill," "Imposter Syndrome" and "Gender and Power" to measure the impact of support projects that incorporate a gender perspective. These courses can help ESOs to apply a gender lens into their work (e.g., applying a gender lens in product design) or to address the challenges and needs of women entrepreneurs (e.g., dealing with imposter syndrome).