Countries
WED has created partnerships in the past with the African Development Bank, the International Finance Corporation, the International Trade Centre, and with the office of the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees. More recently, WEDGE (Women Entrepreneurship and Gender Equality), a project of WED has worked with DFID, Norway, and Irish Aid. WEDGE project initiatives are now active in the following countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa: Palestine, Vietnam, Lao PDR, Cambodia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Nigeria, Mali, Senegal, Cameroon, Rwanda, Zambia, Malawi, South Africa, Lesotho, and Mozambique. WEDGE also has Activities in Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan. Special attention has been given to Developing Entrepreneurship among Women with Disabilities (DEWD), a sub-group of WEDGE.