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Measuring Women’s Value Chain OutcomesThe Twanya EAST project also decided to develop a diagram to measure its success in increasing women’sopportunities along the chain. Figure 9 measures six outcomes for women related to value chain development:✪✪ Percentage increase in women’s association membership✪✪ Percentage increase in women’s association leadership positions✪✪ Percentage of women’s attendance in project trainings✪✪ Women’s proportion of increased employment✪✪ Women’s proportion of increased salesThe diagram allows the project to visualize areas of success and identify opportunities for greater achievement.Table 9 includes the data that is plotted in the diagram.FIGURE 8: TWANYA EAST PROJECT GENDER INDICATORSWomen's ValueChain Outcomes604020020092007TABLE 9: TWANYA EAST PROJECT GENDER INDICATORSINDICATOR 2007 2009% Increase in women’s association membership 20 50% Increase women’s leadership positions 30 50% Women’s attendance in trainings 20 30% Women’s increased employment 10 30% Women’s increased sales 5 20% Women’s increased yields 15 30111