📌 Project Title: 

Women Economic Empowerment for Inclusive and Sustainable Livelihoods 

🎯 Overall Goal: 

To strengthen the economic resilience and independence of women through access to skills, finance, markets, and leadership opportunities—enabling them to thrive, support their families, and contribute to community development. 

🔑 Core Program Activities: 

1. Skills Development and Vocational Training 

• Conduct market assessments to identify high-demand and culturally appropriate trades for women. 

• Provide vocational skills training in areas such as: 

• Tailoring and garment making 

• Agro-processing and value addition 

• Hairdressing, crafts, and catering 

• ICT, digital marketing, and financial literacy 

• Partner with local technical institutions for certification and mentorship. 

2. Financial Inclusion and Access to Capital 

• Train women in basic financial literacy, saving culture, and responsible borrowing. 

• Establish or strengthen Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) or women-led cooperatives. 

• Facilitate access to start-up grants or low-interest loans to support small businesses. 

• Partner with microfinance institutions to provide women-friendly financial products. 

3. Enterprise Development and Market Linkages 

• Support women to start, strengthen, or scale up micro- and small enterprises. 

• Offer training in business planning, customer care, pricing, branding, and record-keeping. 

• Create market linkages for women producers with traders, online platforms, and cooperatives. 

• Organize exhibitions, trade fairs, and product showcases to promote their goods and services. 

4. Access to Productive Assets and Technology 

• Provide women with start-up kits, equipment, or productive inputs (e.g., sewing machines, grinders, smartphones, irrigation tools). 

• Promote the use of climate-smart and time-saving technologies in agriculture and small-scale production. 

5. Leadership, Advocacy, and Rights Awareness 

• Build the leadership and negotiation capacity of women to engage in household, community, and policy decision-making. 

• Conduct sessions on women’s rights, land rights, GBV prevention, and legal protection in collaboration with legal aid partners. 

• Encourage male engagement to foster supportive environments for women’s empowerment. 

6. Mentorship and Role Modeling 

• Pair women entrepreneurs with successful mentors from their sector or region. 

• Create peer support networks and community learning hubs to encourage collaboration and resilience. 

7. Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) 

• Track progress on indicators such as: 

• Increased income and savings 

• Improved decision-making power 

• Number of businesses started or scaled 

• Use participatory feedback tools (e.g., storytelling, community scorecards) to capture qualitative changes in women’s lives. 

👩🏽‍🌾 Target Beneficiaries: 

• Vulnerable women (widows, single mothers, rural poor) 

• Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) 

• Women in refugee or conflict-affected communities 

• Women with disabilities and marginalized ethnic groups 

📈 Expected Outcomes: 

• Increased household income and financial independence for women 

• Strengthened entrepreneurial capacity and sustainable livelihoods 

• Improved agency, self-esteem, and voice in community and household decisions 

• Reduced gender inequality in access to resources and opportunities