Women's Empowerment
Access, Agency, Outcomes
Empowered Women Empower Families & Communities
Women experiencing poverty who are under-trained, under-banked and under-financed are finding access to training and capital. Harnessing their untapped potential is good for women, families and entire communities.
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Leveraging years of experience with women’s groups—and bolstered by the classroom space and equipment built into the Kenya Works Community Center purchase in 2023—Kenya Works has been expanding women’s empowerment programming this year.
Through an 8-week training module and weekly meetings, emerging entrepreneurs learn how to plan and implement a business and grow their financial literacy. In addition to business training, we are providing seed money to help women take the next step in establishing their microbusinesses.
The World Bank defines empowerment as a process of change by which those who have been denied the ability to make strategic life choices acquire this ability. According to a recent Kenyan Bureau of National Statistics (KBNS) report, only 29 percent of the country’s women are empowered.
Put simply, there is urgent need to invest in women’s empowerment. And it makes good economic sense to do so.
Long understood by change makers on the ground, it’s not enough to invest in children in poverty, it’s critical to invest in their families as well—particularly mothers.
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Donors and Partners Help Put the Power in Empowerment
Women's Empowerment
Success Stories
Women experiencing poverty who are under-banked and under-funded find training and seed money to create their own businesses.
Millicent, single mother of four, joined the WEP to create a stable income source for her family. Through the training, she learned inventory management and customer service skills. With seed money, she set up a small grocery shop in the local market in the outskirts of Kware slums. Her shop is providing her with a steady income to support her children and improve her family's living conditions. She has also been able to save a portion of her earnings, contributing to her financial security.
Knight enrolled in our program last year and completed the training after which, she was given seed money to start her business. She is very active in savings and repaying of her loan. This is essential because more women can be empowered with the same seed money. Currently, she does not depend on the organization’s support as she is able to take care of the needs of her family including food and educating her children.
Women experiencing poverty who are under-banked and under-funded find training and seed money to create their own businesses.